*3.2.4 Step 4: scoring of price criterion*

To enable a quantitative scoring function for the price criterion, the participants had to determine the cutoff point for the price. This median cutoff point was voted to be an excess price of 100% based on the acceptance threshold defined by the current guideline of Comptroller General's Department. As shown in **Figure 2**, this means that all products with prices which are 100% or higher than the lowest price

#### **Figure 3.**

*Impact of each decision criterion in the evaluation on the final decision (top axis: impact percentage). Abbreviations: CoA = certificate of analysis, Std. = standard, API = active pharmaceutical ingredient.*

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offered in the bidding would receive a score of zero for the pricing criterion in the evaluation.
