INTENTION OF THE CITY. It is the intent of the Contract Documents to describe a functionally complete Project to be constructed by the Contractor in accordance with the Contract Documents. Any work, materials, or equipment that may reasonably be inferred from the Contract Documents, as being required to produce the intended result, shall be supplied whether or not specifically called for. When words that have a well-known technical or trade meaning are used to describe work, materials, or equipment, such words shall be interpreted in accordance with that meaning. Reference to standard specifications, manuals, or codes of any technical society, organization, or association, or to laws or regulations of any governmental authority, whether such reference is specific or by implication, shall mean the standard specification, manual, code, laws, or regulations in effect at the time of the date of the execution of this Agreement.
INTENTION OF THE CITY. It is the intention of the City to obtain a proposal most suitable to its interests and what it wishes to accomplish. Therefore, notwithstanding any other terms or conditions of this RFP, the City has a right to: • Waive any irregularity, insufficiency, or non-compliance in any proposal submitted • Accept or reject all or part of any proposal • Negotiate with a proponent to modify its proposal to best suit the needs of the City • Accept the proposal that it determines to be most favourable to the interests of the City STATEMENT OF DECISIONS AND LIMITATIONS These Terms of Reference are not an offer by the City to enter into a contract/agreement with a responding Contractor. Only the execution of a written contract will obligate the City in accordance with the terms and conditions in such contract. These Terms of Reference represent the City’s request to receive proposals from qualified Contractors. This Terms of Reference does not commit the City to award a contract, to pay any costs incurred by the Contractor in the preparation of a proposal in response to this request, or to procure or contract services or supplies. The City reserves the rights to accept or reject any or all proposals received pursuant to this request, to negotiate with all qualified sources, or to cancel, in part or in its entirety, this Request for Proposal if it is in the best interest of the City to do so. The City may require the selected Contractor to participate in negations and to submit any costs breakdowns, or other revisions of their proposal, as a result of any such negotiations.
