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When award without discussions is not stated in the solicitation and the selection process is not a lowest price technically acceptable, the Contracting Officer will Cancel the solicitation and reissue. Establish a competitive range consisting of the most highly rated proposals. Allow discussions anyway. Start negotiations without establishing a competitive range. Developing the evaluation criteria and factors is an activity completed in the Planning Phase. The evaluation criteria and ratings Help industry understand where to focus their resources while building the proposals. Assist the Source Selection Authority in making trade-off analysis between offerors. Must provide a meaningful distinction between offers. All of these are correct. When performing on a Source Selection Board, the members will Evaluate all proposals against each of the other proposals. Evaluate all the proposals together as a group. Evaluate all proposals independently of other proposals. Only evaluate the most appeasing proposals. Cancel the solicitation and reissue. Establish a competitive range consisting of the most highly rated proposals. Allow discussions anyway. Start negotiations without establishing a competitive range. .
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drawShip(shipX, shipY, shipLength, shipDirection);
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