Cone_of_Silence_Clause.pdf
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- West Sunset Lift Station
- Solicitation number
- ITB WS 79-26
- Issued by
- Okaloosa County, Florida
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This is a Cone of Silence Clause document established by the Board of County Commissioners of Okaloosa County, Florida, for the West Sunset Lift Station project. The clause prohibits all oral and written communication regarding formal solicitations between bidders, their agents, representatives, or any entity with a potential financial interest in the award and County Commissioners, County employees, selection committee members, or other authorized representatives. The communication restrictions apply from the time of advertisement through contract award for all competitive solicitation types including Invitations to Bid (ITB), Requests for Proposal (RFP), Invitations to Qualify (ITQ), Invitations to Negotiate (ITN), and Requests for Quotation (RFQ). Any information submitted after bids are due that could affect committee or staff recommendations must be directed to the Purchasing Manager or appointed representative, who retains discretion regarding consideration of such information.
Any violation of the Cone of Silence policy results in automatic disqualification of the bidder from the selection process. All bidders must acknowledge and agree to comply with this policy by signing and submitting the required statement with their proposal. The statement requires the bidder's name, representative signature, company name, and date of execution as a condition of proposal submission.
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The Board of County Commissioners has established a solicitation silence policy (Cone of Silence) that prohibits oral and written communication regarding all formal solicitations for goods and services (ITB, RFP, ITQ, ITN, and RFQ) or other competitive solicitation between the bidder (or its agents or representatives) or other entity with the potential for a financial interest in the award (or their respective agents or representatives) regarding such competitive solicitation, and any County Commissioner or County employee, selection committee member or other persons authorized to act on behalf of the Board including the County’s Architect, Engineer or their subconsultants, or anyone designated to provide a recommendation to award a particular contract, other than the Purchasing Department staff.
The period commences from the time of advertisement until contract award.
Any information thought to affect the committee or staff recommendation submitted after bids are due, should be directed to the Purchasing Manager or an appointed representative. It shall be the Purchasing Manager’s decision whether to consider this information in the decision process.
Any violation of this policy shall be grounds to disqualify the bidder from consideration during the selection process.
All bidders must agree to comply with this policy by signing the following statement and including it with their submittal.
I,__________________________________, representing _____________________________________
Signature Company Name on this ________ day of ___________________________, 20_______ hereby agree to abide by the County’s “Cone of
Silence Clause” and understand violation of this policy shall result in disqualification of my proposal/submittal.
DOCUMENT 00410 - CONE OF SILENCE CLAUSE
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