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The County of San Joaquin has a 5% local vendor preference; however the preference shall not exceed $7,500.00 per bid. To qualify for this Local Vendor Preference, the "Local Vendor Preference Certification" page, included in this solicitation, must be signed and accompany each bid submittal. Click on the link below to view San Joaquin County's Policy and Procedures. http://www.sigov.orq/SupportSery/dynamic.aspx?id=10217 2. RIGHT TO REJECT BIDS: The County reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive informalities or irregularities in bids. 3. SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY GREEN PURCHASING POLICY: San Joaquin County has a Green Purchasing Policy, please click on the link to view. http://www.siqov.o[g/SupportSery/dynamic.aspx?id=10128 4. BASIS FOR SELECTION AND CONDITIONS The responsiveness, competency and responsibility of bidders and of their proposed subcontractors will be considered in making the award of contract. Any bidder before being awarded a contract may be required to furnish evidence satisfactory to the County that bidder and their proposed subcontractors have sufficient means and experience in the type of work called for to assure completion of the contract in a satisfactory manner. The County reserves the right to reject the bid of any bidders as not responsible and not qualified to do the particular work under consideration who have previously failed to perform properly or to complete on time contracts with the County of a nature similar to this project. Other factors that may be considered by the County to determine a responsible bid and the overall capability of the bidder to satisfactorily complete the work under consideration may include, but are not limited to: insufficient experience, experience on other public projects, experience doing the same type of work, length of tenure and capacity with bonding or insurance company, financial stability, and whether a bidder has been terminated on other projects. A responsive bid is one that meets all terms, conditions, and specifications of the bid. The bid must comply with the content requirements of the bid documents. The bidder must perform and do what the bid documents and contract required and said they must do, whether it be pricing in a certain way, attending a mandatory pre-bid conference, providing bonds, etc. Other examples where a bid might be declared and found to be non-responsive include: • Bid is substantially incomplete • Bid is not signed • Bid is delivered late • No acknowledgement of critical addenda Quote 31591 SW Page 2 of 4