Proposal Scoring

The Real-Time Collaboration Hub for Proposal Evaluation CommitteesYour committee is reviewing dozens of proposals. Your members are in different offices. Your scoring sheets are in a spreadsheet nobody is updating the same way. Your decision deadline is next Friday.---Coming Soon---The Way Most Committees Evaluate Proposals Today Is a MessYou put out a call for proposals. Submissions come in. You assemble a review committee. And then the real problem starts.Someone builds a scoring spreadsheet. It gets emailed to each committee member. Every member fills it out differently — different criteria weights, different interpretations, different formats. Some members score as they read. Some score everything at the end. Some never send their sheets back at all.The committee chair spends two days chasing down scores, reconciling inconsistent sheets, and manually compiling results before the committee can even have a meaningful conversation. And when the final decision gets challenged — by a vendor, a disappointed applicant, a board member, a regulator — the documentation is a patchwork of emails and mismatched spreadsheets that nobody can defend.It doesn't matter whether you're evaluating vendor RFP responses, grant applications, research proposals, project pitches, or design submissions. The problem is always the same: a committee of smart people, an important decision, and a process that was never built for real team collaboration.---Introducing ProposalScoringProposalScoring is a real-time collaboration platform built specifically for proposal evaluation committees.It gives every member of your review committee their own individual login, their own independent scoring interface, and a shared hub where the committee chair can see every score, every note, and every recommendation in real time — from the first submission reviewed through the final selection decision.---What ProposalScoring DoesEvery committee member gets their own login
Each reviewer gets their own individual account — standard, not optional. Every score, every rating, and every note is attributed to the reviewer who made it, with a timestamp. No shared logins, no mystery about who scored what. Unlimited reviewers per evaluation cycle at no additional cost.Load your entire proposal pool in one place
Import your full list of proposals or submissions into a single hub instantly. Every committee member sees the same proposal list at the same time — organized, searchable, and filterable. No more emailing attachments back and forth or wondering which version of the submission list is current.List view and card view — see your proposals the way you think
Switch between a sortable, filterable list of all proposals and individual card views for deep-dive evaluation. Filter by score, search by applicant name, sort by status or rating. Your entire proposal pool — and every decision made about it — visible in seconds.Assign proposals to specific reviewers
Assign specific proposals to specific committee members for primary review and evaluation. Every reviewer knows exactly what they own. The committee chair always has a real-time view of what has been reviewed, what is still pending, and what each reviewer is recommending — without sending a single follow-up email.Independent multi-scoring — every reviewer scores every proposal
Each committee member scores proposals independently — the committee chair sees all scores side by side on one screen. Outside reviewer scores alongside inside reviewer scores alongside subject matter expert scores. Every perspective documented independently before the committee deliberates. No groupthink, no one person's judgment overriding another's before the full picture is visible.Custom scoring criteria built for your evaluation
Configure ProposalScoring to match your evaluation rubric — whether you score on a 1–10 scale, a weighted percentage system, a High/Medium/Low framework, or your organization's own criteria. The scoring system adapts to your evaluation methodology, not the other way around.Custom fields for the data your committee tracks
Add whatever information your evaluation process requires — applicant name, organization, proposal category, budget requested, project duration, eligibility status, prior awards, geographic focus. Every field is configurable to match your specific program or procurement.Hand raiser questions — standardized eligibility and screening criteria
Create yes/no screening questions every reviewer answers per proposal — Does the applicant meet eligibility requirements? Is the budget within the specified range? Does the proposal address the stated objectives? Standardize your screening criteria across all reviewers and see every answer in one place.Sticky notes and background notes per proposal
Sticky notes surface key context at a glance across every view. Background notes hold deeper analysis, reviewer observations, and evaluation rationale — attributed to the reviewer who wrote them, with timestamps. The committee chair always knows who flagged what and when.Flag system for proposals requiring immediate attention
Flag any proposal for immediate committee attention — conflicts of interest, eligibility questions, outstanding clarifications, or exceptional merit. A flag is visible across every view so nothing important gets buried in a long list.Real-time collaboration across your entire committee
Reviewers in different offices, different cities, different time zones — everyone scores and notes in the same hub simultaneously. No lag, no version control, no chasing down scores by email. The committee chair can message the full committee in real time, flag priority proposals, and monitor scoring progress from anywhere.Color-coded recommendation decisions
Move proposals through your evaluation quickly with color-coded designations — your entire committee sees at a glance which proposals are recommended for funding or award, which are under consideration, which have been declined, and which require further review.Document attachment per proposal
Attach the full proposal document, supporting materials, clarification responses, and any other evaluation materials directly to each proposal's record. Everything your committee needs to make a decision lives in one place — not scattered across email inboxes and shared drives.Clean PDF export per proposal
Generate a complete, polished PDF summary of any proposal — all reviewer scores, all notes, all hand raiser responses, all flags, and all recommendation decisions — with one click. Ready for committee meetings, board presentations, or selection documentation.Bulk evaluation export
When your evaluation is complete, export a complete record of every proposal reviewed — every score from every reviewer, every note, every decision made — as a single polished PDF or data export. Your evaluation record, complete and documented, ready to defend if any decision is ever questioned.---Who This Is ForProposalScoring is built for any organization that evaluates proposals by committee.Government procurement offices managing vendor RFP and bid evaluation — where independent scoring documentation is legally required and every selection decision must withstand bid protest scrutiny.Foundations and grant-making organizations running competitive grant programs — where fiduciary accountability demands a documented, transparent, defensible review process.Corporate innovation and strategy teams evaluating internal project proposals, startup pitches, or vendor submissions — where leadership needs visibility into how the committee is scoring without waiting for a weekly update meeting.Research institutions and universities managing competitive research grant or fellowship reviews — where faculty committees need to score independently before peer deliberation.Architecture, design, and creative competitions where jurors must evaluate and score submissions independently before deliberating on winners.Any committee that has ever spent more time reconciling scoring spreadsheets than actually evaluating proposals.---The DifferenceProposalScoring is not a form builder that collects scores in a survey. It is not a project management tool retrofitted for evaluation. It is not a spreadsheet.It is a purpose-built, committee-designed collaboration hub for the evaluation process itself — from the moment proposals arrive through the final selection decision — with the independent scoring discipline, real-time visibility, and documented record that rigorous evaluation requires.Your committee can be using it on the first day of your next evaluation cycle, with no setup, no IT department, and no training required.---ProposalScoring is launching soon.We are currently speaking with committee chairs, procurement officers, program directors, and evaluation administrators who want to be among the first to use the platform — and whose input will shape the final product.If your organization evaluates proposals by committee and you want to learn more, get early access, or tell us what you need this product to do — we want to hear from you.Contact Dan Johnson: [email protected]---ProposalScoring is a product of JS Applications, the team behind JurorSearch — the leading real-time collaboration platform for jury selection used by trial attorneys and litigation teams nationwide.ProposalScoring. Finally, a scoring process your committee can actually defend.