Defined procurement pool—Review of bid or proposal responses.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 28-143
in effectSec. 28-143. - Defined procurement pool—Review of bid or proposal responses.
(a) Review of bids or proposals; compliance with requirements. The DSBO director shall review bid or proposals submitted for defined procurement pool opportunities and will notify the purchasing director or department head to regard the submission as responsive to the requirements of this article V if such bid or proposal establishes that the bidder or proposer will perform a commercially useful function on the defined procurement pool contract or purchase order.
(b) Failure to meet requirements. The DSBO director shall notify the purchasing director or department head to regard the submission as nonresponsive to the requirements of this article V if such bid does not establish that the bidder or proposer will perform a commercially useful function on the defined procurement pool contract or purchase order. Such determination that the bid as submitted is nonresponsive shall result in no further consideration by the city of the bid.
(c) Commercially useful function—Informal meeting. In the event the DSBO director finds inadequacies in a bidder's or proposer's demonstration of commercially useful function under section 28-142, the DSBO director will provide written notice of such inadequacies to the bidder or proposer. Within two (2) business days from the date that the city notifies the bidder or proposer of such inadequacies, the bidder or proposer may request an informal meeting with the DSBO director. Such informal meeting shall be scheduled by the DSBO director or the director's designee. All deficiencies shall be explained to the bidder or proposer at such informal meeting. Within twenty-four (24) hours after the informal meeting, the bidder or proposer shall be allowed to submit additional information or to clarify its performance of a commercially useful function. After this informal meeting, the DSBO director will:
(1) Determine whether the bid will be responsive or nonresponsive;
(2) Make the notification as stated in subsection (b) above, as applicable; and
(3) Provide written notice to the bidder or proposer of the DSBO director's final determination.
(Ord. No. 286-20, § 3, 4-13-20)
Source: City and County of Denver, Revised Municipal Code and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/co/denver/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIREMUCO_CH28HURI_ARTVNOCOPUORGOSEOPMIWONEBUSMBUENPRGOSE_S28-143DEPRPOEVBIPRREFetched: 10/27/2026