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proposals and of determining which proposals are within the competitive range, ar may be reasonably made to be within the competitive range. (c) Proposals not within the Competitive Range. Proposers of any proposals that have been determined by the Selection Committee as not in the competitive range, and cannot be reasonably made to be within the competitive range, will be notified in writing. (d) Discussions with proposers in the Competitive Range. The Proposers whose proposals are found by the Selection Committee to be within the competitive range, or may be reasonably made to be within the competitive range, will be notified and any questions and/ar requests for clarifications provided to them in writing. Each such Proposer may be invited far a private interview(s) and discussions with the Selection Committee to discuss answers to written or oral questions, clari~cations, and any facet of its proposal. In the event that a proposal, which has been included in the competitive range, contains conditions, exceptions, reservations or understandings with respect to the Ground Lease, said conditions, exceptions, reservations or understandings may be negotiated during these meetings. However, the Selection Committee shall have the right to reject any and all such conditions and/or exceptions, and instruct the Proposer to amend its proposal and remove said conditions and/or exceptions; and any Proposer failing to do so may cause the Selection Committee to find such proposal to be outside the competitive range. No information, financial or otherwise, will be provided to any Proposer about any of the proposals from other Proposers. Proposers will not be given specific business terms ar specific financial requirements they must meet to gain further consideration, except that proposed Business Offer may be considered to be too low with respect to the marketplace or unacceptable. Proposers will not be told of their rankings among the other Proposers. e) Site Visits. Proposers grant the Selection Committee the right to conduct site visits during reasonable times to inspect other projects which the Proposer has developed. ( fl Best and Final Offers (BAFO). After all interviews have been completed, each of the proposers in the competitive range will be affarded the opportunity to amend its proposal and make its BAFO. The request for BAFOs shall include: i. Notice that discussions/negotiations are concluded; ii. Notice that this is the opportunity for submission of a BAFO; iii. A common date and time for submission of written BAFOs, allowing a reasonable opportunity for preparation of the written BAFOs; iv. Notice that if any modification to a BAFO is submitted, it must be received by the date and time specified for the receipt of BAFOs and is subject to the late submissions, modifications, and withdrawals of proposals provisions of the Request far Proposal; v. Notice that if Proposers do not submit a BAFO or a notice of withdrawal and another BAFO, their immediate previous Offer will be construed as their BAFO. Any modifications to the initial proposals made by a Proposer in its BAFO shall be identified in its BAFO. BAFOs will be evaluated by the Selection Committee accarding to the same requirements and criteria as the initial proposals "Proposal Selection Process" (Section 1.1.4.3). The Selection Committee will make appropriate adjustments to the initial scores for any sub-criteria and criteria which have been affected by any