5318.1 A Contracting Officer shall reject any bid that does not conform to the applicable specification unless the solicitation authorized the submission of alternate bids/proposals and the supplies or services offered as alternates meet the requirements specified in the solicitation.5318.2 A Contracting Officer shall reject any bid that fails to conform to the delivery schedule or permissible alternates stated in the solicitation.5318.3 A Contracting Officer shall reject a bid if the bid attempts to impose conditions that would modify requirements of the solicitation or limits the bidder's liability to WASA or the rights of WASA under any contract clause.5318.4 A Contracting Officer may request a low bidder to delete objectionable conditions from a bid so long as the conditions do not go to the substance, as distinguished from the form, of the bid or would give the bidder an unfair advantage over other bidders.5318.5 A Contracting Officer shall reject any bid if the Contracting Officer determines in writing that the bid price is unreasonable. A Contracting Officer may reject all bids or proposals received in response to a solicitation if the Contracting Officer makes a written determination that to do so would be in the best interest of WASA.5318.6 A Contracting Officer shall reject a bid or proposal received from any bidder/proposer that is suspended, debarred, or otherwise ineligible if the period of suspension, debarment, or ineligibility has not expired by the bid/proposal opening date.5318.7 A Contracting Officer shall reject bids and proposals determined by the Contracting Officer to be non-responsive.5318.8 A Contracting Officer shall reject bids and proposals received from bidders and proposers determined by the Contracting Officer to be not responsible.5318.9 A Contracting Officer may reject bids and proposals that do not include security required to be submitted with the bid/proposal unless the failure to include the security is waived by the General Manager.5318.10 A Contracting Officer shall include the originals of all rejected bids/proposals, and any written findings with respect to the rejections in the contract file.5318.11 If the Contracting Officer determines that it is necessary to reject all bids/proposals, the Contracting Officer shall notify each bidder/proposer that all bids/proposals have been rejected and shall state the reason for the action.

SOURCE: Emergency Rulemaking published at 46 DCR 613 (January 22, 1999) [EXPIRED]; as Final Rulemaking published at 46 DCR 7349 (September 17, 1999).