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I ask for proposals to come in two volumes, 1. A technical volume 2. A price volume and I do not open the price volume until the technical evaluations are complete. Then I rank all the technically acceptable proposals by price from lowest to highest. Knowing all the technical proposals helps me in the following ways: 1. In my letters to unsuccessful offerors I can detail why they were not selected either they were technically acceptable and not the lowest price, or they were technically unacceptable and I can tell them where their proposal was deficient. 2. If asked for a debriefing, either in person or via a formal letter, I will have knowledge of their proposal to outline their weaknesses and inform them how to better prepare their next proposal. 3. If I receive a protest I will be prepared with the required information to answer that protest.