After evaluation, if in the best interest of the town, as provided in the invitation for proposals, negotiations may be conducted with any offerors submitting a proposal which has been determined by the Bids and Purchases Committee to be eligible for contract award. All apparently eligible offerors must be afforded the opportunity to submit best and final proposals if negotiations with any other offeror results in material alteration or reduction in the scope of work or services to the invitation for proposals and such alteration or reduced scope of work or services has a cost consequence that may alter the order of offerors’ price quotations contained in the initial proposal. In conducting negotiations, there must be no disclosure of any information derived from proposals submitted by competing offerors.
(Ord. 001-3, passed 3-1-2001)