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A. City Engineer means City Engineer or authorized designee.

B. City Manager means City Manager or authorized designee.

C. Interested party (parties) means those persons submitting proposals to the City in response to the solicitation; for a protest, limited to the protesting offeror and recommended offeror.

D. Proposer means any person, party or firm who intends to submit or who submits a solicitation response to the City of Phoenix for a public works contract.

E. Protest:

1. Means with regard to a solicitation protest:

a. A formal complaint made by a party concerning the contents of the solicitation.

2. Means with regards to an award recommendation:

a. A formal complaint made by an interested party who has a substantial chance of being awarded the contract and will be harmed by the recommended award recommendation;

b. May also mean a formal complaint about the solicitation by an aggrieved party concerning the proposed solicitation award;

c. But does not mean formal complaints related to determinations of nonresponsiveness for small business or disadvantaged business enterprises.

F. Solicitation means a request for qualifications, invitation to bidders, a request for proposals, a request for quotation or any other invitation or request issued by the City of Phoenix to invite a person, party or firm to submit an offer, statement, response, bid or other proposal for a public works contract.

G. Solicitation response means a bid, proposal, statement of qualifications or other offer to contract submitted to the City of Phoenix in response to a solicitation for a public works contract. (Ord. No. G-4894, § 2, 2007; Ord. No. G-6153, 2016)