Response: The written, signed and sealed complete document(s) submitted according to the Request for Proposal instructions. Response does not include any verbal or documentary interaction apart from submittal of a formal Response.

Request for Proposal: The completed and released solicitation, including all subsequent addenda, made publicly available to all prospective proposers.

We/Us/Our: Terms that refer to the County of Sacramento, a duly organized public entity. They may also be used as pronouns for various subsets of the County organization, including, as the context will indicate:

• Purchasing - the Contracts and Purchasing Services Division of the Department of General Services.
• Department/Division – The department or division requesting the services contained in this RFP.
• Constituency – the client base or County population which may benefit from the procurement of goods and/or services requested herein.

You/Your: Terms that refer to businesses/individuals submitting a response. The term may apply differently as the context will indicate.

• Supplier - A business entity engaged in the business of providing services.
• Proposer - A business entity submitting a Response to this RFP. Suppliers which may express interest in this RFP, but who do not submit a Response, have no obligations with respect to the RFP requirements.
• Contractor - The Proposer(s) whose Response to this RFP is evaluated as meeting the needs of the County. Contractor(s) will be selected for award, and will enter into a contract(s) for provision of the services described in this RFP.
• Contractor’s Employee - All persons who can be offered to provide the services described in the RFP. All employees of the Contractor shall be covered by the insurance programs normally provided to persons employed by a company (ex: Worker’s Comp, SDI, etc.).

Director: Director of Sacramento County’s Office of Economic Development.