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Evaluation and Rating Criteria

Proposals may be evaluated based upon, but not limited to, the following criteria

in priority order:

 Firm expertise and competence including experience with similar projects.

 Professional qualifications and experience of the key personnel assigned

to the project.

 References.

 Ability to work effectively with City staff and representatives.

 Proposed budget.

The City retains sole discretion to evaluate proposals and may make an award to

the consultant the City deems to have the most responsive proposal. Receipt of

proposals in response to its RFP does not obligate the City in any way to engage

any consultant and the City reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, wholly

or in part, at any time, without penalty. The City shall retain the right to abandon

the proposal process at any time prior to the actual execution of a contract with a

consultant, and the City shall bear no financial or other responsibility in the event

of such abandonment. The City reserves the right to negotiate any and all final

terms and conditions including length, scope of services, and compensation of any

agreements entered into.

Questions Regarding This Project

The technical point of contact for this project is Patty Maitland, Finance Director.

She can be reached via e-mail at . Questions

received and the City’s responses will be posted on the City website at

Changes to RFP

The City will post any changes of this RFP on the City website at

. Such changes become an integral part of the RFP for

incorporation into any contract awarded pursuant to the RFP.

Rights to Submitted Materials

All Proposals and related correspondence, reports, charges, schedules, exhibits

and other documentation submitted with this RFP will become property of the

City and a matter of public record. All documents submitted in response to this

request will be subject to disclosure if requested by a member of the public.

There are a very limited number of narrow exceptions to these disclosure

requirements.

City Agreement and Insurance Requirements

The successful proposer(s) will be required to sign a contract with the City

relating to the work to be performed. Once selected, the proposer must procure

and maintain insurance in accordance with the City’s insurance requirements (see

“Professional Services Agreement”) for the duration of the contract. The cost of

this insurance is the proposer’s responsibility.

Reference Checks

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