Right to Reject/Waiver of Minor Irregularities
Kentucky State University reserves the right at its discretion to reject any and all offers. The University also reserves the right at its discretion to waive informalities and minor irregularities in offers received.
Kentucky State University reserves the right at its discretion to request additional information as may reasonably be required for selection and to reject any proposals for failure to provide additional information on a timely basis.
The following approach and criteria will be used to evaluate proposals:
Provide a general description of your company, how the company was started, and plans for the future development of the company.
If publicly held, provide an annual report and 10-K for the last full fiscal year. If privately held, audited financial statements (to include a detailed balance sheet) and/or income tax statements for the past two fiscal years.
Provide a listing of and resumes for all principal officers and key executives. National companies must submit the same information for their principal operating officers as well as all regional/district executives and management personnel that shall be assigned to manage or support this account.
Provide a listing of all 1) comparable or representative accounts within the United States. Please include the length of time at each campus along with name(s), telephone number(s) and e-mail addresses for those persons most knowledgeable about your performance. Please feel free to include a brief explanation as to why you believe you were awarded the account.
Provide a list of all college/university bookstores your company has lost in the last three years along with a contact name, telephone number and e-mail address for those persons most knowledgeable about your performance. Please feel free to include a brief explanation of why you believe you lost the account (i.e., low bid process, change in administration, etc.). Also, please provide any written rationale for the loss provided by the applicable college/university. Provide a summary of how the transition was managed.
Describe past similar examples where your company has operated a university bookstore where the assigned employees are university employees.