Texas Water Code § 60.405 Proposal Procedures

Sec. 60.405. PROPOSAL PROCEDURES. (a) Insurance or high technology items may be purchased under the procedure provided by this section.

(b) Quotations shall be solicited through a request for proposals from as many sources as are reasonably available. The request for proposals must specify the relative importance of price and all other factors of evaluation.

(c) Public notice of the request for proposal must be made in the same manner as provided by Section 60.404 of this code.

(d) The award of the contract shall be made to the responsible offerer whose proposal is determined to be the lowest evaluated offer resulting from negotiation giving consideration to evaluation factors set forth in the request for proposals.

(e) If provided in the request for proposals, information in proposals may not be disclosed to competing offerers until the contract is awarded. After a contract is awarded, proposals shall be open for public inspection, except that information contained in a proposal identified as a trade secret or as confidential shall be kept confidential.

(f) A port commission may adopt rules relating to negotiations to be conducted with responsible offerers submitting proposals. Offerers must be accorded fair and equal treatment with respect to any opportunity for negotiation and revision of proposals. Revisions may be permitted after submission of a proposal and before award of the contract.

Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 353, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 31, 1987.

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