South Dakota Codified Laws 5-18B-36. Acceptance of a proposal–Evaluation criteria scores
After obtaining and evaluating proposals according to the criteria and procedures set forth in the design-build request for proposals, a purchasing agency may accept the proposal it considers most advantageous to the purchasing agency. Acceptance of a proposal shall be by written notice to the design-builder which submitted the accepted proposal. At the same time notice of acceptance is delivered, the purchasing agency shall also inform, in writing, the other design-builders that their proposals were not accepted. Unless all proposals are rejected, a detailed breakdown of the evaluation criteria scores for each proposal received shall be made available to the public after signature execution of the design-build contract. The contract for development of performance criteria shall terminate if a contract is awarded to the design-builder.
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 5-18B-36
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
Source: SL 2010, ch 31, § 75.