METHOD OF AWARD
The City intends to award this contract to the responsive and responsible bidder(s) whose bid is the lowest best value offer to the City on the basis of Total Bid Price for each group.
The City reserves the right to award each Group to separate contractors or to the same contractor, in the event that contractor has the lowest bids on multiple groups.
For purposes of this bid, if one or more bids are submitted by a business certified as an MWBE business by New York State on the date of the bid, the MWBE bidder(s) shall receive a five percent (5%) price advantage over non-MWBE bidders pursuant to Section 8 of Ordinance No. 2018-54. The lowest best value offer shall be defined as the lowest bid after adjusting for any MWBE price advantage. For example, if three bids are received, one for $100.00, one for $103.00, and one by an MWBE business for $105.00., the lowest best value offer would be the bid submitted by the MWBE business for $105.00. If instead the MWBE business submitted a bid for $105.01, the lowest best value offer would be the bid for $100.00. The same logic will be used by the City in comparing bids based upon discounts rather than specified unit prices. If award of the contract is based upon award by total bid, or by group, or by item, the City reserves the right to determine its lowest best value offer based upon total bid, group and per item prices offered.
The City reserves the right to reject any bid where the unit price offered are unbalanced or are inconsistent with current market prices5.
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