2022/10/26 Council Agenda Packet

b. Responsible Supplier — A business entity or individual who has the financial and technical capacity to perform the requirements of the solicitation and subsequent contract. 1.8 WAIVER OF MINOR ADMINISTRATIVE IRREGULARITIES & REJECTION OF PROPOSALS The City of Everett reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to waive minor administrative irregularities and informalities contained in any proposal submitted and accepted by the City. The City further reserves the right to make awards to the responsible offer whose proposal is determined to be the most advantageous to the City of Everett. The City of Everett reserves the right to reject any and all proposals. 1.9 EXCLUDED PARTIES All suppliers must certify that they are not on the Comptroller General's list of ineligible contractors nor the list of parties excluded from federal procurement or non -procurement programs. https://www.sam.gov :10\) 1.10 BUSINESS LICENSE The successful supplier will be required to possess or be able to obtain a City of Everett Business License and pay City of Everett Business & Occupation (B & 0) Tax, when applicable. B & 0 Tax questions may be directed to the Everett Business Tax Division at (425) 257-8610. 1.11 PROTEST PROCEDURES Chapter 3.46 of the Everett Municipal Code (EMC) governs all protests. Protest Procedures are available for review in the Everett Municipal Code 3.46 which can be found at: https://everett.municipal.codes/ The City reserves the right to require strict compliance with all requirements of Chapter 3.46 EMC. 1.12 NON -ENDORSEMENT o: As a result of the selection of a supplier to provide the commodities described in Section 2 to the City of Everett, the City of Everett is neither endorsing nor suggesting that the supplier's product is the best or only solution. The supplier agrees to make no reference to the City of Everett in any literature, promotional material, brochures, sales presentation or the like without the express written consent of the City of Everett. 1.13 PROPRIETARY MATERIAL SUBMITTED -PUBLIC DISCLOSURE A. Property of the City of Everett All materials submitted in response to this RFP must become the property of the City of Everett. Selection or rejection of a proposal does not affect this. In this section, the term "proposal" is generic and refers to proposals, statements of qualification, letters of interest and any other material submitted in response to this RFP. B. Proposals are Public Records Pursuant to Chapter 42.56 RCW and other statutes regarding public agencies, all materials (including, for example, proposals) submitted under this RFP must be considered public records and except to the extent protected by state and or federal laws will be available for inspection and copying by the public following contract award. Records will not be released by the City of Everett prior to contract award in order to protect the integrity of the procurement process, unless otherwise required by law.