Section 393.50. Bidding procedure.

(1) The bid line shall contain instructions for placing a bid. Program staff shall record the bid with the date and time it was placed.

(2)     A bid may be placed from 5 p.m. on the bid day until noon on the following bid update day.

(3)          Program administrative staff shall offer the open vending facility to the successful bidder. The candidate shall either commit to the vending facility or decline the offer in writing within 72 hours after the close of bids. If the first candidate declines, then program staff shall continue the same award procedure, moving down the list of eligible licensees or potential licensees until the facility is awarded.

(4)      Failure to make a commitment by the noon deadline constitutes declining the offer and the opportunity shall be offered to the next licensee on the list.

(5)      A licensee who is awarded a vending facility shall be announced in the week after the award.

(6)      A licensee is considered installed in a vending facility when an agreement has been signed.

(7)      If a potential licensee does not bid and accept a facility within 3 years, then he or she shall take a commission-designated retraining course as approved by the commission board, with the active participation of the committee. Failure to retake training results in deletion of the potential licensee's name from the potential list and the potential licensee is not eligible to bid or accept a facility within the program.

History: 2004 AACS.