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- Legal and Insurance Requirements
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SAMPLE RFP DOCUMENTS

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Commodity Items RFP Introduction

The Introduction of the RFP should include:
  • a discussion of the court environment, including a discussion of historical problem areas
  • a clear definition of the project's purpose;10 such as "to provide hardware, operating systems, networks, and applications software to support court office operations."
  • a list of court departments that will participate in the project or use the items requested
  • a brief overview of the applications and functions the project must address
The introduction also should contain unequivocal language that the court reserves the right to reject any and all proposals for any reason and can cancel any ensuing contract at any time if anticipated project funds become unavailable.

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