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2.10 DISCLOSURE OF RESPONSE CONTENTS All documentation produced as part of the Invitation to Negotiate will become the exclusive property of the Department and may not be removed by an employee or agent of the Respondent. All Responses will become the property of the Department and will not be returned to the Respondent. The Department shall have the right to use any or all ideas or adaptations of the ideas presented in any Response. Selection or rejection of a Response will not affect this right. 2.11 RESPONSE EVALUATION AND SELECTION PROCESS A. In determining whether to select or reject a Response, the Department will consider and evaluate all information submitted in response to this ITN, including information presented during oral presentation, if required; and to this extent, each requirement for solicited information is an evaluation criterion. Responses that do not contain all the required information may be considered non-responsive and may be rejected. In its assessment of Responses, the Department will analyze the information submitted in relation to the information requirements and evaluation criteria of this ITN, the applicable provisions of the Florida Statutes, and the Florida Administrative Code, and will compare each Response to the other Responses submitted and rank those Responses that are responsive and responsible. The Department may then select one or more Responses for further consideration,or may reject all Responses. B. Selected Respondent(s) will be invited to provide more detailed clarifications of their Responses, to provide interactive presentations of the Responses, and to enter into negotiations with the Department. Based on the clarifications, presentations and negotiations, the Department will either (i) award the contract to the Respondent who provides the best value for the Department and the State, or(ii) reject all Responses. The Department reserves the right to negotiate concurrently or separately with competing Respondent(s). 2.12 EVALUATION CRITERIA Respondents will be evaluated on the basis of the information they provide under Section 7 of this ITN. Criteria the Department will consider includes, but is not limited to: 1. The extent to which the Response illustrates the Respondent's project understanding, and prior experience (both government and non-government) for projects similar in type, size,and complexity as the Fuel Card Services Program. 2. The Respondent's ability demonstrated through its organization, its technical and managerial qualifications and skills, the staffing level proposed, its facilities, and other resources available to satisfy the proposed Fuel Card Services Program. 3. Any financial incentives to the State. 9