R33-7-301. Addenda to Request for Proposals

  (1) Addenda to the Request for Proposals may be made for the purpose of:

  (a) making changes to:

  (i) the scope of work;

  (ii) the schedule;

  (iii) the qualification requirements;

  (iv) the criteria;

  (v) the weighting; or

  (vi) other requirements of the Request for Proposal.

  (b) Addenda shall be published within a reasonable time prior to the deadline that proposals are due, to allow prospective offerors to consider the addenda in preparing proposals. Publication at least 5 calendar days prior to the deadline that proposals are due shall be deemed a reasonable time. Minor addenda and urgent circumstances may require a shorter period of time.

  (2) After the due date and time for submitting a response to Request for Proposals, at the discretion of the chief procurement officer or head of a procurement unit with independent procurement authority, addenda to the Request for Proposals may be limited to offerors that have submitted proposals, provided the addenda does not make a substantial change to the Request for Proposals that, in the opinion of the chief procurement officer or head of a procurement unit with independent procurement authority likely would have impacted the number of Offerors responding to the original publication of the Request for Proposals.