This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Bryan, Texas. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

Respondents, their employees and/or representatives are prohibited from contacting any official or employee of brazos county, except the purchasing agent, regarding this solicitation from the issuing date of the solicitation until scheduled oral presentations or the date the brazos county commissioners court meets to consider award of the bid. Any such contact will be grounds for rejection of the respondent's bid. Bids cannot be altered after receiving time. No bid may be withdrawn after opening time Without acceptable reason and with the approval of the purchasing agent. In compliance with this solicitation, the undersigned respondent(s) having examined the solicitation and specifications and being familiar with the conditions to be met, hereby submits the following bid for furnishing the material and/or services listed on the attached bid form and agrees to deliver said items at the locations and for the prices set forth on the bid form. Bids must be submitted on this form and returned in a sealed envelope clearly marked with respondent name and bid number to ensure proper recognition upon its arrival. Bids will not be considered if submitted by telephone, fax or any other means of rapid dispatch, nor will a bid be considered if submitted to any other person or department other than specifically instructed. Bids not received prior to the expressed date and time listed in this bid will be rejected or returned unopened to the respondent(s). Bids submitted to any other person or department other than the brazos county purchasing department will not be accepted. All bidders must submit, with proposal, a cashier's check or certified check for at least five percent (5%) of the total bid price, payable to the order of brazos county or a bid bond in the same amount issued by a surety, acceptable to brazos county, authorized to do business in the state of texas, as a guarantee that the bidder will do the work described herein at the rates stated herein. Unsuccessful bidder's cashier's check or certified check will be returned after a written request to do so have been received by the purchasing agent. The successful bidder must provide to the purchasing department, a performance bond and a payment bond, each in the amount of 100% of the total contract sum within ten (10) calendar days after receipt of notification of bid award. Such bonds shall be executed by a corporate surety duly authorized and admitted to do business in the state of texas and licensed in the state of texas to issue surety bonds with a best rating "A" or better. Brazos county reserves the right to accept or reject any page 10 of 17 surety company proposed by the bidder. In the event brazos rejects the proposed surety company the bidder will be afforded five (5) additional days to submit the required bonds issued by a surety company acceptable to brazos county. The county may cancel this contract at any time for any reason, provided a thirty-day written notice is given. Brazos county reserves the right to extend this contract annually for a maximum of three (3) additional one (1) year periods with no changes in the terms or conditions of this contract, if agreed upon by both parties. Brazos county reserves the right to reject any bid that does not fully respond to each specified item. The County reserves the right to accept or reject in part or in whole, any bids submitted, and to waive any technicalities for the best interest of the County.