Vermont Statutes Title 19 Sec. 2606
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 19 Sec. 2606
- Agency: means the Agency of Transportation. See
- Best value: means the highest overall value to the State, considering quality and cost. See
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Develop: means the partition or division of any tract of land of any size by a person through sale, lease, transfer, or any other means by which any interest in or to the land or a portion of the land is conveyed to another person that will require the construction of permanent new or enlarged points of access to a State or town highway other than a limited access facility pursuant to subsection 1702a(a) of this title; excluding, however, tracts of land located entirely within a city or incorporated village. See
- Project: means the capital development of a facility. See
- Proposal: means a conditional offer of a private entity that, after review, negotiation, and documentation, and after legislative approval if required under this subchapter, may lead to a P3 agreement as provided in this subchapter. See
- Proposer: means an individual, firm, corporation, limited-liability company, partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship, or other entity that submits a proposal. See
- Quality: means those features that the Agency determines are most important to the project. See
§ 2606. Best-value award
(a) If the basis of the award of responsive proposals is best-value, then each proposal shall be submitted by the proposer to the Agency in two separate components: a sealed technical proposal and a sealed price proposal. These two components shall be submitted simultaneously. The Agency shall first open, evaluate, and score each responsive technical proposal, based on the quality criteria contained in the request for proposals. The request for proposals may provide that the range between the highest and lowest quality scores of responsive technical proposals must be limited to an amount certain. During this evaluation process, the price proposals shall remain sealed, and all technical proposals shall be confidential.
(b) After completion of the evaluation of the technical proposals, the Agency shall open and review each price proposal. The Agency shall develop a system for assessing the cost and quality criteria. The Agency shall award the contract to the proposer of the project representing the best value to the Agency. (Added 2009, No. 50, § 84.)