It is the intent and purpose of Walton County that this Invitation to Bid is to obtain competitive bids to purchase steel h-pilings for Indian Creek Ranch Road Bridge located on Indian Creek Ranch Road in Defuniak springs, FL. All bridge materials shall be delivered to the job site. CONTACT PERSON: Purchasing Manager
176 Montgomery Circle
DeFuniak Springs, Florida 32435
850-892-8176
Email: waljames@co.walton.fl.us All technical questions regarding this Request should be directed in writing; preferably by email to the County Purchasing Agent. All bids shall be accompanied by a bid security in an amount of ONE THOUSAND AND 00/100THS DOLLARS ($1,000.00) made payable to Board of County Commissioners, Walton County, and in the form of a certified bank check or bid bond, issued by a surety authorized to conduct business in the State of Florida and having an A.M. Best rating of V-A or better and who is listed on the United States Treasury Department's T-list as acceptable to issue bonds for the applicable dollar amount. The bid security of the Successful Proposer will be retained until such Proposer has executed the Contract and has furnished the required Certificates of Insurance. If the Successful Proposer fails to execute and deliver the Contract or furnish Certificate of Insurance, within five (5) business days after the Notice of Award, the County may annul the Notice of Award, and the bid security of that bidder will be forfeited. The bid security of other bidder may be retained by the County until ten (10) calendar days after the Notice of Award, whereupon bid security furnished by such bidders will be returned. The BIDDER agrees that any and all applicable federal, state and local sales and use taxes that are incurred by the BIDDER are included in the stated bid price for the Project. The County is tax exempt from federal excise and state salestax. The County reserves the right to accept or reject any all bids as may be deemed necessary by the County to be in its best interest, including but not limited to bids from a contractor who has failed to successfully complete a previous project to the satisfaction of the County. The County further reserves the right to waive any and all informalities, and reserves the right to reject all nonconforming, unresponsive, unbalanced or conditional bids. The County reserves the right to reject the bid of any bidder if the County believes that it would not be in the best interest of the Project to make an award to that bidder, because the bid is not responsive or responsible, or the bidder is unqualified or of doubtful financial ability or fails to meet any other pertinent standard or criteria established by the County. Discrepancies in the multiplication of units of work and unit prices will be resolved in favor of the unit prices. Discrepancies between the indicated sum of any column of figures and the correct sum thereof will be resolved in favor of the correct sum. Where numeric data is given both in Arabic numerals and in written language, and where there exists a discrepancy between an Arabic numeral and written language, the written language shall be presumed to be correct, and the Arabic numeral presumed incorrect.
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