siemens - Public Service Commission

other information provided in its process ofevaluating Bidder's proposal. PE may, in its sole discretion, reject any
or all proposals received or waive minor defects, irregularities or informalities therein.
a. Upon reaching the award decision, PE may elect to issue a Letter of Intent to the successful Bidder.
Bidder shall include a statement within its proposal as to its commitment to start work immediately and
continue performance of such work upon receipt of such letter.
b. The successful Bidder may be required to fumish corporate guaranties from each of its corporate
ownerships up to and including the parent corporation. Such documents will be due upon execution of the
contractual document. Bidder shall include a statement within its proposal acknowledging Bidder's
understanding and agreement to fumish such corporate guaranties in the form furnished with this RFP.
Schedule Risk:
Timely completion of the design work for secondary systems for Crystal River Unit 3 must be completed
in accordance with the submittal due dates in Section 1.12 of the Bid Specification to support the fall 2009
refueling outage and implementation of an extended reactor power uprate of 17% during the fall 201 1
refueling outage is critical to the success of this project. Therefore, the selected bidder will be asked to
place profit at risk to demonstrate understanding and ownership of the schedule.
Irrevocable Standby Letter of Credit:
Bidder shall affirm on the proposal form its ability and willingness to fumish, in PE'sfavor, an irrevocable standby
Letter of Credit per the Contract. The Letter of Credit shall remain in full force and effect during the term of the
contract and may be engaged by PE in the event of Bidder's default under any such contract.
~nsurance:
Furnish proof of valid insurance per contractual requirements.
Alternate Bid Formats:
A bid based on the requirements noted herein is required; however, PE encourages Bidder to propose an altemative
response.