Sec. 1. A proposal submitted in response to a request for proposals described in IC 5-30-6 must satisfy the following: (1) The qualitative proposal and the price proposal must be submitted simultaneously in separately sealed and identified packages. The price proposal must remain sealed until opened in public under section 5 of this chapter. (2) […]
Sec. 2. (a) The public agency shall submit the qualitative proposals to the technical review committee. (b) The public agency may require clarifications from an offeror to ensure conformance of proposals with the design criteria and administrative requirements. (c) The technical review committee may not consider a proposal until the design criteria developer provides its […]
Sec. 3. (a) The technical review committee shall review the qualitative proposals and establish a score for each qualitative proposal based on the factors, weighting, and process identified in the request for proposals. (b) The technical review committee shall give a written comprehensive score for each qualitative proposal. (c) A written comprehensive score for a […]
Sec. 4. The public agency shall notify all offerors of the date, time, and location of the public opening of the sealed price proposals at least seven (7) days before the opening date. As added by P.L.74-2005, SEC.1.
Sec. 5. The public agency shall publicly open the sealed price proposals and divide each offeror’s price by the written composite score that the technical review committee has given to each qualitative proposal to obtain an adjusted price. As added by P.L.74-2005, SEC.1.
Sec. 6. The public agency shall accept the proposal that provides the public agency with the lowest adjusted price providing the best value to the taxpayer. The public agency is not required to accept the lowest price proposal. As added by P.L.74-2005, SEC.1.
Sec. 7. The public agency may reject any and all proposals, except for the purpose of evading the provisions and policies of this article. A public agency must make a rejection of proposals under this section in a written document that states the reasons for rejecting proposals. As added by P.L.74-2005, SEC.1.
Sec. 8. (a) The public agency may negotiate any contract term with the offeror selected under section 6 of this chapter, except for those terms identified in the request for proposals as nonnegotiable. (b) If the public agency is unable to negotiate a contract with its first selection, the public agency may: (1) terminate negotiations […]
Sec. 9. (a) Unless and until a proposal is accepted, the drawings, specifications, and other information in the proposal are the property of the offeror. (b) After a proposal is accepted, ownership of the drawings, specifications, and information in the drawings and specifications shall be determined under Indiana law and the terms of the design-build […]
