Invitation For Bid The
Invitation for Bid The City of Orlando, Florida, will receive sealed bids through the Procurement and Contracts Division, 4th Floor, City Hall, 400 S. Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32801, for IFB15-0082, Citywide Sidewalks, Phase 2, Project # CIP0014_G, on February 19, 2015 at 2:00 PM local time at which time bids will be opened and publicly read in the Agenda Conference Room City Hall 2nd Floor. The Contract will consist of Installation of new sidewalks throughout the City. Minor amounts of retaining walls, chain link fencing, and aluminum guiderails are also included as well as pedestrian crosswalks at several intersections. The project scope is broken down into work zones. The contractor will be limited to working in a maximum of two (2) work zones at any one time. The estimate for this Project is $3,084,250.00 Plans, Specifications & Contract Documents will be open to public inspection after 2:00 PM, January 19, 2015, at the Procurement and Contracts Division, 4th Floor, City Hall (phone #407-246-2266). Plans, Specifications & Contract Documents may be obtained by one of two following methods: (1) free of charge in electronic format on a CD available at the Reception Desk for the Public Works Department, or (2) downloaded from the City's eSupplier website at the following web link: Additional CD copies may be purchased for $10.00 plus tax, per disk (non-refundable) at the Reception Desk for the Public Works Department. If your company chooses to download the Plans, Specifications & Contract Documents from the City's eSupplier website, you may access information by visiting the City's eSupplier website by copying the following link in your web browser: Please note that you must maintain and update your eSupplier vendor file with the proper contact and email information. The eSupplier System functions as a courtesy notification system, sending an email announcement to registered suppliers when a solicitation matches the commodity code that is selected during the registration process. eSupplier also provides notification of additional documents or changes to a solicitation. Unless a supplier registers and downloads the solicitation directly from the City's eSupplier website, the notification system is not activated. It will be the responsibility of the Bidder to contact the Procurement and Contracts Division and/or the eSupplier website prior to submitting a bid to ascertain if any addenda have been issued, to obtain all such addenda, and return executed addenda with the bid. The CITY is under no obligation to respond to questions received less than ten (10) days prior to the date for the opening of Bids Refer to "Instruction to Bidders" for more information on the bidding process. Bids must be accompanied by a bid bond, certified check or cashier's check made out to the City of Orlando, or other security as provided by law, in an amount not less than 10% of the total base bid. Bidders must be appropriately licensed Florida Contractors pursuant to Chapter 489 Florida Statutes to be considered responsible bidders and eligible to be awarded a contract. A non-mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held January 29, 2015 at 9:00 a.m., in the Agenda Conference Room, 2nd Floor, City Hall. All questions about the meaning/intent of the Plans & Contract Documents must be submitted in writing before Friday February 6, 2015 at 5:00 PM to Silvia Coste Purchasing II, Procurement and Contracts Division, 400 S. Orange Ave., 4th Floor, Orlando, Florida 32801 or . Questions will be answered in accordance with Article 5 of the "Instruction to Bidders," replies will be given at a later date. Upon award of contract, the Low Bidder shall be required to provide Performance and Payment Bonds in the amount of the Contract Price. The Surety must be licensed to do business in the State of Florida, must be included on the United States Department of the Treasury's Listing of Approved Sureties, and must have at least an "A-" rating in accordance with the most current A.M. Best Company financial strength ratings. Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Participation The City of Orlando is receiving U.S. Department of Transportation funding from the Florida Department of Transportation ("Department") for this Project. Pursuant to the funding requirements of the Department's grant, disadvantaged business enterprise ("DBE") utilization shall be in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. The Department has established a DBE program in accordance with such federal laws and regulations. The City shall participate in the Department's DBE race neutral program for this solicitation. There is no specific DBE participation goal on this Project; however, the Department has an overall 9.91% DBE goal it must achieve. In order to assist Bidders in determining their DBE commitment level, the City has estimated 29.4% DBE availability on this Project. When preparing the bid, the Bidder should monitor potential or anticipated DBE utilization for this Project. A DBE firm must be certified in the Florida Unified Certification Program as a DBE and listed in the Department's Directory. You may access the Directory at the following internet address: When the successful Bidder executes the contract with the City, information will be requested of that Bidder's anticipated DBE participation for the Project. While the utilization is not mandatory in order to be awarded the contract, continuing utilization of DBE firms on contracts supports the success of Florida's Voluntary DBE Program, and supports contractors' Equal Employment Opportunity and DBE Affirmative Action Programs. NOTE: Any Project listed as 0% DBE availability does not mean that a DBE may not be used on that Project. A 0% DBE availability may have been established due to any of the following reasons: limited identified subcontracting opportunities, minimal contract days, and/or small contract dollar amount. Bidders are encouraged to identify any opportunities to subcontract to DBEs. If you have any questions regarding this information, please contact the City's Minority Business Enterprise Office at 407-246-2623. Living Wage CONTRACTOR is required to pay its workers, as well as its subcontractors providing services pursuant to a contract with the CITY, a living wage for the time spent providing services to the CITY. (This provision does not include general administrative personnel unless they are assigned to a CITY project.) "Living wage" means compensation for employment of not less than $8.50 per hour for straight time, exclusive of FICA, unemployment taxes, and workers compensation insurance and employee benefits. This provision shall apply to all bid and proposal awards for services which involve CITY expenditures that exceed $100,000.00 per year. Responsible Contractor's Policy For contracts with an estimated value of at least $100,000, the CONTRACTOR will be required to comply with the City of Orlando's Responsible Contractor's Policy, which requires that CONTRACTOR pay its workers and require its Subcontractors to pay their workers on this Project an hourly wage, based on classification for the Orlando region established by the Davis-Bacon Act (hereinafter "hourly wage"). The Wage Determination for this Project can be found at The applicable county is Orange County, and the construction type is Highway (FL140223 - 01/09/2015 FL223). Additionally, CONTRACTOR shall provide its workers and require its Subcontractors to provide their workers with health benefits, such requirement being satisfied by providing to the workers on this project either 1) health benefits through a bona fide program or 2) by increasing their hourly wage by 20%. If satisfying the health benefits requirement by providing health benefits through a bona fide program, the Supplementary Conditions establish minimum health insurance benefits acceptable to the CITY. Moreover, certification as to the existence of a CONTRACTOR'S bona fide health benefits program for its workers must be provided to the City with its bid at the time of the bid opening. Davis-Bacon Act Wage Rates The current Davis-Bacon Wage Rates to be paid on this Project are set forth in General Decision Number FL140223 which can be found at Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion The Bidder certifies, by submission of its Bid, that neither it nor its principals is presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible or voluntarily excluded from participation in this transaction by any Federal department or agency. The Owner reserves the right to waive any informalities, to reject any or all Bids, or to re-advertise for Bids. Awards, if made, will be to the lowest responsive, responsible Bidder whose bid is most advantageous to the Owner, price and other factors considered. ORG 2982121 1/18/15
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