Illinois Administrative Code
Title 32 - ENERGY
Part 605 - STANDARDS FOR SELECTION OF CONTRACTORS
Section 605.90 - Procedures for Soliciting Proposals
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 52, December 27, 2024
a) The Agency shall issue a Request for Proposals for contractors to design, develop, construct, operate and close a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility.
b) The deadline for receiving proposals shall be no earlier than 60 days from the date that the proposal announcement is first published in the official state newspaper.
c) All proposals received by the Agency by the submission date set forth in the Request for Proposals will be catalogued and distributed by the Agency for review and evaluation. All proposals will then be reviewed by the Agency, Agency staff, and such experts outside the Agency as may be needed. Following the receipt of proposals, the Agency will review all proposals with respect to completeness and conformance with the instructions and requirements specifically indicated in the Request for Proposals. Proposals that are deemed incomplete or non-conforming with instructions and requirements of the Request for Proposals may not be given further evaluation. The Agency reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive any irregularity, variance, or informality, whether technical or substantive in nature. All proposals will be equally evaluated with respect to the completeness of the data provided, the support for the performance claims made, and the criteria established for evaluation in the Request for Proposals according to the Act and related rules (32 Ill. Adm. Code 601).
d) The Agency shall reject, without consideration of the merits, any proposal that is not accompanied by an acceptable ($1,000,000) proposal guaranty. The proposal guaranty is acceptable if it is in any of the following forms:
e) All proposal guaranties shall:
f) Failure of a successful proposer to execute the contract as proposed in the response to the Request for Proposals and file acceptable bonds within 45 days after the contract has been mailed to the proposer shall be just cause for cancellation of the award and the forfeiture of the proposal guaranty that shall become the property of the Agency, not as a penalty, but in liquidation of the damages sustained. If the contract is not executed by the Agency within 30 days following receipt from the proposer of the executed contracts and bonds, the proposer shall have the right to withdraw the proposal without penalty.