Or. Admin. Code § 731-070-0300

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 12, December 1, 2024

Section 731-070-0300 - ODOT Rights Reserved

(1) ODOT reserves all rights available to it by law in administering these rules, including without limitation, the right in its sole discretion to:

(a) Prioritize proposals to be reviewed and determine the order of review.

(b) Reject any proposal at any time.

(c) Terminate evaluation of any proposal at any time.

(d) Suspend, discontinue, or terminate agreement negotiations with any proposer at any time prior to the actual authorized execution of such agreement by all parties.

(e) Negotiate with a proposer without being bound by any provision in its proposal.

(f) Extend any deadline or time within which a proposer or ODOT must take any action required or permitted under OAR chapter 731, division 70

(g) Request or obtain additional information about any proposals.

(h) Issue addenda to or cancel any Request For Proposals.

(i) Decline to return any fees required to be paid by proposers hereunder.

(j) Request revisions to proposals.

(2) Except as otherwise provided for in a solicitation of proposals or in an order pertaining to an unsolicited proposal, neither the state, the Oregon Transportation Commission or ODOT is liable for, or obligated to reimburse the costs incurred by proposers in developing proposals or in negotiating agreements. In its sole discretion, ODOT may, in a solicitation of proposals or in an order, provide for the possibility of payment for work product developed by a proposer in the course of developing a proposal.

(3) Any information ODOT makes available to proposers is as a convenience to the proposer and without representation or warranty of any kind. Proposers may not rely upon any oral responses to inquiries. If a proposer has a question regarding application of these rules, the proposer may submit the question in writing to the Director.

Or. Admin. Code § 731-070-0300

DOT 5-2004, f. & cert. ef. 8-26-04; DOT 4-2009, f. & cert. ef. 12-22-09; DOT 5-2022, amend filed 05/24/2022, effective 5/24/2022

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 184.619 & 367.824

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 367.800 - 367.824