As with all competitive processes, the Owner must ensure that it provides all Proponents with the same information to allow them to compete on an equal footing. The Owner should always provide the most robust requirements definition possible (drawn from the Owner's VfM Statement) to assist the Proponents in their response. These requirements should allow opportunity for innovation in the Project Proposal by the Proponent teams.
In both, the full and partial price competition selection process, the Owner and its team actively assists both teams whilst at the same time preserving confidentiality of information between the two teams. When separate Owner's teams are provided to each Proponent (Option 1A), these resources should be of equivalent capability and project knowledge to maintain an equitable level of Owner involvement with both Proponents.