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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="13-206" title_number="13" title_name="Source Selection -- State Procurement Contracts" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Procedural Requirements">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A procurement officer shall reject a bid or proposal if the procurement officer determines that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the bid is nonresponsive or the proposal is unacceptable; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the bidder or offeror is not responsible.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The procurement officer shall include a determination under this subsection in the procurement file.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If, with the approval of the Board, a unit determines that it is fiscally advantageous or otherwise in the best interests of the State, the unit may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>cancel an invitation for bids, a request for proposals, or other solicitation; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>reject all bids or proposals.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A procurement officer may determine that a person is not a responsible bidder or offeror for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>unreasonable failure to supply information promptly in connection with a determination of responsibility under subsection (a) of this section; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>any other reason indicating that the person does not have:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the capability in all respects to perform fully the requirements for a procurement contract; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the integrity and reliability that will ensure good faith performance.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
