63G-6a-704.  Processing of proposals — Changes to proposals not allowed.

(1)  A procurement unit:

Terms Used In Utah Code 63G-6a-704

  • Offeror: means a person who submits a proposal in response to a request for proposals. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
  • Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Procurement: means the acquisition of a procurement item through an expenditure of public funds, or an agreement to expend public funds, including an acquisition through a public-private partnership. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
  • Request for proposals: means a document used to solicit proposals to provide a procurement item to a procurement unit, including all other documents that are attached to that document or incorporated in that document by reference. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
(a)  shall accept proposals as provided in the request for proposals;

(b)  may not open a proposal until after the deadline for submitting proposals; and

(c)  may not disclose the contents of a proposal to the public or to another offeror, except as provided in Subsection 63G-2-305(6).

(2)  A person who submits a proposal may not, after the deadline for submitting proposals, make a change to the proposal if the change is prejudicial to:

(a)  the interest of the procurement unit; or

(b)  fair competition.

Repealed and Re-enacted by Chapter 257, 2020 General Session