1518.1 The contracting officer shall not cancel an IFB unless the Director determines in writing that cancellation is in the best interest of the District.

1518.2 If an IFB is canceled before bid opening, the contracting officer shall:

(a) Return to the bidders unopened bids that have been received via mail or hand-delivery; or

(b) Purge all bids that have been received electronically from primary and backup data storage systems.

1518.3 The contracting officer shall promptly publish on the Internet a notice of cancellation.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 1428 (February 26, 1988); as amended by Notice of Emergency Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 558 (January 21, 2011)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 4668 (May 27, 2011)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Notice of Emergency Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 8381 (September 30, 2011)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 9824 (November 18, 2011); as amended by Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 3714 (March 6, 2012)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published 59 DCR 6290, 6296 (June 1, 2012).