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12, MODIFICATION OR WITHDRAWAL OF A SUBMITTED 131D A submitted bid may not be modified, withdrawn or cancelled by the Bidder for a period of one hundred and eight (180) Days following the time and date designated for the receipt of bids. Prior to the deadline for submission of bids, any bid submitted may be modified or withdrawn by notice to the Sourcewell Procurement Manager. Such notice shall be submitted in writing and include the signature of the Bidder and shall be delivered to Sourcewell prior to the deadline for submission of bids and it shall be so worded as not to reveal the content of the original bid. However, the original bid shall not be physically returned to the Bidder until after the official bid opening. Withdrawn bids may be resubmitted up to the time designated for the receipt of the bids if they are then fully in conformance with the Instructions to Bidders. Irl BIDDER RESPONSIVENESS AND RESPONSIBILITY In accordance with accepted standards of competitive sealed bid awards as set forth in the State's Procurement Code, competitive sealed bids/awards will be made to responsive and responsible Bidders whose bids are determined in writing to be the most advantageous to Sourcewell and its current or future Sourcewell Members. To qualify for evaluation, a bid must be responsive which means it shall have been submitted on time and materially satisfy all mandatory requirements identified in this document. A bid must reasonably and substantially conform to all the terms and conditions in the solicitation to be considered responsive. Deviations or exceptions stipulated in Bidder's response, while possibly necessary in the view of the Bidder, may result in disqualification. Language to the effect that the Bidder does not consider this solicitation to be part of a contractual obligation will result in that bid being disqualified by Sourcewell. 14, CERTIFICATION By signing this bid, the Bidder certifies: 14.1 The submission of the offer did not involve collusion or any other anti -competitive practices; 14.2 The Bidder/Contractor shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment in violation of Federal and State Laws (see Federal Executive Order 11246);; 14.3 The Bidder has not given, offeredto give, nor Intends to give at any time hereafter any economic opportunity, future employment, gift, loan, gratuity, special discount, trip, favor or service to a public servant in connection with the submitted offer (see Gratuities); and 14.4 The Bidder agrees to promote and offer to Sourcewell ivlembers only those products and/or services as previously stated, allowed and deemed a resultant of the Agreement(s) as Sourcewell Contract items or services. This clause shall include any future product or service additions as allowed through contract additions. 15. PROTESTS 15.1 Protests shall be filed with Sourcewell's Executive director and shall be resolvers in accordance with appropriate state statutes of Minnesota. Protests will only be accepted from Bidders, A protest must be in writing and filed with Sourcewell. A protest of an award or proposed award must be filed within ten (10) calendar days after the public notice or announcement of the award. No protest shall lie for a claim that the selected March 2019 Section T'p,,e — instruction: try Bidders is