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XIII. CONSULTANT/VENDOR SELECTION AND AWARD The award of contract under this RFP will be made by the City of Santa Ana. All Proposers will be notified in writing at the conclusion of the procurement process as to the results of the bid proposal evaluation process and the final award recommendation. Proposers will receive mailed award/non-award notifications, which will include the name of the Proposer awarded the contract. A. Request for Council Action: Following evaluation and rating by the proposal review committee, the Executive Director will recommend award of an agreement to the Proposer providing the best quality and value to the City. Any contract resulting from this RFP shall not be effective unless and until approved by the City Council/City Manager, as applicable. B. Execution of Agreement: A sample standard agreement is included as Attachment 11: Professional Service Agreement in this RFP, but may be modified to suit the specific services and needs of the City. "Proposer" will hereinafter be referred to as "Consultant" in the standard agreement. The term of the agreement will begin after the agreement is fully executed, and all required bonds, insurance documents and contents of the payment information packet have been received and approved. If the Proposer has any exceptions or conditions to the Agreement, these must be submitted for consideration with the Proposal. Otherwise, the Proposer will be deemed to have accepted the form of Agreement. XIV. GENERAL TERMS & CONDITIONS By submitting a Proposal, the Proposer acknowledges that it has thoroughly examined and accepts the Terms and Conditions of this RFP as described below: Conflict of Interest Consultant/Vendor shall exercise reasonable care and diligence to prevent any actions or conditions that could result in a conflict with the best interests of the City. This obligation shall apply to the Consultant/Vendor; the Consultant/Vendor's employees, agents, and Subcontractors associated with accomplishing work and services hereunder. The Consultant/Vendor's efforts shall include, but not be limited to, establishing precautions to prevent its employees, agents, and Subcontractors from providing or offering gifts, entertainment, payments, loans or other considerations which could be deemed to influence or appear to influence City staff or elected officers from acting in the best interests of the City. Each Proposer must disclose any existing or potential conflict of Interest relative to the performance of the contractual services resulting from this RFP. Any such relationship that might be perceived or represented as a conflict should be disclosed. The City reserves the right to disqualify any Proposer on the grounds of actual or apparent conflict of interest. No person, firm, or subsidiary thereof who has been awarded this Contract may be awarded a Contract for the provision of services, the delivery of supplies, or the provision of any other related action, which is required, suggested, or otherwise deemed appropriate as an end product of this Contract. Therefore, Consultant/Vendor is precluded from contracting for any work recommended as a result of this Contract. This RFP does not commit the City to award a contract or to pay any costs incurred for any services. The City, at its sole discretion, reserves the right to accept or reject any or all Proposals received as a result of this RFP, to negotiate with any qualified source(s), or to cancel this RFP in part or in its entirety. The Citv may waive City of Santa Ana — Revenue Auditing, Recovery, Reporting, Analysis, and Liaison and Implementation Monitoring Services Request for Proposals No. 20-126 October 1, 2020 Page 12