- (a) develop and issue biannually a request for proposals for the publication of the Travel Guide;
- (b) conduct pre-bid conferences;
- (c) contact qualifying firms to schedule individual presentations;
- (d) review individual presentations and determine whether follow up site visits to qualifying firms will be necessary;
- (e) award the contract for services relative to the publication of the Travel Guide;
- (f) approve, at critical stages, Travel Guide development and advertising standards and rates;
- (g) approve placement of all advertisements; and
- (h) insure that advertising shall be limited to no more than 30 percent of the space available in the Travel Guide.
In its administration of the program, the Department of Economic Development shall: