EPA Lower Manhattan Cleaning Hotline Press Release, June 2002

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SECTION VI - GENERAL INFORMATION TO PROPOSERS

A. Complaints. The New York City Comptroller is charged with the audit of contracts in New York City. Any proposer who believes that there has been unfairness, favoritism or impropriety in the proposal process should inform the Comptroller, Office of Contract Administration, 1 Centre Street, Room 835, New York, NY 10097; the telephone number is (212) 669-3000. In addition, the New York City Department of Investigation should be informed of such complaints at its Investigations Division, 80 Maiden Lane, New York, NY 10038; the telephone number is (212) 825-5959. B. Applicable Laws. This Request for Proposals and the resulting contract award(s), if any, unless otherwise stated, are subject to all applicable provisions of New York State Law, the New York City Administrative Code, New York City Charter and New York C.ty Procurement Policy Board (PPB) Rules. A copy of the PPB Rules may be obtained by contacting the PPB at (212) 788-7820. C. General Contract Provisions. Contracts shall be subject to New York City’s General Contract Provisions, a copy of which is available through the Authorized Agency Contact Person. D. Contract Award. Contract award is subject to each of the following applicable conditions and any others that may apply: New York City Fair Share Criteria; New York City MacBride Principles Law; New York City Burma Law; submission by the proposer of the New York City Department of Business Services/Division of Labor Services Employment Report and certification by that office; submission by the proposer of the requisite VENDEX Questionnaires/Affidavits of No Change and review of die information contained therein by *he New York City Department of Investigation; all other required oversight approvals; applicable provisions oi federal, state and local laws and executive orders requiring affirmative action and equal employment opportrNty; and Section 6-108.1 of the New York City Administrative Code relating to the Local Based Enterprises program and its implementation rules. E. Proposer Appeal Rights. Pursuant to New York City’s Procurement Policy Board Rules, proposers have the right to appeal agency non-responsiveness determinations and agency non-responsibility determinations and to protest an agency's determination regarding the solicitation or award of a contract. F. Multi-Year Contracts. Multi-year contracts are subject to modification or cancellation if adequate funds are not appropriated to the agency to support continuation of performance in any City fiscal year succeeding the first fiscal year and/or if the contractor's performance is not satisfactory. The Agency will notify the contractor as soon as is practicable that the funds are, or are not, available for the continuation of the multi-year contract for each succeeding City fiscal year. In the event of cancellation, the contractor will be reimbursed for those costs, if any, which are so provided for in the contract. G. Prompt Payment Policy. Pursuant to the New York City’s Procurement Policy Board Rules, it is the policy of the City to process contract payments efficiently and expeditiously. H. Prices Irrevocable. Prices proposed by the proposer shall be irrevocable until contract award, unless the proposal is withdrawn. Proposes may only be withdrawn by submitting a written request to the Agency prior to contract award but after the expiration of 90 days after the opening of proposals. This shall not limit tne discretion of the Agency to request proposers to revise proposed prices through the submission of best and final offers and/or the conduct of negotiations. I. Confidential, Proprietaiy Information or Trade Secrets. Proposers should give specific attention to the identification of those portions of their proposals that they deem to be confidential, proprietary information or trade secrets and provide any justification of why such materials, upon request, should not be disclosed by the City. Such information must be easily separable from the non-conndential sections of the proposal. All information not so identified may be disclosed bv the City. J. RFP Postponement/Cancellation. The Agency reserves the right to postpone or cancel this RFP, in whNe or in part, and to reject all proposals. K. Proposer Costs. Proposers will not be reimbursed for any costs incurred to prepare proposals. L. Charter Section 312(a) Certification. [IF APPLICABLE] The Agency has determined that the contract(s) to be awarded through this Request for Proposals will not directly result in the displacement of any New York City employee.

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