7-2. GMU-SS1114-25 Cover Page.pdf

Purchasing Department 4400 University Drive, MS 3C1, Fairfax, VA 22030

Phone: 703.993.2580; http://fiscal.gmu.edu/purchasing/

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

GMU-SS1114-25

ISSUE DATE: November 14, 2025

TITLE: Retail Store Management and Operations

PRIMARY PROCUREMENT OFFICER: Sara Siddall, Strategic Sourcing Manager

SECONDARY PROCUREMENT OFFICER: Katherine Sirotin, Director of Contracts and Major Purchases

QUESTIONS/INQUIRIES: Submit all inquiries through George Mason’s Bonfire Portal, no later than 4:00 PM Eastern Time (ET) on December 9, 2025. All questions must be submitted through George Mason’s Bonfire portal. For assistance with technical questions related to Bonfire, contact

Support@GoBonfire.com or visit Bonfire’s help forum at https://vendorsupport.gobonfire.com/hc/en-us. Responses to questions will be posted to

George Mason’s Bonfire portal and by 5:00 PM ET on December 12, 2025.

PROPOSAL DUE DATE AND TIME: January 5, 2026 @ 2:00 PM ET. ATTENTION: PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED

VIA EMAIL, MAIL, THROUGH eVA OR IN PERSON. SEE SECTION XIII.A.1 FOR DETAILS ON ELECTRONIC PROPOSAL

SUBMISSION.

IMPORTANT! All communication with Offerors will take place in Bonfire, to include negotiations. George Mason can only message individuals at your organization that have interacted in Bonfire for this specific RFP. Please ensure the appropriate person to handle negotiations and other RFP communication has individually logged into the system and either downloaded documents, submitted your proposal or asked a question.

In Compliance With This Request For Proposal And To All The Conditions Imposed Therein And Hereby Incorporated By

Reference, The Undersigned Offers And Agrees To Furnish The Goods/Services In Accordance With The Attached Signed

Proposal Or As Mutually Agreed Upon By Subsequent Negotiations.

Name and Address of Firm:

Legal Name: Date:

DBA:

Address:

By:

Signature

FEI/FIN No. Name:

Fax No. Title:

Email: Telephone No.

SWaM Certified: Yes: No: (See Section VII. SWaM CERTIFICATION for complete details).

SWaM Certification Number:

Check the box next to the option that applies to your proposal submission. See section IV. Final Contract for additional information.

☐ Option 1: Full Acceptance:

1. We have reviewed George Mason’s Standard Contract and all related documents.

2. We have no proposed changes.

3. We understand that if we are advanced to negotiations, no contract exceptions, redlines, vendor documents, or additional terms will be considered, unless proposed by

George Mason.

☐ Option 2: Proposed Exceptions and/or Additional Documents

Submitted:

1. We have reviewed George Mason’s Standard Contract and all related documents.

2. We have included a list of proposed exceptions and/or redlined contract documents with our proposal.

3. We understand that if we are advanced to negotiations, no additional contract exceptions, redlines, vendor documents, or additional terms will be considered beyond what has been submitted with our proposal, unless proposed by George

Mason.

This public body does not discriminate against faith-based organizations in accordance with the Governing Rules, § 36 or against a Bidder/Offeror because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other prohibited by state law relating to discrimination in employment.

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