If two or more offerors are tied in price while otherwise meeting all of the required conditions, award shall be determined as follows:
1. All tied offerors shall be notified of the existing tied conditions;
2. All tied offerors shall be provided the opportunity to submit best and final offers in an effort to break the tie;
3. All tied offers shall be given sufficient time considered reasonable and shall be notified of date and time required to submit best and final offer;
4. Best and final offers will be received, opened, and recorded in like manner of the original opening;
5. Offerors failing to submit best and final offers shall be considered unresponsive;
6. Best and final offers shall only be accepted from invited tied offerors.
As the offers are in the final stage and limited to monetary cost, then no further discussions or negotiations are to be considered.