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PRRIP - ED OFFICE DRAFT 11/03/2008 349 350 6) Description of insurance shall be provided with the proposal. Proof of insurance will be 351 required before a contract is issued. Minimum insurance requirements will include 352 $1,000,000 general liability per occurrence. 353 354 Criteria for Evaluating Proposals 355 T'he Governance Committee will appoint a Proposal Selection Panel that will evaluate all 356 proposals and select the most qualified firm. 357 358 Principal considerations will be: 359 360 1. The prospective contractor's understanding of the overall objective(s) of the project as 361 demonstrated by their management arnd technical approaches. 362 363 2. Contractor's relevant project experience and relevant experience of the proposed project 364 team members. 365 366 3. The clarity and content of the contractor's proposed tasks and timeline. 367 368 Award Notice 369 After completing the evaluation of all proposals and, if deemed necessary, interviews, the 370 Proposal Selection Panel will select the most qualified contractor. The firm selected as most 371 qualified will negotiate with the ED Office to establish a fair and equitable contract. If an 372 agreement cannot be reached, the second gnost qualified firm will be invited to negotiate and so 373 on. If the Program is unable to negotiate a mutually satisfactory contract with a contractor, it 374 may, at its sole discretion, cancel and reissue a new RFQ. 375 376 Program Persgective 377 The Governance Committee of the Program has the sole discretion and reserves the right to 378 reject any and all proposals received in response to this RFQ and to cancel this solicitation if it is 379 deemed in the best interest of the Progam to do so. Issuance of this RFQ in no way constitutes a 380 commitment by the Program to award a contract, or to pay contractor's costs incurred either in 381 the preparation of a response to his RFQ or during negotiations, if any, of a contract for services. 382 The Program also reserves the right to make amendments to this RFQ by giving written notice to 383 contractors, and to request clarification, supplements, and additions to the information provided 384 by a contractor. 385 386 By submitting a proposal in response to his solicitation, contractors understand and agree that 387 any selection of a contractor or any decision to reject any or all responses or to establish no 388 contracts shall be at the sole discretion of ghe Program. To the extent authorized by law, the 389 contractor shall indemnify, save, and hold harmless the Nebraska Community Foundation, the 390 states of Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska, the Department of the Interior, members of the 391 Governance Committee, and the Executive Director's Office, their employees, employers, and 392 agents, against any and all claims, damages, liability, and court awards including costs, expenses, 6 Page 9 of 10