The School Board of Broward County, Florida (hereinafter referred to as "SBBC") desires bids on Electrical Supplies as specified herein. The scope of requirements includes, but is not limited to, Electrical Supplies. Prices quoted shall include inside delivery to various schools, departments, and centers within Broward County, Florida. The Awardee(s) shall receive individual Purchase Orders specifying the name and ship-to address of the various schools, departments, and centers. One original, signed, clearly marked, and complete bid hard-copy must be submitted in a sealed package by the bid due date. Failure to comply with the original hard-copy requirements may result in disqualification. One IDENTICAL electronic version of the original hard-copy of the bid, on a flash drive, should also be delivered with the proposal to support the bid analysis. The electronic files should be in PDF format except for the Bid Summary Spreadsheet (when applicable), which should be both in the PDF and MS Excel (.xls) formats. If there is a discrepancy between the original hard-copy and the electronic copy, the original hardcopy shall govern Any questions by prospective Bidders concerning this Invitation to Bid should be addressed to Edgar Lugo, Purchasing Agent in Procurement & Warehousing Services, via email to edgar.lugo@browardschools.com who is authorized only to direct the attention of prospective Bidders to various portions of the bid so they may read and interpret such for themselves. Neither the Purchasing Agent, nor any employee of SBBC, is authorized to interpret any portion of the bid or give information as to the requirements of the bid in addition to that contained in the written bid document. Questions should be submitted in accordance with General Condition 5. Interpretations of the bid or additional information as to its requirements, where necessary, shall be communicated to Bidders only by written Addendum. Any verbal or written information, which is obtained other than by information in this ITB document or by Addenda, shall not be binding on SBBC. : The award of this bid shall establish a one (1) year Agreement beginning on 1/1/2023 or upon approval by the Board, whichever is later. Bids shall not be considered for a shorter period of time. If only one bid is received, the term of the Agreement may be reduced to one year. The term of the bid shall be for three (3) years, and may, by mutual agreement between SBBC and the Awardee, be renewed for two additional one-year periods and, if needed, six (6) months beyond the expiration date of the final renewal period. Procurement & Warehousing Services, will, if considering renewing, request a letter of intent to renew from each Awardee, prior to the end of the current Agreement period. The Awardee shall be notified when the recommendation has been acted upon by the School Board. When a subsequent award process for the award of the goods or services sought under this competitive solicitation is stopped due to the filing of a formal written protest, The School Board reserves the right to extend any agreement awarded under this competitive solicitation for the goods or services contained in the subsequent competitive solicitation that is being protested. Such extension shall be until such time as the new award under protest can be approved by The School Board.
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