Utah Code 63G-6a-606. Evaluation of bids — Award — Cancellation
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(1) A procurement unit that conducts a procurement using a bidding process shall evaluate bids:
Terms Used In Utah Code 63G-6a-606
- Bidder: means a person who submits a bid or price quote in response to an invitation for bids. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
- Bidding process: means the procurement process described in Part 6, Bidding. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Contract: means an agreement for a procurement. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
- 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
- Responsible: means being capable, in all respects, of:(75)(a) meeting all the requirements of a solicitation; and(75)(b) fully performing all the requirements of the contract resulting from the solicitation, including being financially solvent with sufficient financial resources to perform the contract. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
- Responsive: means conforming in all material respects to the requirements of a solicitation. See Utah Code 63G-6a-103
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(1)(a) using the objective criteria described in the invitation for bids; and(1)(b) to achieve the greatest long-term value to the state and the procurement unit.
(2) Criteria not described in the invitation for bids may not be used to evaluate a bid.
(3) After evaluating bids, the procurement unit shall:
(3)(a)
(3)(a)(i) award a contract as soon as practicable to the responsible bidder who submits the lowest responsive bid; and
(3)(a)(ii) publish the name and bid amount of the bidder to whom the contract is awarded; or
(3)(b)
(3)(b)(i) cancel the invitation for bids without awarding a contract; and
(3)(b)(ii) publish a notice of the cancellation that includes an explanation of the reasons for cancelling the invitation for bids.