It is very common to find buyers who fail to identify the RF

It is very common to find buyers who fail to identify the RFP evaluation criteria during the project procurement planning process, and in fact, do not define the evaluation criteria until after proposals have been received and the evaluation process is set to begin. What do you think is the risk of waiting until bids have been received to establish the evaluation criteria to be used to select a preferred contractor?

Solution

The risk of waiting until bids have been received would be the possibility of duplication of the RFP process if you found that the contractors you did not provide what you need. It would almost be like letting the contractor write the scope of the project. This may work on simple projects that are straight forward. For any others you would be putting the cart in front of the horse. This will most likely lead to inefficiency and extra cost