This Quote Bid is issued by the Department of Parks Heritage and Tourism for the Parks Operations division to obtain pricing and a contract for a Major Maintenance project.
Direct all communications regarding this Solicitation to the Buyer on page one (1) of the Quote Bid.
1.2 TYPE OF CONTRACT
A.As a result of this Quote Bid, the Department intends to award a contract to a single Contractor (seeContractor Selection).
B.The anticipated starting date for any resulting contract is within 30 days of Bid Due Date except thatthe actual contract start date may be adjusted unilaterally by the State for up to three (3) calendarmonths. By submitting a signed bid in response to the Quote Bid, the Prospective Contractorrepresents and warrants that it will honor its bid as being held open as irrevocable for this period.
1.3 DEFINITION OF TERMS
A.Unless otherwise defined herein, all terms defined in Arkansas Procurement Law have the samemeaning herein.
B.The terms "Quote Bid," "QB," and "Solicitation" are used synonymously in this document.
C."Prospective Contractor" means a responsive and responsible bidder who submits a bid that meetsthe Requirements and criteria set forth in this Solicitation.
D."Requirement" means a term, condition, provision, deliverable, Specification, or a combinationthereof, that is obligated under the Solicitation, resulting contract, or both.
E."Responsive Bid" means a bid submitted in response to this Solicitation that conforms to allRequirements, criteria, and Specifications in this QB.
F."Shall" and "must" mean the imperative and are used to identify Requirements and Specifications.
G."Specification" means any technical or purchase description or other description of the physical orfunctional characteristics, or of the nature, of a commodity or service. "Specification" may include adescription of any Requirement for inspecting, testing, or preparing a commodity or service fordelivery.
H."State" means the State of Arkansas. When the term "State" is used herein to reference anyobligation of the State under a contract that results from this Solicitation, that obligation is limited tothe Department using such a contract.
1.4 CONTRACTOR SELECTION
A.If it is in the best interest of the State to do so, award will be made to the responsible ProspectiveContractor determined to have submitted the lowest priced Responsive Bid, based on the Official BidPrice amount entered on the Bid Signature Page.
B.A contract is not effective prior to final award being made by the State; some contracts may besubject to Legislative review prior to final award.
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