Publication of IFB and RFP Documents on the Agency’s Website

(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter, Invitations for Bid

(IFBs)and Requests for Proposals

(RFPs)shall be posted on the procuring agency’s website. IFBs and RFPs procured through the General Services Agency

(GSA)or the Department of Public Works

(DPW)shall be posted, on the date of the IFB/RFP announcement, simultaneously on the procuring agency’s website and the websites of GSA and DPW respectively. No fees shall be assessed to prospective bidders or other parties for accessing/downloading procurement documents from an agency’s website. Such documents shall remain on the respective agencies’ websites for a period of not less than one hundred eighty

(180)days following the award of the Bid or Proposal.

(b)The procuring agency, and GSA and DPW if applicable, shall provide notice in each IFB/RFP announcement that recommends that prospective bidders/respondents register contact information with the agency to ensure that they receive any notices regarding any changes or updates to the IFB/RFP. The procuring agency, and GSA and DPW shall not be liable for failure to provide notice to any party who did not register contact information.

(c)Nothing herein is intended to prevent the procuring agency, GSA, or DPW from making physical or digital media copies of procurement documents and assessing reasonable fees for such documents in a manner consistent with public law, administrative rules and regulations, and departmental policy that existed prior to the enactment of this Section.