Responsive and Responsible. Only proposals received from responsive and responsible proposers will be considered. The County reserves the right before recommending any award to inspect the facilities and organization; or to take any other necessary action, such as background checks, to determine ability to perform is satisfactory, and reserves the right to reject submission packages where evidence submitted or investigation and evaluation indicates an inability for the proposer to perform.
Responsive and Responsible. The State shall only consider and evaluate proposals from responsive and responsible Offerors. To be considered responsive, at a minimum, Offerors must complete and submit all of the required information that is requested in this RFP and its Attachments and the Proposal must also be delivered on time and to the correct address as identified in this RFP. Any proposal that is illegible, incomplete, or otherwise irregular in any way will be marked as non-responsive. To be considered responsible, at a minimum, Offerors must be presently engaged in providing services similar to those required in this RFP, must have appropriate licenses, and must be capable of performing the services required outlined in this RFP. The State, in its sole discretion, may reject any proposal in which the Offeror: − Has unsatisfactorily performed work for the State (in the State’s opinion). − Has a current contract with the State which is not in good standing. − Has had a contract terminated by the State for non-performance. − Is engaged in unresolved disputes or is in litigation with the State. − Has been, or is presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, or declared ineligible for award of a contract by any public entity. − Has had judgments rendered against them for fraud, embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false Statements, or tax evasion. The State reserves the right to contact any Offeror to clarify any information in its proposal, to request additional information from the Offeror, or to conduct additional investigation about the Offeror not outlined in this RFP. Offerors that do not, or cannot provide the requested information will be considered nonresponsive.
