VENDOR’S COST TO DEVELOP PROPOSAL for developing proposals in response to the RFP are entirely the obligation of the Vendor and shall not be chargeable in any manner to the City. WITHDRAWAL OF PROPOSALS Proposals may be withdrawn at any time prior to the submission time specified in this RFP, provided notification is received in writing. Proposals cannot be changed or withdrawn after the time designated for receipt. REJECTION OF PROPOSALS WAIVER OF INFORMALITIES OR – IRREGULARITIES The City reserves the 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 VALIDITY 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 LICENSE The Vendor awarded said contract will be required to purchase a City Business License. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE NOTICE Under 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. Documents identified as confidential or proprietary will not be treated as such if public disclosure laws take precedence. 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. Any information contained in the proposal that the Supplier desires to claim as proprietary or confidential, and exempt from disclosure must be clearly designated,
VENDOR’S COST TO DEVELOP PROPOSAL for developing proposals in response to the RFP are entirely the obligation of the Vendor and shall not be chargeable in any manner to the City. WITHDRAWAL OF PROPOSALS Proposals may be withdrawn at any time prior to the submission time specified in this RFP, provided notification is received in writing. Proposals cannot be changed or withdrawn after the time designated for receipt. REJECTION OF PROPOSALS – WAIVER OF INFORMALITIES OR IRREGULARITIES The City reserves the 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 VALIDITY 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 LICENSE The Vendor awarded said contract will be required to purchase a City Business License. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE NOTICE Under 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. Documents identified as confidential or proprietary will not be treated as such if public disclosure laws take precedence. 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. Any information contained in the proposal that the Supplier desires to claim as proprietary or confidential, and exempt from disclosure must be clearly designated,
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