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(2) The Contractor agrees that the RFP method of solicitation may be used (in addition to or instead of any other procedure available under North Carolina law) for the procurement of information technology goods and services [as defined in N.C.G.S. 147- 33.81(2)]. This applies to electronic data processing goods and services, telecommunications goods and services, security goods and services, microprocessors, software, information processing, office systems, any services related to the foregoing, and consulting or other services for design or redesign of information technology supporting business processes. The Contractor will comply with the following minimum requirements [N.C.G.S. 143- 129.8]: (a) Notice of the request for proposals shall be given in accordance with N.C.G.S. 143- 129(b). (b) Contracts shall be awarded to the person or entity that submits the best overall proposal as determined by the awarding authority. Factors to be considered in awarding contracts shall be identified in the request for proposals. (c) The Contractor may use procurement methods set forth in N.C.G.S. 143 -135.9 in developing and evaluating requests for proposals. (d) The Contractor may negotiate with any proposer in order to obtain a final contract that best meets the needs of the Contractor. (e) Any negotiations shall not alter the contract beyond the scope of the original request for proposals in a manner that deprives the proposers or potential proposers of a fair opportunity to compete for the contract; and would have resulted in the award of the contract to a different person or entity if the alterations had been included in the request for proposals. (f) Proposals submitted shall not be subject to public inspection until a contract is awarded. (3) The Contractor agrees that the RFP method, in accordance with FTA Circular 4220.1 F, under the guidelines of FTA `Best Practices Procurement Manual," should be used for procurements of professional services, such as consultants for planning activities and for transit system operations /management. The Contractor acknowledges that certain restrictions apply under North Carolina law for use of the RFP method and these restrictions and exceptions are discussed in Subsections 16t(1) and 16t(2) of this Agreement.. For all architectural, engineering, design, or related services, the Contractor agrees that the qualifications -based competitive proposal process shall be used (see Subsection 16q, this Agreement). (4) When the RFP method is used for procurement of professional services, the Contractor agrees to abide by the following minimum requirements: (a) Normally conducted with more than one source submitting an offer (proposal); (b) Either fixed price or cost reimbursement type contract will be used; (c) Generally used when conditions are not appropriate for use of sealed bids; (d) Requests for proposals will be publicized; (e) . All evaluation factors will be identified along with their relative importance; (f) Proposals will be solicited from an adequate number (3 is recommended) of qualified sources; (g) A standard method must be in place for conducting technical evaluations of the proposals received and for selecting awardees; (h) Awards will be made to the responsible firm whose proposal is most advantageous to the Contractor's program with price and other factors considered; and Updated 3101/11 Page 21 of 41 Attachment number 2 F -g Page 155