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Negotiations shall be conducted with the selected Offerors. Price shall be considered,
but need not be the sole determining factor. WATA reserves the right to award to other
than the lowest Offeror. After negotiations have been conducted with each Offeror so
selected, WATA shall select the Offeror(s) which, in WATA’s opinion, have made the best
proposal(s), and shall award contract(s) to those Offeror(s).
WATA may cancel this RFP or reject proposals at any time prior to an award, and is not
required to furnish a statement of the reason(s) why a particular proposal was not
deemed to be the most advantageous. Should WATA determine in writing and in its
sole discretion that only one Offeror is fully qualified, or that one Offeror is clearly more
highly qualified than the others under consideration, a contract may be negotiated and
awarded to that Offeror. The award document will be a contract incorporating by
reference all the requirements, terms and conditions of the solicitation and the
Contractor’s proposal as negotiated.
13. AWARD OF CONTRACT
13.1
The Contract will be awarded to those responsible Offeror(s) whose proposal(s),
conforming to this solicitation, will be most advantageous to the Authority
according to the criteria outlined herein. The Authority reserves the right to
accept or reject any or all proposals and waive informalities and minor
irregularities in proposals received.
13.2
Notification of Award will be issued in writing by WATA. Upon notification, the
Successful Offeror(s) shall submit to WATA’s purchasing representative all
required insurance certificates (if required) and such other documentation as
may be requested or required hereunder. Upon their receipt and subsequent
approval by WATA, the purchasing representative will forward to the Successful
Offeror(s) a written NOTICE TO PROCEED. Work shall NOT be started until such
NOTICE TO PROCEED is received by the Successful Offeror(s).
13.3
Unilateral changes in proposal prices by the Offeror shall not be allowed.
However, WATA, at its sole option, reserves the right to negotiate with Offerors.
14. CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT
A Contract shall be issued to the Successful Offeror(s). The initial term of the agreement
shall cover deployment and up to 3 years total in duration beyond Final System
Acceptance, depending upon the warranty and operations support period selected,
commencing January 3, 2012. WATA may elect to exercise successive one-year options,
one year at a time to a maximum contract duration of ten (10) years.
The negotiated fee schedule based on the Scope of Services, and the specifications,
terms and conditions herein and other terms and conditions mutually agreeable to the
WATA RFP 12-005
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