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6.1.B. - Page 24 <br />• Make the selection based on its sole discretion; <br />• Reject any and all bids; <br />• Issue subsequent Notices Inviting Bids; <br />• Postpone contract start date for its own convenience; <br />• Remedy technical errors in the NIB process; <br />• Approve or disapprove the use of particular sub -consultants; <br />• Negotiate with any, all or none of the Bidders; <br />• Cancel the NIB and reject any and all quotations in whole or in part when it is in the best <br />interest of the City; <br />• Waive informalities and irregularities in the bids; <br />• Accept, modify, or reject any items of the bid; <br />• Enter into an agreement with another Bidder in the event the originally selected Bidder <br />defaults or fails to execute an agreement with the City; and <br />• Enter into an agreement with multiple Bidders for different portions of work as outlined in <br />Section VI Scope of Services. <br />An agreement shall not be valid or binding on the City unless and until it is executed by authorized <br />representatives of the City and of the Bidder. <br />- - L :pLQ MA RIA ' f <br />Responses to this NIB become the exclusive property of the City. At such time as the PWS recommends <br />the Contractor to the City Manager or to the City Council, as applicable, all bids received in response <br />to this NIB become a matter of public record and shall be regarded as public records, with the exception <br />of those elements in each bid which are defined by the Bidder as business or trade secrets and plainly <br />marked as "Confidential," "Trade Secret," or "Proprietary." The City shall not in any way be liable or <br />responsible for the disclosure of any such proposal or portions thereof, if they are not plainly marked <br />as "Confidential," "Trade Secret," or "Proprietary" or if disclosure is required under the California Public <br />Records Act. Any bid which contains language purporting to render all or significant portions of the bid <br />"Confidential," "Trade Secret," or "Proprietary" may be regarded as non-responsive. <br />Although the California Public Records Act recognizes that certain confidential trade secret information <br />may be protected from disclosure, the City may not accept or approve that the information that a <br />Bidder submits is a trade secret. If a request is made for information marked as "Confidential," "Trade <br />Secret," or "Proprietary," the City shall provide the Bidder who submitted the information with <br />reasonable notice to allow the Bidder to seek protection from disclosure by a court of competent <br />jurisdiction. <br />I SECTION XC COLLUSION <br />By submitting a bid, each Bidder represents and warrants that its bid is genuine and not a sham or <br />collusive or made in the interest of or on behalf of any person not named therein; that the Bidder has <br />PUBLIC WORKS SERVICES DEPARTMENT <br />ob FY 2017-18 LABORATORY SERVICES NIB 8 OF 28 <br />ok <br />0do <br />i <br />