Common use of Rating and Ranking Clause in Contracts

Rating and Ranking. a. If there are eleven (11) or more qualified competitive applicants, i. Evaluation for positions will be made by a Merit Promotion panel consisting of subject matter experts. A personnel specialist from the SPO will serve as a facilitator. ii. Based upon the span of numerical scores, the evaluator(s) must determine which of the qualified candidates are best qualified and should therefore be referred to the selecting official. The best qualified applicants are those with the highest scores. This will generally be determined by a significant or meaningful break in numerical rankings which separate the best qualified group from the remaining applicants. iii. The best qualified applicants will be referred for each position and/or grade level. The number of best qualified applicants referred may vary based on a meaningful break in scores, the number of vacancies, or other relevant factors. b. In cases often (10) or fewer qualified competitive applicants, a single evaluator may rank all applications. c. The names of the best qualified applicants will be listed alphabetically for referral to the selecting official. Individual scores will not be listed.

Rating and Ranking. a. If there are eleven (11) or more qualified competitive applicants, i. (1). Evaluation for positions will be made by a Merit Promotion panel consisting of subject matter experts. A personnel specialist from the SPO will serve as a facilitator. ii(2). Based upon the span of numerical scores, the evaluator(s) must determine which of the qualified candidates are best qualified and should therefore be referred to the selecting official. The best qualified applicants are those with the highest scores. This will generally be determined by a significant or meaningful break in numerical rankings which separate the best qualified group from the remaining applicants. iii(3). The best qualified applicants will be referred for each position and/or grade level. The number of best qualified applicants referred may vary based on a meaningful break in scores, the number of vacancies, or other relevant factors. b. In cases often of ten (10) or fewer qualified competitive applicants, a single evaluator may rank all applications. c. The names of the best qualified applicants will be listed alphabetically for referral to the selecting official. Individual scores will not be listed.