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. Errors may be crossed out and
corrections printed in ink or typewritten adjacent, and must be initialed in ink by person signing bid.
1.3 Brand Name References: Unless specified "No Substitute" any catalog brand name or manufacturer's reference used in
the bid invitation is descriptive only, not restrictive, and used to indicate the type and quality desired. If bidding on other
than referenced specifications, the bid must show the manufacturer, brand or trade name, and other descriptions, and
should include the manufacturer's illustrations and complete descriptions of the product offered. The University reserves
the right to determine whether a substitute offered is equivalent to and meets the standards of the item specified, and the
University may require the bidder to supply additional descriptive material, samples, or demonstrators. The bidder
guarantees that the product offered will meet or exceed the referenced product and/or specifications identified in this bid
invitation. If the bidder takes no exception to the specifications, bidder will be required to furnish the product exactly as
specified in the invitation.
1.4 Samples: Samples or demonstrators, when requested, must be furnished free of expense to the University. Samples not
destroyed during reasonable examination will become property of the University unless bidder states otherwise. All
demonstrators will be returned after reasonable examination. Each sample should be marked with the bidder's name and
address, bid number and item number.
1.5 Time of Performance: The number of calendar days in which delivery will be made after receipt of order shall be stated in
the bid.
2. SUBMISSION OF BIDS
2.1 Bids, modifications or corrections thereof received after the closing time specified will not be considered.