General Bid Terms

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GENERAL BID CONDITIONS (MSU May 2019 Edition) Bidders must comply with all rules, regulations, and statutes relating to purchasing in the State of Mississippi in addition to the requirements of this form. ALL BIDS SUBMITTED MUST BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE GENERAL CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN. ALL VENDORS ARE OBLIGATED TO READ, UNDERSTAND, AND AGREE TO THESE CONDITIONS WHEN SUBMITTING A BID FOR A BID TO BE CONSIDERED RESPONSIVE. 1. PREPARATION OF BIDS 1.1. Failure to examine any drawings, specifications, and instructions will be at bidder's risk. 1.2. All prices and notations must be printed in ink or typewritten. No erasures permitted. 1.3. Errors may be crossed out and corrections printed in ink or typewritten adjacent to the error, and must be initialed in ink by person signing bid. 1.4. Pricing must be quoted on a “per unit” basis, extended as indicated. Any trade discounts included must be itemized and deducted from extended prices. Bidder guarantees product or service offered will meet or exceed specifications included as part of this Invitation for Bid. Bid prices must be net. In case of error in the extension of prices in the bid, the unit price will govern. No bid shall be altered or amended after the specified time for opening bids. 1.5. Brand Names: Any reference to brand names and numbers in the Invitation for Bids is descriptive, but not restrictive, unless otherwise specified. Bids on equivalent items meeting the standards of quality thereby indicated will be considered, unless otherwise specified, providing the bid clearly describes the article offered and how it differs from the referenced brands. If equipment or supplies of another brand or of other construction than that specified herein is offered by bidder, such bidder shall set forth in his bid a detailed statement indicating wherein each item offered deviates from these specifications. Unless the bidder specifies otherwise in his bid, it is understood that the bidder is offering a referenced brand item as specified in the Invitation for Bids. Mississippi State University reserves the right to determine whether a substitute offer is equivalent to and meets the standard of quality indicated by the brand name referenced, and Mississippi State University may require a bidder offering a substitute to supply additional descriptive material and a sample.