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

Requirements: Upon submitting sealed bid, bidders are required to properly identify (handwritten, typed, or printed) sealed envelope and/or packet as follows: Bidder's name and address on the upper left hand corner of the sealed envelope and/or package and Bid No. 5021-15-0311-5000-0000-00-UCP-ET "2021 Donna Street Improvements (Purchase of Materials Only)" on the lower left hand corner of sealed envelope/and or packet. Overnight mail must also be properly labeled on the outside of express envelope or package. Bidder understands that the County reserves the right to award this contract on the basis determined on the procurement overview, as listed on Appendix "B" in accordance with the law of the State of Texas to waive any/all formalities or irregularity, to reject any and all submission received, to make awards to more than one offeror based on the individual lowest responsible bid per unit, or to accept the bid considered the best and most advantageous to the County. Physical Location: 2802 S. Business Hwy. 281 Hidalgo County New Administration Building (Southeast of Canton Rd & Business 281) Edinburg, Texas 78539. Business Hwy 281, Hidalgo County New Administration Building in Edinburg, Texas 78539. No facsimiles or late arrivals will be accepted. Any bid received after that time will not be opened and will be returned. Bid Security: Bid Security in the amount of 5% of the largest possible total of bids submitted must accompany each bid in accordance with the Instruction to Bidders. The surety must be a guaranteed or surety company acceptable to the Hidalgo County and listed in U. S. Treasury Circular No. 570. Davis-Bacon Prevailing Wage Rates: This project is funded by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development Community Development Block Grant Program and bidders must adhere to Texas Stale Prevailing Wage Requirements for Hidalgo County and Davis-Bacon Federal Wage Rates, including Certified Payroll. Be advised applicable wage rates may change. Section 3/WMBE: The County of Hidalgo will actively encourage participation of Section 3 businesses and Women and Minority Business Enterprises (WMBEs) on this project. All Section 3 business contractors, potential Section 3 business contractors, and WMBE contractors are strongly encouraged to submit bids. Please contact Hidalgo County-Urban County Program at 956-787-8127 for inquiries concerning Section 3 or specifics on how to become a Section 3 business. HUD Regulations 24 CFR 75.7, Requirements applicable to HUD NOFAs for section 3 covered programs states the following: (a) Certification of compliance with part 135. All notices of funding availability (NOFAs) issued by HUD that announce the availability of funding covered by section 3 shall include a provision in the NOFA that notifies applicants that section 3 and the regulations in part 75 are applicable to funding awards made under the NOFA. Additionally the NOFA shall require as an application submission requirement (which may be specified in the NOFA or application kit) a certification by the applicant that the applicant will comply with the regulations in part 75. (For PHAs, this requirement will be met where a PHA Resolution in Support of the Application is submitted.) With respect to application evaluation, HUD will accept an applicant's certification unless there is evidence substantially challenging the certification. (b) Statement of purpose in NOFAs. (1) For competitively awarded assistance in which the grants are for activities administered by an HA, and those activities are anticipated to generate significant training, employment or contracting opportunities, the NOFA must include a statement that one of the purposes of the assistance is to give to the greatest extent feasible, and consistent with existing Federal, State and local laws and regulations, job training, employment, contracting and other economic opportunities to section 3 residents and section 3 business concerns. EDUARDO BELMAREZ, MBA, CPB HIDALGO COUNTY PURCHASING AGENT PATRICIO R. AVILA, UCP DIRECTOR