The purpose of the New Products Evaluation Program is to provide a well-defined
            and organized system within the Department to handle requests from various sources
            for consideration of new products developed for use in road and bridge construction
            or maintenance. To provide such a system the Department has established a New Products
            Evaluation Committee, which will operate in accordance with the following stated
            guidelines and procedures.
        
        
            The Department will evaluate only those new products which have the potential to
            fulfill a real need, economically provide a satisfactory level of service, and are
            not covered by existing specifications. It is the burden of the vendor to demonstrate
            that a need for a new product exists and that their product has a good potential
            for satisfying this need. Vendor proposals that attempt to place the Department
            with the responsibility for developing the application for a product being offered
            will not be considered. The Department will consider for evaluation only those products
            adequately developed, screened, and tested by the manufacturers.