(a) The bidder with the highest total bid, prior to any variable offset, is the successful bidder and may be offered a lease in accordance with §2805.10.

(b) The BLM will determine the variable offsets for the successful bidder in accordance with §2809.16 before issuing final payment terms.

(c) Payment terms. If you are the successful bidder, you must:

(1) Make payments by personal check, cashier's check, certified check, bank draft, or money order, or by other means deemed acceptable by the BLM, payable to the Department of the Interior—Bureau of Land Management;

(2) By the close of official business hours on the day of the offer or such other time as the BLM may have specified in the offer notices, submit for each parcel:

(i) Twenty percent of the bonus bid (before the offsets are applied under paragraph (b) of this section); and

(ii) The total amount of the minimum bid specified in §2809.14(b);

(3) Within 15 calendar days after the day of the offer, submit the balance of the bonus bid (after the variable offsets are applied under paragraph (b) of this section) to the BLM office conducting the offer; and

(4) Within 15 calendar days after the day of the offer, submit the acreage rent for the first full year of the solar or wind energy development lease as provided in §2806.54(a) or §2806.64(a), respectively. This amount will be applied toward the first 12 months acreage rent, if the successful bidder becomes the lessee.

(d) The BLM will offer you a right-of-way lease if you are the successful bidder and:

(1) Satisfy the qualifications in §2803.10;

(2) Make the payments required under paragraph (c) of this section; and

(3) Do not have any trespass action pending against you for any activity on BLM-administered lands (see §2808.12) or have any unpaid debts owed to the Federal Government.

(e) The BLM will not offer a lease to the successful bidder and will keep all money that has been submitted, if the successful bidder does not satisfy the requirements of paragraph (d) of this section. In this case, the BLM may offer the lease to the next highest bidder under §2809.17(b) or re-offer the lands under §2809.17(d).