Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 12 - Finance and Administration
Part 6 - Office of Purchasing, Travel and Fleet Management
Chapter 3 - Source Selection and Contract Formation
Sec2 12-6-3.112 - Cancellation of Invitations for Bids or Requests for Proposals
Sec2 12-6-3.112.04 - Cancellation of Solicitation; Rejection of All Bids or Proposals
Section 12-6-3.112.04.2 - After Opening
Universal Citation: MS Code of Rules 12-6-3.112.04.2
Current through September 24, 2024
(1) After opening but prior to award, all bids or proposals may be rejected in whole or in part when the Chief Procurement Officer or the head of a purchasing agency determines in writing that such action is in the State's best interest for reasons including but not limited to:
(a) The
supplies, services, or construction being procured are no longer
required;
(b) Ambiguous or
otherwise inadequate specifications were part of the solicitation;
(c)The solicitation did not provide for
consideration of all factors of significance to the buying entity;
(d) Prices exceed available funds and it
would not be appropriate to adjust quantities to come within available
funds;
(e)All otherwise acceptable
bids or proposals received are at clearly unreasonable prices; or
(f) There is reason to believe that the bids
or proposals may not have been independently arrived at in open competition,
may have been collusive, or may have been submitted in bad faith.
(2) A notice of rejection should be sent to all businesses that submitted bids or proposals, and it shall conform to Subsection 3.112.04.1, Prior to Opening.
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