The lead in to paragraph 14 states that "Services under this RFP will be provided on an hourly basis," but paragraph 14(E) requ

Paragraph 14E of the RFP is an exception to what is otherwise anticipated to be services remunerated on an hourly basis.  If no flat fee is proposed, the response will be deemed non-responsive as to that question. It is expected that all responses will include a flat fee for the services described in 14E, therefore a response  providing an hourly fee would be impossible to compare to all other responses providing a flat fee.