OAR 137-047-0500: Responsibility of Bidders and Proposers

(1) Before Awarding a Contract the Contracting Agency shall determine that the Bidder submitting the lowest Bid or Proposer submitting the most Advantageous Proposal is Responsible. The Contracting Agency shall use the standards set forth in ORS 279B.110 and OAR 137-047-0640(1)(c)(F) to determine if a Bidder or Proposer is Responsible. In the event a Contracting Agency determines a Bidder or Proposer is not Responsible it shall prepare a Written determination of non-Responsibility as required by ORS 279B.110 and shall reject the Offer. (2) In addition to making the responsibility determination under ORS 279B.110 and OAR 137-047-0640(1)(c)(F), the Contracting Agency may consider (as authorized by ORS 279A.800), as part of the Contracting Agency’s evaluation of a Bid or Proposal, whether the Bidder or Proposer owes a liquidated and delinquent debt to the state.