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

For Emergency Repair Services for City of Miami Marinas Deadline for Request for Clarification: 22-DEC-2022 @ 5:00 P.M. The City reserves the right to automatically extend this Contract for up to one hundred eighty (180) calendar days beyond the stated Contract term, in order to provide City departments with continual service and supplies while a new Contract is being solicited, evaluated, and/or awarded. If the right to extend is exercised, the City shall notify the Successful Bidder/Contractor, in writing, of its intent to extend the Contract in accordance with the existing terms and conditions for a specified number of days. Additional extensions beyond the first one hundred eighty (180) day extension may occur, if, the City and the Successful Bidder/Contractor are in mutual agreement of such extensions. The City reserves the right to award the Contract on a split-order, lump sum, individual-item basis, or such method of award in the best interest of the City, unless otherwise specified. A cashier's or certified check issued by a bank authorized to transact banking business in Florida, or a Bid Bond/Bid Security signed by a surety company that is licensed to do business in the State of Florida, payable to the City of Miami, for the amount as specified in the bid, is required from all Bidders, if so indicated under the Special Conditions. This check or bond guarantees that a Bidder will accept the Contract, as bid, if it is awarded to Bidder. Bidder shall forfeit bid deposit to the City, should City award Contract to Bidder and Bidder fails to accept the award. The City reserves the right to reject any and all surety tendered to the City. Bid deposits are returned to unsuccessful Bidders within ten (10) days after the award and Successful Bidder's acceptance of award. If one hundred eighty (180) days have passed after the date of the Formal Solicitation closing date, and no Contract has been awarded, all bid deposits will be returned on demand. Failure to execute a Contract and/or file an acceptable Performance Bond, when required, as provided herein, shall be just cause for the annulment of the award and the forfeiture of the Bid Bond/Bid Security to the City, which forfeiture shall be considered, not as a penalty, but in mitigation of damages sustained which cannot be determined at the time of award. Award may then be made to the next lowest responsive and responsible Bidder, or all Bid responses may be rejected. The City reserves the right to cancel this Formal Solicitation before its opening/closing. In the event of cancellation, the Director of Procurement shall notify all prospective Bidders and provide a written explanation for the cancellation. There shall be no recourse against the City for a cancellation made in accordance with this Section. The City may reject a Bid for any of the following reasons: 1) Bidder fails to acknowledge receipt of addenda; 2) Bidder misstates or conceals any material fact in the Bid; 3) Bid does not conform to the requirements of the Formal Solicitation; 4) Bid requires a conditional award that conflicts with the method of award; 5) Bid does not include required samples, certificates, licenses; and, 6) Bid was not executed by the Bidder's authorized agent. The foregoing is not an all-inclusive list of reasons for which a Bid may be rejected. The City may reject, and/or re-advertise for all or any portion of the Formal Solicitation, whenever it is deemed in the best interest of the City Any person, firm, corporation, or joint venture, with a business location within the City's municipal boundaries and is submitting a Bid under the Formal Solicitation shall meet the City's Business Tax Receipt requirements in accordance with Chapter 31.1, Article I of the City of Miami Charter. Others with a location outside of the City's municipal boundaries shall meet their local Occupational License/Business Tax Receipt requirements. A copy of the Occupational License/Business Tax Receipt must be submitted with the Bid; however, the City may, in its sole discretion, and in its best interest, allow the Bidder to provide the Occupational License/Business Tax Receipt to the City during the evaluation period, but prior to award. A Certificate of Use ("CU") will be required if applicable under City regulations. A Successful Bidder/Contractor may be required to furnish a Performance/Payment Bond as part of the requirements of the Bid Contract, in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Bid Contract price. Any bond furnished will comply with Florida Law and be in a form acceptable to the City of Miami Risk Management Director. Any questions or clarifications concerning this solicitation shall be submitted electronically. All responses to questions will be sent to all prospective bidders/proposers in the form of an addendum. No questions will be received verbally or after said deadline The Contract shall commence upon the date of notice of award and shall be effective for three (3) years with the option to renew for three (3) additional years, subject to the availability of funds for succeeding fiscal years. Continuation of the Contract beyond the initial period is a City prerogative, not the right of the Bidder(s). This prerogative will be exercised only when such continuation is clearly in the best interest of the City.