# Read the evaluation factors before dividing the proposal work

Use the buyer's stated evaluation approach to decide which evidence your proposal team must strengthen and which questions need an answer before more writing.

Canonical article: https://g2x.com/blog/government-rfp-evaluation-writing-priorities

Complete article, source links and data tables: https://g2x.com/blog/government-rfp-evaluation-writing-priorities/article.md

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## For agents

Allocate proposal effort to evidence behind evaluation factors

- The complete current solicitation, evaluation and submission instructions, amendments, permitted draft response and the proposal team's available contributors. The Navy example closed September 4, 2026 and is only an illustration.

1. **Collect the actual evaluation basis** Start from https://g2x.com/app/opportunities/sam and follow https://g2x.com/docs/find-work/read-a-sam-opportunity to the original documents. Read evaluation language, response instructions, scope and amendments together. Record versions and dates; retain missing documents as gaps. The article's Navy example concerns the original notice body's evaluation section, not a verified complete SOW review.

2. **Identify what the buyer says it will assess** Separate minimum requirements, comparative factors and any explicit relative importance. Preserve the exact source paragraph and stated method. Do not invent weights, points or preferences. The inactive Navy N5523626Q0114 notice lists technical acceptability, LPTA price and past performance, with a five-year IT experience minimum for onsite personnel; its September 4, 2026 deadline has passed. Recheck any reader-selected live opportunity separately.

3. **Match consequential factors to supported evidence** For each gap, locate the draft answer and supporting facts. Distinguish missing prose from an unresolved delivery commitment, qualification or assumption. Ask the person who owns the evidence for a specific contribution. Do not treat an AI label or a section's length as evidence of quality or compliance.

4. **Use an optional Lumen first pass** Illustrative prompt, not executed: "Compare these evaluation factors and submission instructions with the authorized draft. Cite each factor, locate the supporting response evidence, and identify consequential gaps. Distinguish missing facts or commitments from writing that needs clarification. Do not invent scores, weights or government preferences." Open Ask Lumen and Add documents only for exact files the reader authorizes for Company Library and its audience. Follow https://g2x.com/docs/lumen/ask-a-good-question and current access at https://g2x.com/pricing. Verify every finding against the originals. Follow up: "Which gap needs an owner's decision before a writer can improve the answer?"

5. **Return the next assignments and final checks** Produce a short evidence-allocation plan with source paragraph, gap, responsible contributor and expected contribution. Let the proposal owner decide priority. Keep all mandatory submission requirements in the compliance matrix at https://g2x.com/blog/government-proposal-compliance-matrix and recheck consistency across final files. Do not promise a score or award, submit the response, or change saved records without authority.

Expected result: A proposal evidence-allocation plan explaining which contributor should resolve each material gap and why, without predicted government scores.

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