Site work for a municipal facility in West Palm Beach, Florida. Completed plans call for site work for a municipal facility.

Question Cutoff: 9/2/2019 5:00:00 PM Question Email Recipient: parmstrong@wpb.org The City of West Palm Beach is accepting bids from qualified and responsible Contractors to furnish and assume full responsibility for all labor, material, construction equipment and machinery, transportation, tools, appliances, fuel, power, light, telephone, water, sanitary facilities, temporary facilities and all other facilities and incidentals necessary for the successful completion of the replacement of approximately 3,000 LF of the existing handrail at the Grassy Waters Preserve boardwalk on Northlake Boulevard. Contact by a Bidder (or anyone representing a Bidder) regarding this ITB with the Mayor, any City Commissioner, officer, or City employee other than an employee of the West Palm Beach Procurement Department is grounds for disqualification. Construction Bond: Not Required Time is of the essence. Bids must be received by the Procurement Department no later than the time indicated. The time of receipt shall be determined by the time clock located in the Procurement Department. Bidders are responsible for insuring that their bid is stamped by Procurement office personnel by the deadline indicated. The work to be performed under this Project shall commence on the date of Notice to Proceed (NTP). The work shall be substantially completed and then fully completed within the time periods indicated below, with such extensions of time as are provided for in the General Terms and Conditions. Substantial Completion: Ninety (90) calendar days after NTP. Final Completion Forty-Five (45) calendar days after Substantial Completion If said work is not completed within the specified times, the Contractor shall be liable and hereby agrees to pay to City as liquidated damages, and not as a penalty, the sum indicated for each and every day or part of a day thereafter that said work remains incomplete. One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per calendar day for each day or part of a day after scheduled substantial completion that Substantial Completion and Final Completion is not achieve. Inquiries regarding the Small Business Program may be directed to: Aisha Darrough-Slade (561) 822-2100 Email: ADarrough@wpb.org Any and all inquiries regarding this ITB or the Project (other than the Small Business Program) must be directed in writing, by US mail, fax or email to the purchasing agent indicated in this ITB. All questions or inquiries must be received no later than ten (10) calendar days prior to the Bid Submittal Deadline. No interpretation of the Invitation to Bid will be made for any Bidder, except by written addendum. No Bidder may rely upon any oral or verbal modification or interpretation in preparing its Bid. Only written addenda will be legally binding The selection of a Bidder shall be based on the best value to the City. Best value means the overall value to the City in the City's sole discretion, as determined by considering the evaluation factors and selection criteria set out in this ITB and the factors in Sec. 66-71 of the City Code (Procurement Code). The decision of the City shall be final. The selected Bidder will be notified in writing of the City's intent to award a contract and notice of the intended award will be posted to the Procurement web page. Award of a contract cannot be assigned by Bidder.