Chatham County is soliciting bids for low voltage cabling services. This will be an annual contract with renewal options for four additional one-year terms, for low voltage cable purchase and installation for various departments and agencies of Chatham County. All equipment must be in new (no used or refurbished equipment) condition. For additional information concerning specifications, please contact ONLY Lynn Strickland, Procurement Specialist, at (912)790-1621 or lstrickland@chathamcounty.org. Bidders are not to contact any department directly. Questions Due Date: Dec 2nd 2022, 5:00 PM EST Pre-bid conference: N/A The County reserves the right to reject all bids that are non-responsive or not responsible. Chatham County has an equal opportunity purchasing policy. Chatham County seeks to ensure that all segments of the business community have access to supplying the goods and services needed by County programs. The County affirmatively works to encourage utilization of disadvantaged and minority business enterprises in our procurement activities. The County provides equal opportunity for all businesses and does not discriminate against any persons or businesses regardless of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin or handicap. The terms disadvantaged business, minority business enterprise, and minority person are more specifically defined and explained in the Chatham County Purchasing Ordinance. The County reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any irregularities or technicalities in bids received whenever such rejection or waiver is in the best interest of the County. The County reserves the right to reject the bid of a bidder who has previously failed to perform properly or complete on time contracts of a similar nature, or a bid from a bidder whom investigation shows is not in a position to perform the contract. State Licensing Board for General Contractors: Pursuant to Georgia law, the following types of contractors must obtain a license from the State Licensing Board of Residential and General Contractors by 1 July 2008 : Residential - Basic Contractor (Contractor work relative to detached one-family and two-family residences and one-family townhouses not over three stories in height). Residential - Light Commercial Contractor (Contractor work or activity related to multifamily and multiuse light commercial buildings and structures). General Contractor (Contractor work or activity that is unlimited in scope regarding any residential or commercial projects). The required documents section of the online solicitation will list any licenses required for the project. The contract may be canceled or suspended by Chatham County in whole or in part by written notice of default to the Contractor upon nonperformance or violation of contract terms. An award may be made to the next low bidder, for articles and/or services specified or they may be purchased on the open market and the defaulting Contractor (or his surety) shall be liable to Chatham County for costs to the County in excess of the defaulted contract prices. See the contract documents for complete requirements. The contract, if awarded, will be awarded to that responsible bidder whose bid/proposal will be most advantageous to Chatham County, price and other factors considered. The Board of Commissioners will make the determination as to which bid or proposal that serves as the best value to Chatham County. Goals established for this project are 12% MBE/ 5% WBE unless otherwise specified Questions regarding payment may be directed to the Finance Department at (912) 652-7900 or the Countys Project Manager as specified in the contract documents.
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