2.0 OFFEROR'S REPRESENTATIONS

The Offeror by submitting a Response to an RFP, represents and warrants:

  1. The RFP Documents have been read and understood and the Proposal is made in accordance therewith.
  2. The Proposal submitted is premised upon furnishing the Services required by the RFP documents without exception.
  3. The plans and specifications contained in the RFP Documents have been carefully examined and determined by the Offeror to be accurate as well as adequate and sufficient from which to submit a response to an RFP and from which to perform the Services.

3.0 PROPOSAL DOCUMENTS

3.1 Availability of Proposal Documents

  • Offerors may obtain Proposal Documents from the University Purchasing Department or at http://kysu.edu/administration-governance/finance-business/purchasing.
  • Complete sets of Proposal Documents shall be used in preparing Proposals. The University assumes no responsibility for misinterpretations resulting from the use of incomplete sets of Proposal Documents.
  • The University in making copies of the RFP Documents available on the above terms does so only for the purpose of obtaining Proposals on the work or services and does not confer a license or grant for any other use.

3.2 Accuracy of RFP Documents

  • The RFP Documents are complementary and are issued for the convenience of the Offerors. KSU assumes no responsibility for the correctness of said documents. Each Offeror should review the documents for errors or inaccuracies that may affect the Scope of Services implied.
  • All Offerors shall, upon examination of RFP Documents promptly notify the University's Procurement Official of any ambiguity, inconsistency, or error that they may discover upon examination of the Bidding Documents and/or of the site and local conditions.

3.3 Questions, Interpretations

  • Questions will be accepted from prospective Offerors and should be submitted in a timely manner to the Purchasing Official only. Email submission of questions is preferable, but questions will also be accepted by mail or facsimile to the Purchasing Official. All questions regarding the meaning or interpretation of the Proposal Documents shall be directed in writing to the Purchasing Official, Tonya Montgomery, no later than 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on July 18, 2016. Any questions received after this date and time will be returned unanswered.
  • Answers to all substantive questions that have not previously been answered, and are not clearly specific only to the requestor, will be distributed to all prospective Offerors who are known to have received a copy of this RFP.
  • Any interpretation, correction, or change of the RFP Documents will be made by Addendum, issued by the Purchasing Official. Interpretations, corrections, or changes of the RFP Documents made in any other manner will not be binding and Offerors shall not rely upon such interpretations, corrections, and changes.

3.4 Addenda

  • Addenda will be mailed or delivered to all who are known by KSU's Purchasing Department to have requested and were furnished RFP Documents.
  • Addenda are always posted on the Purchasing Department's website at http://kysu.edu/administration-governance/finance-business/purchasing.
  • Copies of Addenda will be made available for inspection wherever Purchasing Documents are on file for that purpose.
  • No Addenda of a material nature will be issued later than five (5) working days prior to the date for receipt of Offers, except for postponing the date for receipt of Offers or withdrawing the invitation for Offer or Proposal.
  • Each Offeror shall ascertain, prior to submitting the Offer or Proposal, receipt of all Addenda issued for the particular RFP. The Offeror shall acknowledge receipt of all Addenda in the Proposal.