12-H. Exceptions Form - Rail Geometry Testing.pdf

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CATS Rail Geometry Testing State and local contract opportunity
Solicitation number
269-2026-2049
Issued by
Mecklenburg County, Charlotte City, North Carolina

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This is an Exceptions Form for RFP #269-2026-2049 issued by the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS), a transit authority operating rail infrastructure in North Carolina. The form serves as the formal submission document for bidders to declare any exceptions or deviations from the terms, conditions, and specifications outlined in the RFP for Rail Geometry Testing services. Proposers are required to provide all products and services as requested in the RFP at the prices set forth in the accompanying Pricing Sheet, with strict conformity to all RFP terms unless exceptions are explicitly identified in the designated chart within this form. The RFP relates to CATS's comprehensive automated track inspection program designed to identify, assess, and mitigate track geometry defects across the LYNX Blue Line, which encompasses over 40 miles of rail infrastructure including double mainline track, storage tracks, yard tracks, crossings, and interlockings.

The Exceptions Form requires bidders to acknowledge their review of the Sample Contract (Section 7) and indicate whether they are including exceptions to the sample terms or accepting them without modification. Additionally, bidders must identify any Trade Secret materials or Personally Identifiable Information (PII) that should be protected from public disclosure, understanding that all other bid documents will be subject to public records requests. Material exceptions to proposal terms may serve as grounds for proposal rejection, and any exceptions not identified during the bid submission may not be considered during contract negotiation and could result in the proposal being rejected from further consideration. The form concludes with signature certification affirming that the bidder's proposal complies with all ITB requirements and that no exceptions are taken except those explicitly listed.

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EXCEPTIONS FORM

RFP # 269-2026-2049

CATS Rail Geometry Testing

The undersigned Proposer agrees to provide all Products and Services requested in the RFP for the price(s) set forth in the Pricing Sheet, all in strict conformity with the terms, conditions and specifications set forth in the RFP (including any addenda or amendments), subject only to the exceptions stated in the chart below.

Exceptions representing material changes to Proposal terms are grounds for rejection of the Proposal.

If exceptions are not identified in your Proposal, they may not be considered during Contract negotiation and could result in Proposal being rejected from further consideration. If your legal counsel needs to review the Sample Contract prior to signature, reviews should be completed before your Proposal is submitted.

Exception to RFP or

Sample Contract?

-Please specify-

Section

Number

Section

Title

Exception and Proposed Change to RFP or Sample

Contract

I, the undersigned, hereby acknowledge that my company was given the opportunity to provide exceptions to the Sample Terms as included herein as Section 7. As such, I have elected to do the following:

___ Include exceptions to the sample contract in the following section of my Bid: _______

___ Not include any exceptions to the Sample Terms.

I, the undersigned, hereby acknowledge that my company was given the opportunity to indicate any Trade

Secret materials or Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”) as detailed in Section 1.6.2. I understand that the City is legally obligated to provide my Bid documents, excluding any appropriately marked Trade Secret information and PII, upon request by any member of the public. As such, my company has elected as follows:

___ The following section(s) of the Bid are marked as Trade Secret or PII: ________

___ No portion of the Bid is marked as Trade Secret or PII.

The signature below certifies that: (a) the Bidder’s Bid complies with the requirements of this Invitation to

Bid; and (b) that the Bidder takes no exception to the terms of the ITB other than those listed in the chart contained in this Form.

Date: Company:

By: Signature:

Print name and title of signatory

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