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4f "I <br /> <br />City of North Olmsted - Part One RFP Background Information 12 <br />SECTION THREE: EVALUATION CRITERIA <br />1. Introduction <br />All Proposals which meet the specifications of this RFP will be evaluated in accordance <br />with the criteria listed below. <br />II. Awarding Authority/Evaluation Committee - <br />This RFP is issued by the City of North Olmsted, Department of Finance. An <br />evaluation committee comprised of staff from various City departments and agencies <br />will have responsibility for reviewing and evaluating all Proposals submitted in <br />response to this RFP. The City reserves the right to include outside consultants to assist <br />in the evaluation process. <br />III. Selection of Qualified Proposals <br />The Finance Director and the evaluation committee will review the Proposals <br />submitted by all Proposers to determine whether the minimum qualifications set forth <br />herein are met. On the basis of the evaluation criteria set forth in the RFP, the Finance <br />Director and the evaluation committee will award the contract to the qualified <br />Proposal which best meets the needs and requirements of the City and provides the <br />most cost-effective five-year holistic system solution. The Finance Director may at any <br />time investigate a Proposer's ability to perform the work. The Finance Director may, <br />in addition to references supplied, request additional information about a company and <br />its experience with previous contracts. Proposers may choose not to submit <br />information in reply to the Finance Director's requests; provided however, that if <br />failure to submit such information results in the inability of the City to obtain needed <br />facts regarding the Proposer's qualifications or abiiity to perform, the Finance <br />Director may at his discretion discontinue further consideration of a particular <br />Proposal. <br />The City may use sources of information not supplied by the Proposer concerning the <br />ability of the Proposer to perform the work. Such sources may include current or past <br />customers of the organization; current or past suppliers; articles from data processing, <br />communications and related publications; articles from other published sources made <br />available to the City. However, the City of North Olmsted is under no obligation to <br />obtain any additional information other than that supplied by the Proposer in response <br />to this RFP. <br />