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HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL REQUEST FOR INDEPENDENT EVALUATION PROPOSALS I. INTRODUCTION A. Generallnformatton The Council of the County of Hawaz't, pursuant to adoption of Resolution No ,finds [hat tt is m the public interest to contract the servtces of an established animal welfare organization to conduct an independent evaluation of the animal control program of the County of Hawaz't The evaluation with recommendations is intended to provide (1) An assessment of the structure and framework of the County of Hawaz't's animal control program and the adequacy of animal control enforcement provtstons performed by the present contractor, to include an evaluation of interagency coordination between the Hawat't Island Humane Soaety and the Hawaz`i County Police Department, Prosecutor's Office, and Corporation Counsel's Office, (2) An assessment of the present administration and oversight of the County•s animal control contract by the Department of Finance, to include recommendations for contractual performance, goals and objectives, and standards of compliance sublet[ to agreement by humane society providers and the County of Haw•az't, (3) An analysts of Chapter 4, Hawaz't County Code, to include recommendations for a revised animal control ordinance, (4) An assessment of the overall adequacy of funding for animal control servtces and the recommended county appropriation for animal control servtces, (5) An assessment of the swtabdtty of maintaining one contractor to serve the entve County of Hawaz'i (6) An expert, technical assessment of the animal sheltering and animal control operations presently funded by the County of Hawaz'i B. Contract Engagement: Term, Execution The Council antiapates and prefers that the agreement entered into, as authorized by Council resolution, will not exceed four (4) months C. Rights, Reservations and Constderattons The County reserves the tight to investigate the experience and records of each proposer, and to requee Further tnforntatton from any proposer The County shall be the sole fudge of the facts as to the reliability of the proposer Should the proposer fazl to meet the qualifications stated herein or fazl to subn»t additional information requested by the County, the County may refuse to accept or consider any proposal submitted by such proposer There is no expressed or implied obligation for the County of Hawaz`t to rnmbivse responding firms or organizations for any expenses incurred m preparing proposals m response to t}us request Such costs should not be included m the proposal Unless otherwise expressly provided in the contract, all provtstons of these specifications and instructions shall be considered to be part of the contract entered into by the County and the Contractor