They are deemed to be on notice that they had alternate point rights (its in the tariff) and if they wanted to submit a bid that had a different rate for primaries and alternates, they could have done so.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	3:nsubj:pass|7:nsubj:xsubj	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	3:aux:pass	_
3	deemed	deem	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	0:root	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	7:mark	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	7:cop	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	7:case	_
7	notice	notice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	3:xcomp	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	10:mark	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	10:nsubj	_
10	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl	7:acl:that	_
11	alternate	alternate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	12:amod	_
12	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	13:compound	_
13	rights	right	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	10:obj	_
14	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	19	punct	19:punct	SpaceAfter=No
15-16	its	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	19:nsubj	_
16	s	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	19:cop	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	19:case	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	19:det	_
19	tariff	tariff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	parataxis	10:parataxis	SpaceAfter=No
20	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	19	punct	19:punct	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	42:cc	_
22	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	24:mark	_
23	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	24:nsubj|26:nsubj:xsubj	_
24	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	advcl	42:advcl:if	_
25	to	to	PART	TO	_	26	mark	26:mark	_
26	submit	submit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	xcomp	24:xcomp	_
27	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	28:det	_
28	bid	bid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	26:obj|30:nsubj	_
29	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	30	nsubj	28:ref	_
30	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	acl:relcl	28:acl:relcl	_
31	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	33	det	33:det	_
32	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	33:amod	_
33	rate	rate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obj	30:obj	_
34	for	for	ADP	IN	_	35	case	35:case	_
35	primaries	primary	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	nmod	33:nmod:for	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	37:cc	_
37	alternates	alternate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	conj	33:nmod:for|35:conj:and	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	42:punct	_
39	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj	42:nsubj	_
40	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	42	aux	42:aux	_
41	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	42	aux	42:aux	_
42	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	3:conj:and	_
43	so	so	ADV	RB	_	42	advmod	42:advmod	SpaceAfter=No
44	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	3:punct	_
