Several events can take place to prevent an award from being made 1) The lowest bid substantially exceeds the cost estimates for the goods or services; 2) The lowest bid substantially exceeds the Township’s appropriation for the goods or services; 3) The Township wants to substantially revise the specifications 4) The purposes or provisions or both of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.) are being violated; 5) All bids will be rejected for not properly completing or submitting the mandatory forms as required by law, or the low bidder will be in violation of this requirement and the next low bidder falls into category 1 or 2 above. 6) The Township decides to abandon the project or goods or services; 7) The Township Council decides to use the State authorized contract pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-12). Should any of items 1-5 take place the Purchasing department will request authorization from the Council to rebid the project. Should item 6 or 7 occur the bid shall be tabled and become null and void. If no award is made the bidder may, within 90 days and the return of the original bid documents in reasonably good condition, receive the specifications for the re-bid of the goods or services free of charge; or in the case of no re-bid, receive a refund in accordance with Township practices. If there was no award made on a rebid, the Township with Council approval may negotiate with all interested parties for a contract. However, State laws prohibit any deviation from the original bid specification.