Dust Control Liquid Application The Cass County Road Commission reserves the right to accept any and all alternate proposals, bids or quotes and to award the contract to other than the lowest Vendor, waive any irregularities or informalities or both, to reject any and all bids, quotes and proposals, and in general to make the award of the contract in any manner deemed by the Board, at their sole discretion, to be in the Road Commission's best interest. It shall be in a sealed envelope marked with the name and address of the vendor on the outside of the envelope. The above referenced RFP number should also be highlighted on the outside of the envelope. In addition, if the bid is to be express mailed, "Bid Documents Enclosed" must be conspicuously marked on the package. Facsimile and/or e-mail transmitted bids will not be accepted. The bidder shall assume full responsibility for delivery of bids prior to the appointed hour and shall assume the risk of late delivery or non-delivery regardless of the manner employed for the transmission thereof. Bids shall be accepted by the Board at any time during the normal course of business only, said hours being 7:00 am to 3:30 pm, Monday through Friday, legal holidays excepted. A vendor may withdraw their bid response by written request at any time prior to the scheduled bid opening. Any bid received after the scheduled opening time will not be accepted and will be returned unopened. No bid may be withdrawn, changed, or modified in any way for a period of sixty (60) calendar days from the date of the bid opening. The total price quoted by the Bidder must be the total cost delivered to the location(s). All goods are to be shipped F.O.B. Shipments sent C.O.D. without the Road Commission's consent will not be accepted and will, at the Contractor's risk and expense, be returned. Unauthorized shipments are subject to rejection and returned at the Contractor's expense. The bidder by execution of the bid thereby declares that the bid is made without collusion with any other person, firm or corporation making any other bid, or who otherwise would make a bid, and agrees to furnish all bid items in strict accordance with all Federal Regulatory Measures. All bids must be submitted on the Road Commission's form of bid blank. The bid shall be legibly prepared in ink or typewriter. Erasures or alterations must be initialed by the bidder. Submission of a bid will be construed as a conclusive presumption that the vendor is thoroughly familiar with the Bid Proposal and Specifications and that vendor understands and agrees to abide by each and all of the stipulations and requirements contained therein. In the specifications, whenever an article or material is defined by brand name, the name and catalog number of a particular manufacturer, vendor or a limited description, the term "OR APPROVED EQUAL" is written. Any reference to a particular manufacturer's product either by brand name or limited description is only for purposes of setting a standard of performance, quality, composition, construction or size. The Road Commission Board may award bids in whole or parts thereof, reserves the right to reject any and all bids, waive irregularities in any bid and award the bid in any manner which best fits the needs and appears to be in the best interest of the Road Commission; the right to waive irregularities in any bid, and the right to reject bids at the time the bids are evaluated. The Cass County Road Commission will not pay fuel surcharges
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