1. the scope of work; 2. the schedule; 3. the qualification requirements; 4. the criteria; 5. the weighting; or 6. other requirements of the request for proposals.
Addenda shall be published within a reasonable time prior to the deadline that proposals are due, to allow prospective offerors to consider the addenda in preparing proposals. Publication at least 5 calendar days prior to the deadline that proposals are due shall be deemed a reasonable time. Minor addenda and urgent circumstances may require a shorter period of time. After the due date and time for submitting a response to a request for proposals, at the discretion of the Procurement Officer or Board of Education or its designee, addenda to the request for proposals may be limited to offerors that have submitted proposals, provided the addenda does not make a substantial change to the request for proposals that, in the opinion of the Procurement Officer or Board of Education or its designee likely would have impacted the number of offerors responding to the original publication of the request for proposals. Utah Admin. Rules R33-7-301 (July 26, 2018) Evaluation criteria Each proposal shall be evaluated using only the criteria described in the request for proposals. The criteria set forth in the request for proposals may include experience, performance ratings, inspection, testing, quality, workmanship, time, manner, or schedule of delivery, references, financial solvency, suitability for a particular purpose, management plans, cost, the offeror’s willingness and capability to enter into a public-private partnership (if applicable), or other specified subjective or objective criteria. The criteria must include the existence and quality of the offeror’s company safety plan and the offeror’s safety plan for the specific project that is the subject of the proposal. Utah Code § 63G-6a-707(1), (2) (2017) Minimum score thresholds must be set forth in the request for proposals and clearly describe the minimum score threshold that proposals must achieve in order to advance to the next stage in the process or to be awarded a contract. Such thresholds may be based on (a) minimum scores for each evaluation category, (b) the total of each minimum score in each evaluation category based on the total points available, or (c) a combination of (a) and (b). Thresholds may not be based on a natural break in scores that was not defined and set forth in the request for proposals or on a predetermined number of offerors. Utah Admin. Rules R33-7-501.5 (July 26, 2018) Exceptions to terms and conditions Offerors requesting exceptions and/or additions to the standard terms and conditions published in the request for proposals must include the exceptions and/or additions with the proposal response. Exceptions and/or additions submitted after the date and time for receipt of proposals will not be considered unless there is only one offeror that responds to the request for proposals, the exceptions and/or additions have been approved by the District’s legal counsel, and it is determined by the Board of Education or its designee that it is not beneficial to the District to
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