2015/09/09 Council Agenda Packet

no reference to the City of Everett in any literature, promotional material, brochures, sales presentation or the like without prior express written consent from the City. H. Proprietary Proposal Material Any information contained in the proposal that is proprietary must be clearly designated. Marking the entire proposal as proprietary will be neither accepted nor honored. If a request is made to view a firm's proposal, the City will comply according to the Open Public Records Act, Chapter 42.17 RCW. If any informatiOD ismarkecLaS p ri�taxy 1tt the ,nronos ,such information will not be made available until the affected firm has been given an opportunity to seek a court injunction against the requested disclosure. I. Response Property of the City Of Everett All materials submitted in response to this RFP become the property of the City. Selection or rejection of a proposal does not affect this right. J. Rejection of Proposals Only firm proposals will be accepted, and the City reserves the right to reject any or all proposals or waive any irregularities and informalities in the proposals submitted and accepted by the City. The City further reserves the right to make awards to the proposer whose proposal is determined to be the most advantageous to the City of Everett. The issuance of this RFP does not compel the City to enter into a contract with any proposer. K. Cost of Preparing Proposals The City of Everett is not liable for any costs incurred by firms in the preparation and presentation of proposals in response to this RFP. L. Number of Proposal Copies Required Firms responding to this RFP are to submit one (1) original and three (3) identical copies of the complete proposal package. An electronic copy of the proposal in either Adobe Acrobat or Microsoft Office 2010 compatible formats must also be submitted. M. Errors in Proposal The City will not be liable for any errors in proposals. Finns will not be allowed to alter proposal documents after the deadline for proposal submission. The City reserves the right to make corrections or amendments due to mathematical or typographical errors identified in proposals by the City or the firm. This type of correction or amendment will only be allowed for such errors as typographical, numerical transposition or any other reasonable and obvious errors. Finns are liable for all errors or omissions contained in their proposals. When, after the opening and tabulation of proposals, a selected proposer claims error and requests to be relieved of award, he will be required to promptly present certified work sheets. The City will review the work sheets, and if the City is convinced, by clear and convincing evidence, that an honest, mathematically plausible error or critical omission of costs has been made, the proposer may be relieved of his proposal. After opening and reading proposals, the City will check them for correctness of extensions of the prices per unit or subtotal and the total price. If a discrepancy exists beOveen the price per unit or subtotal and the extended amount of any proposal item, the price per unit will control. The total of extensions, corrected ,here necessary. -,-,ill be used by ilie. City.