Construction of a new pre-engineered electrical building at the
South Water Reclamation Facility A Bid, Payment and Performance Bond are a requirement of the IFB
when the bid/contract amount exceeds $100,000. Firms utilizing
electronic submission shall attach an electronic copy of their bid bond for
responsiveness. Submission of the bid bond, along with a certified and
effectively dated copy of the power of attorney, shall be completed and
signed by all required parties and submitted on the form provided in the
solicitation. Submittal of a bid bond less than 10% of the total estimated
Contract amount for the first Contract year, shall result in the bid being
deemed non-responsive. When the contract amount exceeds $100,000 a Payment Bond and a Performance
Bond issued in a sum equal to one hundred (100%) percent of the total awarded
Contract amount by a Surety company considered satisfactory by the County
according to the criteria in Section 19 will be required from the successful Bidder for
purposes of protecting the County from lawsuits for non-payment of debts as might
be incurred during the successful Bidder's performance under such Contract, and
insuring the faithful performance of the obligations imposed by the resulting
Contract. The Payment Bond and the Performance Bond forms are included in the Contract
Documents and said forms must be properly executed by the Surety Company and
successful Bidder within ten (10) days after receipt of notification from the County of
its award of the Contract. Question Submission Deadline:March 8, 2022, 5:00pm The Estimated Cost for this project is $2,111,384.36 The Contractor will comply with all requirements of Orange County's Minority/Women Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance No. 94-01, as amended by Ordinance No. 2009-21 In summary, the ordinances establish a goal of 25% of the County's annual monetary value of contracts be awarded to minority/women owned business enterprises
meeting Contract specifications. The goals for work force employment levels are 18% minority and 6% women. Other provisions of the Ordinance as it pertains to construction projects may be found in Part
C of this document. The Board of County Commissioners, in its sole
discretion, reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any informality
concerning bid proposals whenever such rejection or waiver is in the best interest
of the County. The ability of a Bidder to obtain a performance bond and a payment
bond shall not be regarded as the sole test of such Bidder's competency or
responsibility. Nothing contained herein shall place a duty upon the County to
reject bids or award a Contract based upon anything other than its sole discretion
as described herein.
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