Reflections on Resolving Differences of Opinion within a Bid Evaluation Committee for Government Procurement
The process of government procurement involves a long chain of events,where decisions regarding the items to be procured often rely on evaluation results obtained in accordance with the opinions of bid evaluation committee members.In an actual evaluation,it is inevitable that committee members hold divergent views.However,the current regulations in place for resolving these differences are either ambiguous or contradictory.To streamline the evaluation process,some public resource trading centers have adopted the majority rule as a means to resolve differences of opinion among committee members regarding matters that necessitate a joint decision.Nevertheless,the majority rule has several limitations,and not all differences of opinion can be settled through majority voting.Hence,it is crucial to redefine the boundaries and rules for the application of the majority rule in such evaluations.
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