Competitive Contracting Process Sample Clauses

The Competitive Contracting Process clause establishes the requirement for a fair and open selection procedure when awarding contracts. It typically mandates that multiple vendors or service providers be invited to submit bids or proposals, ensuring that the process is transparent and based on objective criteria such as price, quality, or experience. This clause is designed to prevent favoritism or conflicts of interest, promote competition, and help the contracting party obtain the best value for goods or services.
Competitive Contracting Process. To ensure a level playing field with an open and uniform competitive contracting process, Contractors and their Representatives must maintain a Cone of Silence from the time when an Invitation for Bid (IFB), Request for Proposal (RFP), Request for Interest and Bid (RFIB), Request for Quote, Request for Qualification, or any other solicitation release is announced until the time a contract award recommendation is made public by the Board Secretariat’s posting of the board report for the contract to be approved. During the time under the Cone of Silence, Contractors and their Representatives are prohibited from making any contact on any part of a proposal, negotiation or contract with any LAUSD official as this could appear to be an attempt to ▇▇▇▇▇ favor or influence. An “LAUSD official” is broadly defined to include “any board member, employee, consultant or advisory member of LAUSD” who is involved in making recommendations or decisions for LAUSD. Schematic of LAUSD’s Competitive Contracting Process (Illustrative Only) Cone of Silence 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Solicitation Announcement Solicitatio n Release Pre-proposal Conference Proposal Due Date Evaluation of Proposals Negotiations Notice of Intent to Award Protest Review* Public Posting of Board Report on Contract to be Approved Board Approval or Ratification of Contract Contracting Process * Note: Protests can sometimes extend past the contract approval process (a) Prohibited Communication – Examples of prohibited communication by Contractors and their Representatives under the Cone of Silence include, but are not limited to: (i) contact of LAUSD Officials, including members of the department initiating a contract, or members who will serve on an evaluation team for any contract information that is not uniformly available to all other bidders, proposers or contractors; (ii) contact of LAUSD Officials, including Board Members and their staff, to lobby on any aspect relating to a contract matter under consideration, negotiation, protest or dispute; (iii) contact of LAUSD Officials in the particular department requesting a competitive contract to discuss other business or partnership opportunities.
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Competitive Contracting Process. To ensure a level playing field with an open and uniform competitive contracting process, Contractors and their Representatives must maintain a Cone of Silence from the time when an Invitation for Bid (IFB), Request for Proposal (RFP), Request for Interest and Bid (RFIB), Request for Quote, Request for Qualification, or any other solicitation release is announced until the time a contract award recommendation is made public by the Board Secretariat’s posting of the board report for the contract to be approved. During the time under the Cone of Silence, Contractors and their Representatives are prohibited from making any contact on any part of a proposal, negotiation or contract with any LAUSD official as this could appear to be an attempt to ▇▇▇▇▇ favor or influence. An “LAUSD official” is broadly defined to include “any board member, employee, consultant or advisory member of LAUSD” who is involved in making recommendations or decisions for LAUSD. 1. Solicitation Announcement 2. Solicitation Release 3. Pre-proposal Conference 4. Proposal Due Date 5. Evaluation of Proposals 6. Negotiations 7. Notice of Intent to Award Protest Review*
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Competitive Contracting Process. To ensure a level playing field with an open and uniform competitive contracting process, Contractors and their Representatives must maintain a Cone of Silence from the time when an Invitation for Bid (IFB), Request for Proposal (RFP), Request for Interest and Bid (RFIB), Request for Quote, Request for Qualification, or any other solicitation release is announced until the time a contract award recommendation is made public by the Board Secretariat’s posting of the board report for the contract to be approved. During the time under the Cone of Silence, Contractors and their Representatives are prohibited from making any contact on any part of a proposal, negotiation or contract with any LAUSD official as this could appear to be an attempt to ▇▇▇▇▇ favor or influence. An “LAUSD official” is broadly defined to include “any board member, employee, consultant or advisory member of LAUSD” who is involved in making recommendations or decisions for LAUSD.
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Competitive Contracting Process. To ensure a level playing field with an open and uniform competitive contracting process, Contractors and their Representatives must maintain a Cone of Silence from the time when an Invitation for Bid (IFB), Request for Proposal (RFP), Request for Interest and Bid (RFIB), Request for Quote, Request for Qualification, or any other solicitation release is announced until the time a contract award recommendation is made public by the Board Secretariat’s posting of the board report for the contract to be approved. During the time under the Cone of Silence, Contractors and their Representatives are prohibited from making any contact on any part of a proposal, negotiation or contract with any LAUSD official as this could appearto be an attempt to ▇▇▇▇▇ favor or influence. An “LAUSD official” is broadly defined to include “any board member, employee, consultant or advisory member of LAUSD” who is involved in making recommendations or decisions for LAUSD. DocuSign Envelope ID: FB857305-EBD4-4316-97A3-9ED22F18BA68 Cone of Silence
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  • Competitive Supplier’s Standard Credit Policy The Competitive Supplier will not require a credit review for any consumer participating in the Program, nor does Competitive Supplier require any consumer to post any security deposit as a condition for participation in the Program. The Competitive Supplier may terminate service to a Participating Consumer and return such consumer to Basic Service in the event that the consumer fails to pay to Competitive Supplier amounts past-due greater than sixty (60) days.

  • Competing Products The provisions of Section 21 are set forth on attached Exhibit H and are incorporated in this Section 21 by this reference.

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