diff --git a/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/dao/ApplicationEvaluationDao.java b/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/dao/ApplicationEvaluationDao.java
index 4f70686b..2daae6ae 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/dao/ApplicationEvaluationDao.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/dao/ApplicationEvaluationDao.java
@@ -2552,8 +2552,8 @@ public class ApplicationEvaluationDao {
             ApplicationEvaluationEntity evaluationEntity = evaluationEntityOpt.get();
             String criteriaJson = evaluationEntity.getCriteria();
             if (criteriaJson != null){
-                Integer totalScore = calculateTotalScore(evaluationEntity.getCriteria());
-                if (totalScore > 40) {
+                BigDecimal totalScore = calculateTotalScore(evaluationEntity.getCriteria());
+                if (totalScore.compareTo(new BigDecimal("40")) > 0) {
                     applicationEntity.setStatus(status.getValue());
                     log.info("Status updated to TECHNICAL_EVALUATION for applicationId: {}", applicationId);
                 }
@@ -2565,7 +2565,7 @@ public class ApplicationEvaluationDao {
         }
     }
 
-    private Integer calculateTotalScore(String criteriaJson){
+    private BigDecimal calculateTotalScore(String criteriaJson){
         try {
             ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
             // Convert JSON string to List of Maps
@@ -2573,16 +2573,19 @@ public class ApplicationEvaluationDao {
             });
 
             // Sum all scores (ignoring null scores)
-            Integer totalScore = criteriaList.stream()
-                    .mapToInt(obj -> obj.get("score") != null ? ((Number) obj.get("score")).intValue() : 0)
-                    .sum();
+            BigDecimal totalScore = criteriaList.stream()
+                    .map(obj -> {
+                        Object score = obj.get("score");
+                        return score != null ? new BigDecimal(score.toString()) : BigDecimal.ZERO;
+                    })
+                    .reduce(BigDecimal.ZERO, BigDecimal::add);
 
             log.info("Total score calculated successfully: {}", totalScore);
             return totalScore;
         }
         catch (Exception e) {
-            log.error("Error parsing criteria JSON. Input: {}. Exception: {}", criteriaJson, e.getMessage(), e);
-            return 0;
+            log.error(" Error parsing criteria JSON: {}", e.getMessage());
+            return BigDecimal.ZERO;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/dao/CallDao.java b/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/dao/CallDao.java
index 9b58079b..6beca7fc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/dao/CallDao.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/dao/CallDao.java
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ public class CallDao {
 			criteriaEntity = new EvaluationCriteriaEntity();
 			criteriaEntity.setCall(callEntity);
 			criteriaEntity.setLookupData(lookupDataEntity);
-			criteriaEntity.setScore(0L);
+			criteriaEntity.setScore(BigDecimal.ZERO);
 			criteriaEntity.setIsDeleted(false);
 			actionType = VersionActionTypeEnum.INSERT;
 		}
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/dao/EvaluationCriteriaDao.java b/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/dao/EvaluationCriteriaDao.java
index 8f7897c4..fa59c0ab 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/dao/EvaluationCriteriaDao.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/dao/EvaluationCriteriaDao.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import net.gepafin.tendermanagement.util.Utils;
 import net.gepafin.tendermanagement.web.rest.api.errors.ResourceNotFoundException;
 import net.gepafin.tendermanagement.web.rest.api.errors.Status;
 
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ public class EvaluationCriteriaDao {
         LookUpDataEntity lookupDataEntity = lookUpDataService.getOrCreateLookUpDataEntity(evaluationCriteriaRequest, LookUpDataEntity.LookUpDataTypeEnum.EVALUATION_CRITERIA);
         entity.setCall(callEntity);
         entity.setLookupData(lookupDataEntity);
-        entity.setScore(0L);
+        entity.setScore(BigDecimal.ZERO);
         if (evaluationCriteriaRequest.getScore() != null) {
             entity.setScore(evaluationCriteriaRequest.getScore());
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/entities/EvaluationCriteriaEntity.java b/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/entities/EvaluationCriteriaEntity.java
index 39b3eb05..8d1c0c69 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/entities/EvaluationCriteriaEntity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/entities/EvaluationCriteriaEntity.java
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import jakarta.persistence.ManyToOne;
 import jakarta.persistence.Table;
 import lombok.Data;
 
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+
 
 @Entity
 @Table(name = "EVALUATION_CRITERIA")
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ public class EvaluationCriteriaEntity extends BaseEntity {
     private LookUpDataEntity lookupData;
     
     @Column(name = "SCORE", nullable = false)
-    private Long score;
+    private BigDecimal score;
     
     @Column(name ="IS_DELETED", nullable = false)
     private Boolean isDeleted = false;
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/model/request/CriteriaRequest.java b/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/model/request/CriteriaRequest.java
index ada0d83c..6ed6dfa7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/model/request/CriteriaRequest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/model/request/CriteriaRequest.java
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ package net.gepafin.tendermanagement.model.request;
 
 import lombok.Data;
 
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+
 @Data
 public class CriteriaRequest {
     private Long id;
-    private Long score;
+    private BigDecimal score;
     private Boolean valid;
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/model/request/EvaluationCriteriaReq.java b/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/model/request/EvaluationCriteriaReq.java
index 7d504f7f..3d1c46c1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/model/request/EvaluationCriteriaReq.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/model/request/EvaluationCriteriaReq.java
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ package net.gepafin.tendermanagement.model.request;
 import lombok.Data;
 import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
 
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+
 @NoArgsConstructor
 @Data
 public class EvaluationCriteriaReq extends LookUpDataReq{
 
-    private Long score;
+    private BigDecimal score;
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/model/request/EvaluationCriteriaRequest.java b/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/model/request/EvaluationCriteriaRequest.java
index a2e5a92b..1426748c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/model/request/EvaluationCriteriaRequest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/model/request/EvaluationCriteriaRequest.java
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@ package net.gepafin.tendermanagement.model.request;
 import lombok.Data;
 import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
 
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+
 @NoArgsConstructor
 @Data
 public class EvaluationCriteriaRequest extends LookUpDataReq {
 
     private Long callId;
 
-    private Long score;
+    private BigDecimal score;
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/model/response/CriteriaResponse.java b/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/model/response/CriteriaResponse.java
index ebbb2f2c..9d239a44 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/model/response/CriteriaResponse.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/model/response/CriteriaResponse.java
@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@ package net.gepafin.tendermanagement.model.response;
 
 import lombok.Data;
 
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.util.List;
 
 @Data
 public class CriteriaResponse {
     private Long id;
     private String label;
-    private Long score;
-    private Long maxScore;
+    private BigDecimal score;
+    private BigDecimal maxScore;
     private List<CriteriaMappedField> criteriaMappedFields;
     private Boolean valid;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/model/response/EvaluationCriteriaResponseBean.java b/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/model/response/EvaluationCriteriaResponseBean.java
index 50a984cc..4e1d564e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/model/response/EvaluationCriteriaResponseBean.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/model/response/EvaluationCriteriaResponseBean.java
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ package net.gepafin.tendermanagement.model.response;
 import lombok.Data;
 import net.gepafin.tendermanagement.model.BaseBean;
 
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+
 
 @Data
 public class EvaluationCriteriaResponseBean extends LookUpDataResponse{
 
-    private Long score;
+    private BigDecimal score;
 }