§ 11-3-2. Offer documents.

The documents involved in responding to a negotiated procurement opportunity include:

A.

Instructions to procurement participants on the completion and inclusion in an offer of the required offer documents, and the place for the submission of offers, and the time, if any, by when offers must be submitted in order to be considered for contract award; and

B.

The specifications that offers must meet in order to be considered for contract award; and

C.

A description as to the method of the application of the evaluation factors for contract award, including their relative importance to each other. Price does not need to be an evaluation factor. When it is not an evaluation factor, a statement must appear in the RFP clearly informing procurement participants that price is not an evaluation factor; and

D.

Solicitation provisions and contract terms and conditions; and

E.

A statement that discussions between Horry County and interested procurement participants concerning any matter involving a procurement participant's individual offer will be allowed, but that Horry County reserves the right to make a contract award without the conduct of discussions; and

F.

The identification of the Horry County personnel that are designated as the contact points for general questions concerning the conduct, nature, or content of the procurement processes or its documents; and

G.

The identification of any documents that are incorporated by reference into the procurement and the method and manner in which a procurement participant may obtain copies of those documents incorporated by reference.