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Oihl408 -2- The High Plains Council, in cooperation with EDA's Office of Research, established a Technical Evaluation Committee to read, evaluate, score, and rank the seven proposals according to EDA's published procedure for evaluating pro- posals. This activity took place on March 27-29, 1978. The Committee included representatives from each of the High Plains Council Member states and represen- tatives from five federal agencies. State members from the Missouri River Basin Commission were: William Smith, Colorado; Gayle Lewis, Nebraska; and Wayne Haas, Kansas. The five federal agencies on the Technical Review Panel were: EDA, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and the U.S. Department of Commerce (Title V Regional Commissions). Each of the 11 Technical Evaluation Committee members conducted his individ- ual evaluation and filed the report with EDA's Office of Research.. EDA's Office of Research compiled a committee report and submitted that report to the Research Contracts Division on April 28, 1978. From the committee evaluation, it was determined that there were five groups whose proposals were responsive to the request for proposal. CONTRACTOR INTERVIEWS The High Plains Council had earlier determined to interview the "finalists" as a part of the procedure to make recommendations to EDA. The interviews for . the five finalists were held in Dallas, Texas on May 30 - June 1, 1978. Representatives of each of the six member states, EDA, and the U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Contracts, participated in the interview sessions. The individuals representing Missouri River Basin states were as follows: Gayle Lewis, Nebraska; William R. Smith, Harris Sherman, Colorado; and Dale H. Williams, Wayne Haas, Kansas. The two groups that did not make the finalists list were: (1) Coastal Ecosystems Management, Inc. and (2) Planning Research Corporation.