Request for Proposal ITB-SCL-1007
Addendum
Added: 8/9/12
The following is additional information regarding Invitation to Bid for Proposal# ITB-SCL-1007 titled Provide and Install – 68’ Aerial device and Custom Service Body released on7/27/12. Thedue date and time for responses isAugust 24, 2012, 2:00pm (Pacific). This addendum includes both questions from prospective proposers and the City’s answers, and revisions to the ITB.This addendum is hereby made part of the ITB and therefore, the information contained herein shall be taken into consideration when preparing and submitting a bid.
Item # / Date Received / Date Answered / Vendor’s Question / City Answer / RFP Revisions2 / 8/6/12 / 8/9/12 / Will the City consider a price increase every 12 months, or for every model year? / Yes / On page 3 of the Terms and Conditions, add the sentence “Price Increases shall be requested for new model years only.”
3 / 8/9/12 / On page 32 of specifications, under Options, at the end of the paragraph please add sentence: “This section is not Mandatory to bid but must provide documents for options if bid.”
On page 32 numbers 4 and 5, delete “(mandatory).”
4 / 8/6/12 / 8/9/12 / On page 4 of specifications, Do I need to modify the chassis? / No chassis modifications are required
5 / 8/6/12 / 8/9/12 / Do both upper and lower booms have to have be telescopic? / Yes, see page 1, under “Scope”
6 / 8/9/12 / On page 8, number 5 of specifications, on the second line, remove “with offset configuration.”
7 / 8/9/12 / On page 8, number 6 of specification, replace the first sentence with:
“Material handling capacity shall be 1,500 lobs at any boom angle and any hydraulic jib extension or position.
8 / 8/6/12 / 8/9/12 / On page 25 of specifications, number 25, Is there a part number or model number for the Kellems wire harnesses required? / Kellems PolyTuff® I Non-Metallic Liquidtight Conduit sized to wire runs required and all appropriate size Kellems sealed connectors.
9 / 8/9/12 / On page 29 number 1 under please clarify Factory Visits. / The bid price submitted shall include the cost of having five (5) City of Seattle employees travel to the factory and remain overnight for two nightson one occasion for the first unit produced for each model year of production.
10 / 8/6/12 / On page 30 number 3. Replace entire paragraph with:
The unit may be inspected at any time du ring construction by the Senior Automotive Engineer.
11 / 8/6/12 / On page 2 of ITB Document, number 3 under MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS add a second bullet point:
- A full time complete parts and service facility offering factory authorized service and a parts supply adequate to perform complete repair is required. Vendor’s Facility must be within a fifty (50) mile radius of the:
225 South Spokane Street
Seattle, WA98134
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