(a) The governmental entity shall receive proposals and shall evaluate each offeror’s experience, technical competence, and capability to perform, the past performance of the offeror’s team and members of the team, and other appropriate factors submitted by the team or firm in response to the request for qualifications, except that cost-related or price-related evaluation factors are not permitted at this stage.
(b) Each offeror must:
(1) select or designate each engineer that is a member of its team based on demonstrated competence and qualifications, in the manner provided by § 2254.004; and
(2) certify to the governmental entity that each selection or designation was based on demonstrated competence and qualifications, in the manner provided by § 2254.004.

(c) The governmental entity shall qualify offerors to submit additional information and, if the entity chooses, to interview for final selection.