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<br />that do not meet requirements for form will be rejected and declared "No <br />Bid". The Board reserves the power to reject all bids and in its discretion to <br />re-advertise the solicitation. <br /> <br />(I) Bid Withdrawal Period: Any bid submitted requires a five (5) <br />percent bond unless waived by the Board prior to solicitation, which cannot <br />be withdrawn for a period of 30 days subsequent to the date of the bid <br />opening, notice of which shall be incorporated in all requests for bids. As <br />used herein, the term bond shall include cashier or certified checks payable <br />to the County. All such checks shall be held by the Finance department for <br />safekeeping immediately upon acceptance of the bid (but not deposited). <br />The Finance department is hereby authorized to return each bond to the <br />submitting party, as soon as practicable, upon written request to the Finance <br />department, but only after a bid and contract have been awarded and <br />executed between the County and the successful bidder for a particular <br />project, or in the event that all bids have been rejected by the Board, or in <br />the event the time provided that the bid shall remain in effect shall have <br />expired and the bid submitter requests its return in writing. <br /> <br />(1) Vendors bidding on SHIP rehabilitation projects are exempt from the bid <br />bond requirements delineated in 8(I) above or as may be otherwise stated <br />elsewhere in this policy document. <br /> <br />(2) Vendors bidding on commodities price contracts, or any other type of <br />contract that does not commit the Board to an actual exchange transaction <br />(purchase) but rather seeks only a fixed unit price commitment from a <br />vendor in the event a future purchase decision is made, shall be exempt from <br />the bid bond requirements delineated in 8(I) above or as may be otherwise <br />stated elsewhere in this policy document. <br /> <br />(J) Bid Addenda: All addenda distributed subsequent to the initial <br />. distribution of specifications shall be sent by certified mail/return receipt <br />requested, said return receipt to be returned to the Purchasing division <br />identified by bid number. Prior to mailing, a copy of each addendum shall <br />be received by the Purchasing division, provided that no addendum shall be <br />mailed later than five (5) working days prior to the scheduled bid opening <br />date. <br /> <br />22 <br />