DNR Portable Modular Bridge for ORV Trails in the U.P. Furnish and deliver one (1) portable, modular bridge suitable for ORV Trail use as shown on the example drawing and specified herein. Plans/drawings for the final bridge build-out must be signed/sealed by an engineer or architect licensed in the State of Michigan. Anticipated contract begin date N/A Wednesday, July 24, 2024 Question Deadline 07/10/2024 at 3:00 PM ET Deadline for bidders to submit questions about this RFP. Bidder questions about this RFP must be emailed to the Solicitation Manager. In the interest of transparency, only written questions are accepted. Anticipated date the State will post answers to bidder questions electronically 5:00 p.m. Eastern Friday, July 12, 2024. The State reserves the right to:
a. Disqualify a bidder for failure to follow these instructions.
b. Discontinue the RFP process at any time for any or no reason. The issuance of an RFP, your preparation and submission of a proposal, and the State's subsequent receipt and evaluation of your proposal does not commit the State to award a contract to you or anyone, even if all the requirements in the RFP are met.
c. Consider late proposals if: (i) no other proposals are received; (ii) no complete proposals are received; (iii) the State received complete proposals, but the proposals did not meet mandatory minimum requirements or technical criteria; or (iv) the award process fails to result in an award.
d. Consider an otherwise disqualified proposal if no other proposals are received.
e. Disqualify a proposal based on: (i) information provided by the bidder in response to this RFP; (2) the bidder's failure to complete registration on www.michigan.gov/SIGMAVSS ; or (3) if it is determined that a bidder purposely or willfully submitted false or misleading information in response to the RFP.
f. Consider prior performance with the State in making its award decision.
g. Consider overall economic impact to the State when evaluating proposal pricing and in the final award recommendation. This includes but is not limited to: considering principal place of performance, number of Michigan citizens employed or potentially employed, dollars paid to Michigan residents, Michigan capital investments, job creation, tax revenue implications, and economically disadvantaged businesses.
h. Consider total-cost-of-ownership factors (e.g., transition and training costs) when evaluating proposal pricing and in the final award recommendation.
i. Refuse to award a contract to any bidder that has failed to pay State taxes or has outstanding debt with the State.
j. Enter into negotiations with one or more bidders on price, terms, technical requirements, or other deliverables.
k. Award multiple, optional-use contracts, or award by Contract Activity.
l. Evaluate the proposal outside the scope identified in the Evaluation Process section of this document if the State receives only one proposal.
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