RFP03182024 - Next Generation Network Modernization

ALL BIDS SUBMITTED SHALL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE GENERAL CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN. THE BID PROCEDURES FOLLOWED BY THIS OFFICE WILL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THESE CONDITIONS. THEREFORE, ALL SUPPLIERS ARE URGED TO READ AND UNDERSTAND THESE CONDITIONS PRIOR TO SUBMITTING A BID. Page 3 of 30 1. PREPARATION OF BIDS 1.1 Failure to examine any drawings, specifications, and instructions will be at bidder’s risk. 1.2 All prices and notations must be printed in ink or typewritten. No erasures permitted. Errors may be crossed out and corrections printed in ink or typewritten adjacent and must be initialed in ink by person signing bid. 1.3 Brand Name References: Unless specified “No Substitute” any catalog brand name or manufacturer’s reference used in the bid invitation is descriptive only, not restrictive, and used to indicate the type and quality desired. If bidding on other than referenced specifications, the bid must show the manufacturer, brand or trade name, and other descriptions, and should include the manufacturer’s illustrations and complete descriptions of the product offered. The University reserves the right to determine whether a substitute offered is equivalent to and meets the standards of the item specified, and the University may require the bidder to supply additional descriptive material, samples, or demonstrators. The bidder guarantees that the product offered will meet or exceed the referenced product and/or specifications identified in this bid invitation. If the bidder takes no exception to the specifications, bidder will be required to furnish the product exactly as specified in the invitation. 1.4 Samples: Samples or demonstrators, when requested, must be furnished free of expense to the University. Samples not destroyed during reasonable examination will become property of the University unless bidder states otherwise. All demonstrators will be returned after reasonable examination. Each sample should be