REJECTION OF PROPOSALS WAIVER OF INFORMALITIES OR – IRREGULARITIES The City reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, to waive any minor informalities or irregularities contained in any proposal, and to accept any proposal deemed to be in the best interest of the City. PROPOSAL VAILIDITY PERIOD Submission of the proposal will signify the vendor’s agreement that its proposal and the content thereof are valid for 180 days following the submission deadline and will become part of the contract that is negotiated between the City and the successful vendor. CITY TAXATION The contractor awarded said contract will be required to purchase a City of Kirkland Business License. PUBLIC RECORDS Washington state law, the documents (including but not limited to written, printed, graphic, electronic, photographic or voice mail materials and/or transcriptions, recordings or reproductions thereof) submitted in response to this request for proposals (the become a public record upon submission to the City, subject to “documents”) mandatory disclosure upon request by any person, unless the documents are exempted from public disclosure by a specific provision of law. If the City receives a request for inspection or copying of any such documents provided by a vendor in response to this RFP, it will promptly notify the vendor at the address given in response to this RFP that it has received such a request. Such notice will inform the vendor of the date the City intends to disclose the documents requested and affording the vendor a reasonable opportunity to obtain a court order prohibiting or conditioning the release of the documents. The City assumes no contractual obligation to enforce any exemption.” ACQUISITION AUTHORITY This RFP and acquisition are authorized pursuant to KMC 3.85.200 and RCW 39.04.270. CONTRACT AWARD AND EXECUTION The City reserves the right to make an award without further discussion of the proposal submitted. Therefore, the proposal should be initially submitted on the
REJECTION OF PROPOSALS – WAIVER OF INFORMALITIES OR IRREGULARITIES The City reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, to waive any minor informalities or irregularities contained in any proposal, and to accept any proposal deemed to be in the best interest of the City. PROPOSAL VAILIDITY PERIOD Submission of the proposal will signify the vendor’s agreement that its proposal and the content thereof are valid for 180 days following the submission deadline and will become part of the contract that is negotiated between the City and the successful vendor. CITY TAXATION The contractor awarded said contract will be required to purchase a City of Kirkland Business License. PUBLIC RECORDS Washington state law, the documents (including but not limited to written, printed, graphic, electronic, photographic or voice mail materials and/or transcriptions, recordings or reproductions thereof) submitted in response to this request for proposals (the “documents”) become a public record upon submission to the City, subject to mandatory disclosure upon request by any person, unless the documents are exempted from public disclosure by a specific provision of law. If the City receives a request for inspection or copying of any such documents provided by a vendor in response to this RFP, it will promptly notify the vendor at the address given in response to this RFP that it has received such a request. Such notice will inform the vendor of the date the City intends to disclose the documents requested and affording the vendor a reasonable opportunity to obtain a court order prohibiting or conditioning the release of the documents. The City assumes no contractual obligation to enforce any exemption.” ACQUISITION AUTHORITY This RFP and acquisition are authorized pursuant to KMC 3.85.200 and RCW 39.04.270. CONTRACT AWARD AND EXECUTION The City reserves the right to make an award without further discussion of the proposal submitted. Therefore, the proposal should be initially submitted on the
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