Engineering Services for Water and Sewer Infrastructure Projects

3.3.a.4 Project-specific qualifications 3.3.a.5 40% References 3.3.a.6 10% Form Contract 3.3.a.7 2% Statement of Qualifications 3.3.a.8 40% State Required Forms 3.3.a.9 3% Cost Proposal 3.b 5% *Failure to provide information pursuant to Section 3.A.4 consistent with Alabama law will result in disqualification of the proposal. b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the County reserves the right to make the selection on the basis of best value or quality alone, or to accept or reject any or all proposals if it is determined to be in the best interest of the County. c) Proposals found to be technically or substantially non-responsive at any point in the evaluation process may be rejected and not considered further. d) Following a determination that the technical proposal demonstrates that the firm is qualified to perform the work, the cost proposal will be opened. If the County determines that the firm is not qualified to perform the project based upon the criteria above, the cost proposal will be returned unopened. 4.6 ORAL INTERVIEWS The County may, at its sole option, elect to require oral presentation(s) by Proposers being considered for award. This provides an opportunity for the County to ask questions and Proposers to clarify or elaborate on their proposals. This is a fact-finding and explanation session only and does not include negotiation. Should the County elect to allow presentations, the County reserves the right to amend the above scoring percentage to accommodate for the presentation. Page 13 of 23 4.7 FINAL SELECTION The County Commission shall make the final selection of a Proposer with whom the County is authorized to negotiate a contract. 4.8 PUBLIC RECORDS Only the final results of the County will be considered public. Any work papers, individual evaluator or consultant comments, notes, or scores are not open. The final results will not be publicly available until a final contract has been