Minnesota Administrative Rules

4655.1082 INITIAL SCREENING OF PROPOSALS BY INTERCOM.

The INTERCOM shall process a proposal according to items A to K.

A.

The INTERCOM shall determine whether a proposal was submitted according to the submission deadline under part 4655.1080, subpart 3.

B.

If a proposal was not submitted according to the deadline indicated under part 4655.1080, subpart 3, the INTERCOM shall return the proposal to the proposer with a written notice that the proposal will not receive further consideration because the proposal was received after the submission deadline.

C.

If a proposal is received according to the deadline, the INTERCOM shall determine whether the proposal meets the definition of conversion, renovation, replacement, or upgrading as those terms are defined under part 4655.1070. If a proposal does not meet any of those definitions, the INTERCOM shall return that proposal to the proposer with a written notice that the proposal will not receive further consideration because it does not meet the definition of conversion, renovation, replacement, or upgrading.

D.

If the proposal is for an exception that meets the definition of upgrading, renovation, replacement, or conversion as those terms are defined under part 4655.1070, the INTERCOM shall determine whether the proposal is substantially complete and consistent with part 4655.1078. A proposal is substantially complete and consistent if it contains the information specified in part 4655.1078, items B, D to K, and M.

E.

If an item required for a substantially complete proposal under item D is missing from a proposal that is submitted to the INTERCOM, the proposal shall be returned to the proposer with a written notice that the proposal will not receive further consideration because of the missing item.

F.

If a proposal is substantially complete and consistent according to item D, staff shall, if needed, ask for additional information in writing within ten days after the submission deadline. Additional information shall be requested only if, in the judgment of the INTERCOM, the additional information is needed to clarify or support previously submitted information.

G.

If requested additional information is not received within 17 days after the submission deadline, the proposal shall be returned to the proposer with a notice that the proposal is not approved because the additional information was not received within 17 days following the submission deadline.

H.

A proposal that is not completed by the submission of additional information requested under item F shall be returned to the proposer with a notice that the proposal will not receive further consideration because the requested additional information submitted was insufficient.

I.

If the format and contents of a proposal submitted to the commissioner are substantially complete and consistent with part 4655.1078, the INTERCOM shall determine whether the proposal satisfies the statutory restrictions.

J.

If a proposal fails to satisfy a statutory restriction, the INTERCOM shall return the proposal to the proposer with a written notice stating that the proposal will not receive further consideration because it does not satisfy a statutory restriction.

K.

If a proposal satisfies all statutory restrictions, data regarding the proposal shall be collected according to part 4655.1084. The INTERCOM shall submit the findings and other information from the review conducted under part 4655.1084 to the advisory review panel to review and form recommendations on the proposal according to part 4655.1086.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 144A.071; 144A.073

History:

20 SR 340

Published Electronically:

January 19, 2005