Award criteria 40.1 The Procuring Entity shall award the Contract to the successful tenderer whose tender has been determined to be the Lowest Evaluated Tender in accordance with procedures in Section 3: Evaluation and Qualification Criteria.
Award of contract Date of conclusion of the contract V.2.2) Information about tenders
Exit plan 21.1 The Supplier must provide an exit plan in its Application which ensures continuity of service and the Supplier will follow it. 21.2 When requested, the Supplier will help the Buyer to migrate the Services to a replacement supplier in line with the exit plan. This will be at the Supplier’s own expense if the Call-Off Contract Ended before the Expiry Date due to Supplier cause. 21.3 If the Buyer has reserved the right in the Order Form to extend the Call-Off Contract Term beyond 24 months the Supplier must provide the Buyer with an additional exit plan for approval by the Buyer at least 8 weeks before the 18 month anniversary of the Start date. 21.4 The Supplier must ensure that the additional exit plan clearly sets out the Supplier’s methodology for achieving an orderly transition of the Services from the Supplier to the Buyer or its replacement Supplier at the expiry of the proposed extension period or if the contract Ends during that period. 21.5 Before submitting the additional exit plan to the Buyer for approval, the Supplier will work with the Buyer to ensure that the additional exit plan is aligned with the Buyer’s own exit plan and strategy. 21.6 The Supplier acknowledges that the Buyer’s right to extend the Term beyond 24 months is subject to the Buyer’s own governance process. Where the Buyer is a central government department, this includes the need to obtain approval from GDS under the Spend Controls process. The approval to extend will only be given if the Buyer can clearly demonstrate that the Supplier’s additional exit plan ensures that: 21.6.1 the Buyer will be able to transfer the Services to a replacement supplier before the expiry or Ending of the extension period on terms that are commercially reasonable and acceptable to the Buyer 21.6.2 there will be no adverse impact on service continuity 21.6.3 there is no vendor lock-in to the Supplier’s Service at exit 21.6.4 it enables the Buyer to meet its obligations under the Technology Code Of Practice 21.7 If approval is obtained by the Buyer to extend the Term, then the Supplier will comply with its obligations in the additional exit plan. 21.8 The additional exit plan must set out full details of timescales, activities and roles and responsibilities of the Parties for: 21.8.1 the transfer to the Buyer of any technical information, instructions, manuals and code reasonably required by the Buyer to enable a smooth migration from the Supplier 21.8.2 the strategy for exportation and migration of Buyer Data from the Supplier system to the Buyer or a replacement supplier, including conversion to open standards or other standards required by the Buyer 21.8.3 the transfer of Project Specific IPR items and other Buyer customisations, configurations and databases to the Buyer or a replacement supplier 21.8.4 the testing and assurance strategy for exported Buyer Data 21.8.5 if relevant, TUPE-related activity to comply with the TUPE regulations 21.8.6 any other activities and information which is reasonably required to ensure continuity of Service during the exit period and an orderly transition
Scope of Services The specific scope of work for each job shall be determined in advance and in writing between TIPS Member, Member’s design professionals and Vendor. It is permitted for the TIPS Member to provide a general scope description, but the awarded vendor should provide a written scope of work, and if applicable, according to the TIPS Member’s design Professional as part of the proposal. Once the scope of the job is agreed to, the TIPS Member will issue a PO and/or an Agreement or Contract with the Job Order Contract Proposal referenced or as an attachment along with bond and any other special provisions agreed by the TIPS Member. If special terms and conditions other than those covered within this solicitation and awarded Agreements are required, they will be attached to the PO and/or an Agreement or Contract and shall take precedence over those in this base TIPS Vendor Agreement.
Deliverables Upon satisfactory completion of the work authorization, the Engineer shall submit the deliverables as specified in the executed work authorization to the State for review and acceptance.