You are a project manager for Dakota Software Consulting Services. You’re working with a major retailer that offers its products through mail-order catalogs. The company is interested in knowing customer characteristics, the amounts of first-time orders, and similar information. As a potential bidder for this project, you worked on the RFP response and submitted the proposal. When the selection committee received the RFP responses from all the vendors bidding on this project, they used a weighted system to make a selection. Which tool and technique is this a part of?

A. A proposal evaluation technique in the Conduct Procurements process B. A seller proposal technique in the Conduct Procurements process C. A make-or-buy decision technique in the Conduct Procurements process D. A procurement negotiations technique in the Conduct Procurements process