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DRAFT <br />Depth of Consultant's understanding of City's requirements and overall quality of work <br />plan; logic, clarity and specificity of work plan; appropriateness of labor distribution <br />among the tasks; ability to meet the project deadline' reasonableness of proposed <br />schedule. <br />D. Cost-20% <br />Reasonableness and affordability of the proposed hourly rates and other direct costs <br />compared with other offers received. Adequacy of data in support of figures quoted; <br />reasonableness of individual task budgets' basis on which prices are quoted. <br />EVALUATION PROCEDURE <br />An evaluation committee will be appointed to review all proposals received for this RFP. The <br />committee is comprised of City staff and may include outside personnel- The committee <br />members will evaluate the written proposals using criteria identified in Consultant Selection <br />above. A list of top ranked proposals, firms within a competitive range, will be developed based <br />upon averaging of the committee members' scores for each proposal. During the evaluation <br />period, the City may interview some or all of the proposing firms. <br />At any time during the evaluation process, and before or after selection for award, the City may <br />negotiate contract terms with some or all consultants, and expressly reserves the right to <br />negotiate with several Consultants simultaneously, and thereafter to award a contract to the <br />Consultant presenting the most favorable terms to the City. <br />AWARD <br />The City Council will consider the recommendation of staff and may approve contract award or <br />modify the recommendation. <br />The City reserves the right to award the entire scope of work to a Consultant or to apportion <br />scope of work among several Consultants as the City may deem to be in its best interest. In <br />addition, negotiations may or may not be conducted with Consultants; therefore, the proposal <br />submitted should contain the Consultant's most favorable terms and conditions, since the <br />selection and award may be made without discussion with any consultant. <br />GENERAL INFORMATION <br />Any requests for clarification or other questions regarding this RFP shall be sent via email to <br />xxxx, xxxx, xxxCu7santa-ana.org no later than 4:00 p.m. on xxxx xx, 201 1 . Responses to <br />questions, if applicable, shall be emailed as an addendum on or about xxxx xx, 2011 . <br />The City of Santa Ana reserves the right to reject any or all Proposals, to waive any informality <br />in any Proposal, and to select the Proposals that best meet the City's needs. <br />INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS <br />Please refer to the Professional Consulting Services Agreement (Attached) <br />Exhibit 1 <br />19G-9