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24 cost of services proposed, shall not be designated as proprietary or confidential information. If a request is received for disclosure of data for which an offeror has made a written request for confidentiality, [COMPANY]'s purchasing manager shall examine the offeror's request and make a written determination that specifies which portions of the proposal should be disclosed. Unless the offeror takes legal action to prevent the disclosure, the proposal will be so disclosed. The proposal shall be open to public inspec- tion subject to any continuing prohibition on the disclosure of confidential data. 6. No Obligation This procurement in no manner obligates [COMPANY] or any of its departments to the use of any proposed professional services until a valid written contract is awarded and approved by the appropriate authorities. 7. Termination This RFP may be cancelled at any time and all proposals may be rejected in whole or in part when such action is determined to be in the best interest of [COMPANY]. 8. Sufficient Appropriation Any contract awarded as a result of this RFP process may be terminated if sufficient appropriations or authorizations do not exist. Such termination will be affected by sending written notice to the awarded vendor. [COMPANY]'s decision as to whether sufficient appropriations and authorizations are available will be accepted by the awarded vendor as final. 9. Legal Review [COMPANY] requires that all offerors agree to be bound by the general requirements contained in this RFP. Any offeror concerns must be promptly brought to the attention of the purchasing manager. 10. Governing Law This procurement and any agreement with offerors that may result shall be governed by the laws of [STATE/COUNTRY]. 11. Basis for Proposal Only information supplied by [COMPANY] in writing through the purchasing manager or in this RFP should be used as the basis for the preparation of offeror proposals. 12. Contract Terms and Conditions [COMPANY] reserves the right to negotiate with a successful offeror provisions in addition to those contained in this RFP. The contents of this RFP, as revised and/or supplemented, and the successful offeror's proposal will be incorporated into and become part of the contract.

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