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City of Santa Ana, California Section 4. RFP Policies, Conditions, and Process SECTION 4 - RFP POLICIES, CONDITIONS, AND PROCESS 4.1 Rights Reserved by the City The City reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to pursue any or all of the following actions regarding this RFP process: • Issue addenda and amend the RFP and Franchise Agreement; • Request additional information and/or clarification from Proposer; • Extend the deadline for submitting proposals; • Withdraw this RFP; • Reject proposals that do not fully comply with the requirements detailed in this RFP, its attachments, addenda, or clarifications; • Reject incomplete proposals; proposals containing errors, inconsistencies, false, inaccurate or misleading information; proposals submitted after the deadline; or, proposals with other process or content errors or deficiencies; • Amend the Municipal Codes of City; • Award a proposal based on a combination of its qualitative and quantitative attributes; • Take other actions the City deems are in the best interest of the City, and residents and businesses in the City service area; and, • Negotiate changes in the services proposed and/or described in the RFP or to incorporate programs proposed by others. 4.2 General RFP Requirements This RFP shall not be construed by any party as an agreement of any kind between the City, contractor(s), and other parties. This RFP does not obligate the City to accept any proposal, negotiate with any Proposer, award a Franchise Agreement, or proceed with the development of any project or service described in response to this RFP. The City has no obligation to and shall not compensate any Proposer for its expense of preparing its proposal and participating in this procurement process. Please note that the City's procurement of Solid Waste and Recycling Franchise Services is not subject to State bidding laws, and the City does not intend to cause the current RFP process to become subject to such public bidding laws or regulations. The City shall have the right (but not the obligation) to perform a review of each Proposer's ability to perform the work required. Each Proposer must agree to cooperate with such a review. Such cooperation by Proposer shall apply to the verification of the Proposer's capability and experience in the provision of services and any other component of work that may be required under this procurement. The City, and its consultants, will be conducting reference checks on Proposers that will involve contacting jurisdictions currently or previously served by Proposer, as well as contacting regulatory agencies involved in oversight of Proposers' facilities. In addition, the City, or its consultants, may DRAFT RFP for Franchised Collection Services 11/28/17 Page 23 65B-32