Open Season Procedures Sample Clauses

Open Season Procedures. If GSA determines that it would be in the Government’s best interest to open a new solicitation to add new contractors to the Alliant SB Contract, the Alliant SB PCO may do so at any time provided that: (a) The solicitation is issued under then-applicable federal procurement law; (b) The solicitation identifies the total approximate number of new awards that the Alliant SB PCO intends to make. The Alliant SB PCO may decide to award more or fewer Alliant SB Contracts than the number anticipated in the solicitation depending upon the overall quality of the offers received; (c) Any Contractor that meets the eligibility requirements set forth in the new solicitation submits a proposal in response to the solicitation; however, existing Alliant SB Contractors may not hold more than one Alliant SB Basic Contract at any time; (d) The award decision under any solicitation is based upon substantially the same evaluation factors/sub-factors as the original solicitation;

Open Season Procedures. If GSA determines that it would be in the Government’s best interest to amend the solicitation to add new BPA holders, the BPA Contracting Officer may do so at any time provided that: a. The reopening of the solicitation (onboarding) will be achieved via the BPA Contracting Officer issuing a solicitation amendment; b. The open season solicitation amendment is issued under then-applicable federal procurement law; c. The open season solicitation amendment identifies the total approximate number of new awards that the BPA Contracting Officer intends to make. The BPA Contracting Officer may decide to award more or fewer BPAs than the number identified in the solicitation amendment depending upon the overall quality of the quotes received; d. Any Contractor that meets the eligibility requirements set forth in the open season solicitation amendment submits a quote in response to the solicitation; e. The award decision under any open season solicitation amendment is based upon substantially the same evaluation factors/sub-factors as the original solicitation; f. The terms and conditions of any resulting BPA awards from an open season solicitation amendment are materially identical to the initial 2GIT BPA solicitation; g. The period of performance for any such new awards from an open season solicitation amendment shall end on the same date as the BPAs for all other 2GIT BPA holders; and h. If awarded a BPA through the open season authority, any new 2GIT BPA holder is eligible to compete for orders with the same rights and obligations as any other BPA holder.

Open Season Procedures. Any bidder wishing to submit a binding bid in this Open Season consistent with the above terms must submit the attached Exhibit A (Open Season Bid Form) whose terms shall be incorporated into a definitive Precedent Agreement and FTS Agreement. In addition, Bidders may submit non-conforming binding bids for an MDQ of up to 25,000 Dth/day in the Project (from Segment 28 to alternate points in the Market Delivery Zone ). Natural reserves the right to reject and remove from consideration non-conforming bids. If the non- conforming provisions of a bid are otherwise acceptable to Natural, Natural may, in its sole discretion, deem a non-conforming bid as “acceptable” in this Open Season. Natural will exercise its discretion in this regard in a not unduly discriminatory manner. Natural has no obligation to negotiate with or enter into any transaction with any party that submits a bid to Natural. All bids, including non-conforming bids, must be submitted within the Open Season Period. Natural reserves the right to market additional Project capacity following the close of the Binding Open Season.

Open Season Procedures. If the contracting officer determines that it would be in the Government’s best interest to open a new solicitation to add contractors to the contract, he/she may do so at any time provided that:

Open Season Procedures. The Government reserves the right to determine whether it would be appropriate to announce a new open market competition for the purpose of adding additional GWAC contractors. Consistent with FAR 16.504(c)(1)(ii)(A), the GSA Alliant 2 Small Business GWAC Contracting Officer has determined that it is in the Government’s best interest that at all times during the term of the Master Contract, there is an adequate number of Alliant 2 Small Business GWAC Contractors eligible to continually meet the Government’s IT services procurement requirements via effective competition for Task Orders. This will be the primary trigger for determining if an Open Season is in the Government’s best interest; thus, ensuring that “The ability to maintain competition among the awardees throughout the contracts’ period of performance.” Should the GSA Contracting Officer determine to re-open the solicitation in accordance with Section H.21, the following conditions will apply: 1. An open season notice is published in Federal Business Opportunities in accordance with FAR Part 5, Publicizing Contract Action. 2. An open season solicitation is issued under current Federal procurement law. 3. The solicitation identifies the total anticipated number of new contracts that GSA intends to award onto the Master Contract. 4. Any Offeror that meets the eligibility requirements set forth in the open season solicitation may submit a proposal in response to the solicitation. 5. The award decision under the open season solicitation is substantially based upon the same evaluation factors/sub-factors as the original solicitation. GSA reserves the right to update the evaluation scoring model with consideration to market conditions. 6. The terms and conditions of any resulting awards are materially identical to the existing version of the Alliant 2 Small Business GWAC. 7. The period of performance term for any new awards is coterminous with the existing term for all other Contractors 8. The Open Season competition is considered a separate and distinct open procurement; so, any Protests raised during Open Season source selection will not interfere with any new and/or existing Task Order requirements from being reviewed, competed, and/or issued with the original or current Contractor awardee pool 9. New Master Contract awardees resulting from the Open Season competition will be eligible to compete and submit proposals in response to any Task Order RFPs and accept awards with the same rights and obligati...