Facilitation_of_Public_Meetings_or_Events.pdf

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

FACILITATION OF PUBLIC MEETINGS OR EVENTS

(NO. 2020.075P)

FOR

Washington County, Oregon

RELEASE DATE: July 13, 2020 DEADLINE FOR QUESTIONS: July 20, 2020

RESPONSE DEADLINE: July 24, 2020, 4:00 pm

RESPONSES MUST BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY TO:

https://secure.procurenow.com/portal/washington-county-or

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I. Request for Proposals II. Introduction

III. Instructions to Proposers IV. Project Details V. Evaluation Criteria

VI. Evaluation and Award Process VII. Terms and Conditions

VIII. Vendor Submissions

Attachments:

A - CERTIFICATION AND CONTRACT OFFER

B - SAMPLE CONTRACT

C - INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY FORM PP

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I. REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

(No. 2020.075P)

Washington County, Oregon is requesting proposals from qualified firms to provide Facilitation of Public Meetings or Events.

The County may reject any proposal not in compliance with all prescribed public bidding procedures and requirements and may reject for good cause any or all proposals upon a finding by the County it is in the public interest to do so.

A copy of the Request for Proposal document is posted on ProcureNow. Proposal documents can be viewed and downloaded from the site. The County’s electronic solicitation portal can also be accessed at www.washcopurch.com. Proposers are responsible for checking the site for any addendums before submitting their proposals.

The Washington County Board of Commissioners reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and to waive any and all informalities in the best interest of the County.

Suzi Fulcher, Purchasing Manager

Published: Jul 13, 2020 ORPIN http://www.washcopurch.com/

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II. INTRODUCTION

The following instructions/terms and conditions apply to all solicitations to provide either goods or services to Washington County.

II.A Summary

General work description: In response to community outcry regarding racial justice in response to national and local events, the Board of Commissioners is convening a series of community listening sessions. These will provide an open forum for community members to share with the Board members their concerns, their fears and their frustrations.

On the heels of that series of meetings will be the second annual Community Investment Conversation (formerly the Budget Listening Tour). This will be a 4-meeting series that will provide the community an opportunity to better understand how the county invests the public dollar and move through exercises and conversations about their priorities.

Finally, In May 2020 voters passed the Metro Supportive Housing Services Ballot Measure which approved a tax to fund services to meet the needs of a growing homeless population. The submittal of a Local Implementation Plan is required for approval by the Metro Council. Equity and community engagement are important components of Washington County’s implementation plan. Strategies will be incorporated in the plan to advance racial equity outcomes, engage communities of color and historically marginalized communities.

II.B Background

Washington County:

Washington County is a suburban county located on the western edge of Portland, Oregon. Its boundaries extend from the City of Portland to the coast range. The current population is approximately 600,000 people. There is a mix of urban, suburban and rural areas. The eastern half of the County is composed of service industries, light manufacturing, residential and commercial activity. It is relatively densely populated. The western half is primarily farms and private forest lands across rural settings, together with several smaller incorporated and unincorporated communities.

The County seat of government is located in Hillsboro, Oregon. The County has experienced substantial growth over the last fifty years principally in the electronics and high tech industries.

Twenty percent of the entire state's population growth in the last five years has occurred in Washington County.

The County is a home rule county, governed by five elected Commissioners who appoint a County Administrator as the chief executive of the County. There are currently approximately 2000 employees in all areas of County government who are engaged in providing the multitude of services required by its member cities, businesses and general population.

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II.C Contact Information

Suzi Fulcher Purchasing Manager 155 N First Ave MS 28 Hillsboro, OR 97124 Email: suzi_fulcher@co.washington.or.us Phone: (503) 846-8734

Department:

CAO

II.D Timeline

The County reserves the right to modify this schedule at the County's discretion. Proper notification of changes to the due date will be made to all parties that have received the proposal from ProcureNow.

Time is of the essence in getting the system installed, the above schedule will be adjusted accordingly should some tasks take less time than scheduled.

Date of Legal Advertisement July 13, 2020

Question Submission Deadline July 20, 2020, 2:00pm

Submittals Due July 24, 2020, 4:00pm

Contractor Selection Date July 31, 2020 mailto:suzi_fulcher@co.washington.or.us tel:(503)846-8734

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III. INSTRUCTIONS TO PROPOSERS

III.A Precedence of Proposal Documents*

The order of precedence of documents is as follows:

1. Special Instructions

2. Standard Contract Terms & Conditions

3. Specifications/Scope of Work

4. General Instructions

III.B Copies of Proposal Documents*

Documents obtained from sources (such as directly from other contractors) other than ProcureNow are not valid proposal documents. It is the proposer's responsibility to ensure they are following a particular project on ProcureNow in order to receive notification of all addenda as well as additional relevant information.

III.C Questions and Answers

Enter all questions regarding the meaning or intent of the solicitation into the questions area of the solicitation in ProcureNow.

III.D Specification Protest Process

Delivery: A proposer must deliver a protest of specifications to the County in writing no later than seven (7) calendar days prior to the proposal due date as follows:

Specification Protest Proposal#: 2020.075P Washington County Purchasing Division ATTN: Purchasing Manager 155 North First Avenue, Suite 270 MS 28 Hillsboro, Oregon 97124-3072

Content: A proposer’s written protest must include:

A detailed statement of the legal and factual grounds for the protest; description of the resulting prejudice to the proposer; and a statement of the form of relief requested or any proposed changes to the specifications.

County Response: The County may reject without consideration a proposer’s protest after the deadline established for submitting protest. The County shall provide notice to the applicable

Facilitation of Public Meetings or Events proposer if it entirely rejects a protest. If the County agrees with the proposer’s protest, in whole or in part, the County shall either issue an addendum reflecting its determination or cancel the solicitation.

Extension of Closing: If the County receives a written protest from a proposer in accordance with this rule, the County may extend closing if the County determines an extension is necessary to consider the protest and to issue addenda, if any, to the solicitation document.

Judicial review of the County’s decision relating to a specification protest shall be in accordance with ORS 279B.405.

III.E Phone Proposals, Late Proposals or Modifications*

Late proposals or modifications of proposals will be handled in the following manner:

It is the sole responsibility of the proposer to ensure upload of proposals by the County by the specified time. They system will not allow Proposers to upload after this time and the proposal will not be considered.

Any modification of a proposal is subject to the same conditions set forth above.

Proposals will not be accepted via Hard Copy, Phone, E-mail or FAX.

III.F Interpretations and Addenda

If necessary, interpretations or clarifications in response to questions will be issued by addenda.

Questions received after the cut off day and time for questions may not be answered unless the County determines, in its sole discretion that it is in its best interests to do so. Oral and other interpretations or clarifications will be without legal effect.

Any amendment(s) to or error(s) in the RFP called to the attention of the County will be added to or corrected by written addendum and posted to ProcureNow. The County may also issue addenda to modify the proposal documents, as it deems advisable.

Receipt of addenda must be acknowledged in the Vendor Questionnaire.

Proposers shall be solely responsible to check for and download all addenda, if any, from the ProcureNow prior to submitting their proposals.

III.G Guidelines for Proposal Submittal and Receipt

To be considered for this contract, each proposer must upload its complete proposal to ProcureNow with separate files for costing, the completed Functional Requirements Excel spreadsheet, and any proprietary information.

Proposals must be uploaded by 4:00 pm Jul 24, 2020. The system will not allow late uploads.

Allow plenty of time to ensure your upload is successful. Slow or malfunctioning internet shall not be an acceptable reason for late submissions.

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Proposers are required to submit the proposal forms furnished in this RFP document. Please retain a copy for your records. Proposals will not be read aloud.

Each submittal shall contain the following:

• All proposal response forms listed in the Attachment Section, including the signed and dated certification and contract offer sheet.

• Failure to submit any of the required items may be grounds for rejection of the proposal.

• Proposals will not be read aloud.

III.H Proposal Content

Cover letter -

• Structure or type of business entity and name(s) of the person(s) authorized to represent the Proposer in any negotiations

• Name(s) of the person(s) authorized to sign any contract that may result

• Contact person’s name, mailing or street addresses, phone numbers, and email address

• Statement that no redactions are requested to your proposal prior to releasing to a public records request, if applicable

• A legal representative of the Proposer, authorized to bind the firm in contractual matters, must sign the Cover Letter

Certification and Contract Offer. (Attachment B ) Failure to sign and submit this form may be cause for rejection. Review Attachment C - Sample Personal Services Contract and list any issues or exceptions. Review the insurance requirements for this contract and list any exceptions.

Responses, Descriptions, or Explanations requested in the Evaluation Criteria section.

https://secure.procurenow.com/portal/washington-county-or/projects/4311?section=21789

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IV. PROJECT DETAILS

IV.A Objectives:

1) Facilitate the success of various events sponsored by Washington County, including support for some or all elements in the full life cycle of events.

2) Provide greater access to economic opportunity among historically under-represented business owners operating within Washington County to provide contracted services.

3) Successful proposer(s) will demonstrate a successful history of engaging disadvantaged to provide services and participate in events.

The County reserves the right to award to one or more contractors and to assign each event, and future events, at the County's discretion.

IV.B Community Listening Sessions (Mid – August through September)

a. Responsibilities of the County

• Plan events and coordinate logistics;

• Contract with community organizations to assist facilitator for culturally specific meeting;

• Coordinate outreach to community members;

• Serve as point of contact for constituents, media and other elected officials;

• Provide edits and feedback for final report to the Board of Commissioners.

b. Responsibility of Contractor

• Provide technical assistance in preparation for the events;

• Facilitate six-event series;

• Prepare and present final report to the Board of Commissioners.

IV.C Community Investment Conversations (October)

a. Responsibilities of the County

• In concert with Contractor plan events and coordinate logistics;

• As needed, contract with community organizations to assist facilitator for culturally specific meeting;

• Serve as point of contact for constituents, media and other elected officials;

• Provide edits and feedback for final report to the Board of Commissioners.

b. Responsibility of Contractor:

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• In concert with county staff plan events and coordinate logistics;

• Coordinate outreach to community members with the help of county staff;

• Provide expertise on community investment conversations and activities to shape the online (and if possible in person) events;

• Facilitate four-event series;

• Prepare and present final report to the Board of Commissioners.

IV.D Community Engagement for Metro’s Supportive Housing Services Local Implementation Strategy (October – December)

a. Responsibilities of the County

• In concert with consultant plan events and coordinate logistics;

• As needed, contract with community organizations to assist facilitator for culturally specific meeting;

• Serve as point of contact for constituents, media and other electeds;

• Provide edits and feedback for final report to the Board of Commissioners.

b. Responsibility of Contractor (in coordination and under the supervision of the Washington County Housing Services Department):

• Convene regional partners to advance racial equity outcomes in supportive housing services.

• Engage meaningfully with communities of color, Indigenous communities, people with low incomes and other historically marginalized communities in establishing outcomes and implementing the Supportive Housing Services Program.

• Assist in increasing accountability by ensuring involvement of communities of color in establishing goals, outcomes, and implementation and evaluation efforts.

• Quantify community engagement activities, groups, and individuals who attended sessions and document responses, major issues and needs to provide information to complete a gap analysis of services needed to serve homeless individuals and families and ensure participation of communities of color in decision-making and resource allocation.

• Provide a written report of all activities, engagements and information gathered from community engagement activities.

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V. EVALUATION CRITERIA

EVALUATION CRITERIA AND SELECTION PROCESS

All proposals will be reviewed by staff based on the following criteria. Each evaluation criteria have been assigned points based on its relative value to the contract as a whole. The criteria and the associated points are listed in the table below:

After the initial scoring of the written responses the highest scoring proposers may be asked to give a 10-minute presentation, not including time for questions. The presentation will be scheduled at a mutually agreeable time and will be worth an additional 20 points.

No. Evaluation Criteria Scoring Method Weight (Points)

1. Experience What type of experience does the respondent have with event planning and execution? List qualifications and experience of the firm.

Identify key project personnel by name, title, work they will perform, and describe their relevant experience. Briefly describe other projects completed or in progress by your firm that demonstrate relevant experience, and that best characterize the firm’s capabilities, work quality and cost control

0-5 Points 20 (20% of Total)

2. Approach How would the respondent’s services meet the County’s objectives listed above.

Describe the tasks that must be accomplished in order to complete the project.

Provide a narrative description of how the firm proposes to execute the tasks during each phase of the project. Identify the products or deliverables that would result from each task.

Your firm should rely on its expertise and experience with similar projects to demonstrate how it will effectively complete the proposed project.

You may include the experience and expertise of major sub-consultants as well. If applicable, discuss any unique aspects of the project for which your firm is particularly well qualified, alternative approaches the County might wish to consider.

0-5 Points 30 (30% of Total)

3. Cost Estimate a reasonable budget for each project.

This should include an itemized schedule of professional fees and costs for performance under this contract. Such fee schedule should

0-5 Points 20 (20% of Total)

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4. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Does your firm hold State of Oregon COBID Certification, or a comparable Emerging Small Business, Minority-Owned Business, Women- Owned Business, Veteran-Owned Business, or Disadvantaged Business certification from another State or Entity?

What proportion of the respondent’s employees are persons of color?

In what ways would the respondent provide connections and channels of communication with diverse community, ethnic and cultural groups in Washington County?

In what ways would the respondent’s contract provide positive impact from the delivery of its services to help reshape systems and institutions that might otherwise prolong inequities within the community?

0-5 Points 20 (20% of Total)

5. References Provide a list of clients for whom your firm has performed similar work in the past five (5) years, with particular emphasis on public agencies with similarities to Washington County. List the firm name, address, contact person, emails address of contact person and telephone number for a minimum of three (3) such projects.

List any contracts terminated for cause within the same time period and include the reason why.

0-5 Points 10 (10% of Total)

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VI. EVALUATION AND AWARD PROCESS

VI.A References

Questionnaires may be sent to customer references by Washington County or contacted by telephone. Secondary references may also be contacted.

Basic areas of discussion shall be:

• Quality and performance of recommended proposer

• Review of any problems and their resolution

• Overall opinion of proposer's performance and personnel assigned to their account

• Projected vs. actual costs

The County reserves the right to obtain clarification of any point in regards to a proposal or to obtain additional information necessary to properly evaluate a proposal. Failure of a Proposer to respond to such a request for additional information or clarification could result in rejection of their proposal.

After the above activity has occurred, a one or more firms will be identified that are best able to provide the services to the County. The County reserves the sole right to determine the best Proposal(s). A notice of intent to award will be published.

VI.B Certification and Contract Offer*

An individual of the company who is authorized to legally obligate the company must sign the certification and contract offer in ink before an award will be made.

An offer will not be considered for award where the certification has been omitted, modified or not properly signed prior to presentation to the County Administrator or Board of Commissioners for award.

VI.C Period Proposal Validity*

All proposals shall remain firm for a period of 180 calendar-days after date specified for receipt of proposals.

VI.D Acceptance, Rejection and Cancellation of Award*

Washington County reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals received as a result of this RFP and to negotiate with any qualified proposer(s) for all or part of the requested goods and services. All proposals become the property of the County.

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This RFP does not commit the County to award a contract or to pay any costs incurred by companies responding. Washington County reserves the right to cancel award of this contract at any time before execution of the contract if cancellation is deemed to be in the County's best interests. In no event shall the County have any liability for the cancellation of the award. All costs of the proposal process, interviews, contract negotiations, and related expenses are the responsibility of the proposer.

Acceptance of a proposal is subject to budget approval, appropriation and budgetary constraints.

VI.E Award Recommendation*

The notice of intent to award will be posted on the ProcureNow website at least seven (7) days before the award of the contract. See PROTESTS AND JUDICIAL REVIEW OF CONTRACT AWARD below for protest of award.

The decision by the Board or the County Administrator to award the contract shall constitute the final decision of the County to award the contract.

VI.F Inspection of Proposals

Subject to the provisions of the Oregon Public Records Law, all proposals received will be available for public inspection after the notice of intent to award has been published. Proposals will be provided via an electronic link.

Copies of material from proposal files may be obtained from the Washington County Purchasing Division upon payment of a charges based upon the current County Fee Schedule. Prepayment is required for providing materials from the proposal files.

VI.G Protests and Judicial Review of Contract Award*

Purpose. The award by the Washington County Board of Commissioners of the contract shall constitute a final decision of the County to award the contract if no written protest of the award is filed A proposer may protest the award of a contract, or the intent to award of a contract, whichever occurs first, if the conditions set forth in ORS 279B.410(1) are satisfied. A proposer must file a written protest with the County and exhaust all administrative remedies before seeking judicial review of the County's contract award decision.

Delivery. A proposer must deliver a written protest to the Washington County Purchasing Manager within seven (7) days after issuance of the notice of intent to award the contract.

Content of Protest. A proposer’s written protest shall specify the grounds for the protest to be considered pursuant to ORS 279B.410(2). Proposer may not protest the content of specifications in an award protest. Proposers may protest only deviations from laws rules, regulations, or procedures including procedures set out in this RFP. Disagreement with the scoring by the Selection Committee is not a basis for protest. Protests must specify the grounds for the appeal including the specific citation of law, rule, regulation, or procedure upon which the protest is based.

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County Response. The County shall not consider a proposer’s contract award protest submitted after the timeline established for submitting such protest. The County shall issue a written disposition of the protest in a timely manner as set forth in ORS 279B.410(4). If the County upholds the protest, in whole or in part, the County may in its sole discretion either award the contract to the successful protestor or cancel the procurement or solicitation. The County shall not consider any protest against award based on the content of specifications.

Judicial Review. Judicial review of the Board’s or its designee’s decision relating to a contract award protest shall be in accordance with ORS 279B.415.

VI.H Negotiation with Awarded Contractor(s)*

The County reserves the right to negotiate final contract terms with the awarded contractor to the fullest extent allowed by law and as in the best interest of the County.

VI.I Contractor's Responsibility*

It is understood that the specifications and other contract documents do not purport to control the method of performing the work, but only the requirements as to the nature of the completed work. The contractor assumes the entire responsibility for the method of performing the work. Suggestions as to the method included in the contract documents shall be deemed advisory only and the feasibility of such methods, or the lack thereof, shall not affect the contractor’s liability, or status as independent contractor, and contractor will remain responsible for the cost of all permits unless otherwise specified.

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VII. TERMS AND CONDITIONS

VII.A Laws and Regulations*

The proposer is assumed to be familiar with all Federal, State, County or City laws or regulations, which in any manner affect those engaged or employed in the work or the materials or equipment used or which in any way affect the conduct of the work, and no pleas of misunderstanding will be considered on account of ignorance thereof. If the proposer shall discover any provision in these specifications or project information, plans or contract documents which is contrary to or inconsistent with any law or regulations, they shall report it to County in writing.

All work performed by the contractor shall be in compliance with all Federal, State, County and local laws, regulations and ordinances. Unless otherwise specified, the contractor shall be responsible for obtaining for applicable permits and licenses.

VII.B Recycled Materials and Sustainable Products and Processes*

Contractor is encouraged to use recycled and recyclable products to the maximum extent economically feasible during the performance of the Contract.

Washington County prefers materials or supplies manufactured from recycled materials if the recycled product is available, and it meets the requirements set forth in the Specifications.

Washington County supports and encourages the use of sustainable products by the Contractor.

To contribute to a clean environment for present and future generations, Contractor shall utilize sustainable products to the maximum extent feasible during the performance of this Contract.

VII.C Proprietary Information, Ownership and Use of Documents*

All documents submitted to the County shall become public records, subject to disclosure, unless otherwise protected pursuant to the Oregon Public Records Law.

The County is subject to the Oregon Public Records Law (ORS 192.410 to 192.505), which requires the County to disclose all records generated or received in the transaction of County business, except as expressly exempted in ORS 192.501, 192.502, or other applicable law.

Examples of exemptions that could be relevant include trade secrets (ORS 192.501 (2)) and computer programs (ORS 192.501(15)). The County will not disclose records submitted by a Proposer that are exempt from disclosure under the Public Records Law, subject to the following procedures and limitations:

The entire RFP cannot be marked confidential, nor, shall any pricing be marked confidential.

All pages containing the records exempt from disclosure shall be marked “confidential” and segregated in the following manner:

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• It shall be clearly marked in bold and on each page of the confidential document.

• It shall be kept separate from the other RFP documents in a separate file or folder.

• Where this specification conflicts with other formatting and response instruction specifications, this specification shall prevail.

Where such conflict occurs, the Proposer is instructed to respond with the following: “Refer to confidential information enclosed.” This statement shall be inserted in the place where the requested information was to have been placed.

Proposers who desire that additional information be treated as confidential must mark those pages as “confidential”, cite a specific statutory basis for the exemption, and the reasons why the public interest would be served by the confidentiality. Should a proposal be submitted as described in this section no portion of it can be held as confidential unless that portion is segregated as described above.

Notwithstanding the above procedures, the County reserves the right to disclose information that the County determines, in its sole discretion, is not exempt from disclosure or that the County is directed to disclose by the County’s Attorney, the District Attorney or a court of competent jurisdiction. Prior to disclosing such information, the County will notify the Proposer.

If the Proposer disagrees with the County’s decision, the County may, but is not required to enter into an agreement not to disclose the information so long as the Proposer bears the entire cost, including reasonable attorney’s fees, of any legal action, including any appeals, necessary to defend or support a no-disclosure decision.

VII.D Rights of Board of Commissioners*

The Board of Commissioners expressly reserves the following rights:

• To waive irregularities in the proposals submitted.

• To cancel the procurement or reject any proposals or portions thereof in accordance with ORS 279B.100.

• To base awards with due regard to quality of services, experience, compliance with specifications, proposal response, and other such factors as necessary in the circumstances.

• To make the award to any proposer whose proposal, in the opinion of management and the Board, is in the best interest of the County.

• To negotiate contract terms and conditions.

VII.E Qualifications/References/Responsible Proposer*

Qualifications of proposers will be evaluated when determining the award. Proposers may be required to produce acceptable personal, business, and credit references and completed examples of previous work of a similar nature.

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The County reserves the right to investigate references and to consider the past performance of any proposer with respect to its performance of similar projects, compliance with specifications and contractual obligations, its completion or delivery of services on schedule, and its lawful payment of employees and workers whether or not specifically listed by the proposer.

Before awarding a contract, the County shall determine that the apparent successful proposer has met the requirements of responsibility outlined in ORS 279B.110.

VII.F Social Equity*

In order to promote economic growth, the County seeks to maximize the participation of diverse consultants, partners, contractors, and suppliers throughout the duration of the project.

Working in a way that promotes the empowerment of individuals, organizations, and communities most affected by inequities is a practical method of achieving equity. We want to integrate empowering equity strategies that allow for authentic voice to be heard and ultimately represented in decisions from this delivery of service.

The County values the community as a whole and calls out those providing and receiving services should have a positive economic impact from the delivery of services that is long term and positively changes our hierarchical systems to incorporate those who are most affected by inequities.

It is the County’s desire to create full and equal access to opportunities for all people that enable them to attain their full potential. We pay particular attention to the development of income and wealth for communities most affected by inequities.

VII.G County Rights

The County reserves the right to modify this schedule at the County's discretion. Proper notification of changes to the due date will be made to all parties that have received the proposal from ProcureNow.

VII.H Form of Contract

A copy of the standard personal service contract that the County expects the successful firm or individual to execute is attached. The contract will incorporate the terms and conditions from this RFP document and the successful proposer's response documents.

Firms taking exception to any of the contract terms should indicate the same in their proposals or their exceptions will be deemed waived.

VII.I Insurance Requirements

The insurance requirements for this contract are outlined in the Insurance Requirements Summary Form.

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VIII. VENDOR SUBMISSIONS

VIII.A Solicitation Requirements*

Proposer read through and confirm that you met all of the Solicitation requirements?

☐ Yes

☐ No *Response required

VIII.B Cooperative Purchasing*

Will the proposer extend pricing and terms to other public agencies?(there is no penalty for not agreeing to extend pricing)

☐ Yes

☐ No *Response required

VIII.C Addenda*

To confirm that you have received and read all Addenda related to this solicitation, please type the Addenda numbers here (i.e. "1,2,3"). If there were no Addenda, type "N/A"

*Response required

VIII.D Proposal Content

The proposal shall be prepared succinctly, providing a straight forward, concise description of the proposer’s ability to meet the requirements of the RFP. There should be no unnecessary attachments or exhibits.

Proposal should contain no more than ten (10) 8.5" x 11", pages of written material (excluding biographies and brochures which may be included in a separate file as an appendix) describing the ability of the proposer to perform the work described. The minimum font shall be twelve

(12) point single spaced and the minimum margins shall be one (1) inch on all sides.

VIII.D.1 Certification and Contract Offer*

Signed Certification and Contract Offer

*Response required

VIII.D.2 Responses*

Responses to: Experience, Approach, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

*Response required

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VIII.D.3 Separate Cost Proposal*

Confirm that your fee proposal is not attached in your Proposal and is attached separately here.

*Response required

VIII.D.4 References*

Upload response to Evaluation Criteria: References

*Response required