R926-16-10. Participation of Public Entities

  In order to ensure that the procurement process for TIPPPs originating from an unsolicited proposal remains fair and competitive, public entities will not be permitted to submit proposals or to participate as a member of proposer teams with respect to solicitations issued by the Department under this rule R926-16. Furthermore, so long as an active solicitation is outstanding for a transportation infrastructure public-private partnership agreement, the Department will not separately negotiate with a public entity for the project that is the subject of that solicitation.