Site work for a water / sewer project in Salt Lake City, Utah. Completed plans call for site work for a water / sewer project.

This Request for Proposals ("RFP"), having been determined to be the appropriate procurement method to provide the best value to the Conducting Procurement Unit, is designed to provide interested Offerors with sufficient basic information to submit proposals. This Request for Proposals ("RFP") is issued in accordance with the Utah Procurement Code and applicable administrative rules of the Utah Administrative Code. If any provision of this RFP conflicts with the Utah Procurement Code or Utah Administrative Code, then the Utah Procurement Code or Utah Administrative Code will take precedence. It is not intended to limit a proposal's content or exclude any relevant or essential data. Offerors are at liberty and are encouraged to expand upon the specifications to evidence service capability. The contract resulting from this RFP will be valid until the 30Sep, 2024. The State of Utah Division of Purchasing is the issuing procurement unit and the Division of Drinking Water is the conducting procurement unit for this RFP (referred to as "the State"). The reference number for this RFP is Solicitation #KL23-71. This solicitation number must be referred to on all proposals, correspondence, and documentation submitted to the State relating to this RFP. If the State of Utah Department of Technology Services is conducting this RFP then the Department of Technology Services has the authority to allow any and all State of Utah Executive Branch Agencies to participate in any contract resulting from this RFP in the event a procurement need arises. Allowing additional Executive Branch Agencies to participate in a contract resulting from this RFP will require a contract amendment and participation will be limited to the procurement items or scope of work identified in this RFP. All technology contract amendments will be issued in accordance with State of Utah Technology Governance Act 63F-1-205, Utah Procurement Code, and Utah Administrative Rule R33-12-502. Any Department of Technology Services (DTS) solicitation containing solutions that include cloud services, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, MaaS, CaaS & XaaS, etc. must be implemented using the existing State of Utah DTS accounts for those hosted services, where possible. DTS has accounts with most major cloud producers (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.). It is expected that State of Utah data reside on the DTS managed accounts for these and all providers. If applicable, please ensure that the solicitation response incorporates the use of these DTS accounts and that the pricing quoted does not include vendor hosting costs as costs would be paid directly to the hosting providers through DTS' existing accounts. If it is not possible to utilize the DTS cloud services accounts, please provide the reasoning why to the solicitation's Q&A board so as to allow the State to amend this solicitation requirement if appropriate. Offerors are prohibited from communications regarding this RFP with the conducting procurement unit staff, evaluation committee members, or other associated individuals EXCEPT the State of Utah Division of Purchasing procurement officer overseeing this RFP. Wherever in this RFP an item is defined by using a trade name, brand name, or a manufacturer and/or model number, it is intended that the words, "or equivalent" apply; and invites the submission of equivalent products by the Offerors. Offerors may be required to submit product samples to assist the chief procurement officer or head of a procurement unit with independent procurement authority in evaluating whether a procurement item meets the specifications and other requirements set forth in the request for proposals. Product samples must be furnished free of charge unless otherwise stated in the invitation for proposals, and if not destroyed by testing, will upon written request within any deadline stated in the invitation for proposals, be returned at the Offeror's expense. Samples must be labeled or otherwise identified as specified in the invitation for proposals by the procurement unit. The State reserves the right to conduct discussions with the Offerors who submit proposals determined to be reasonably susceptible of being selected for award, followed by an opportunity to make best and final offers pursuant to UCA 63G-6a-707.5, but proposals may be accepted without discussions. Pursuant to Utah Administrative Rule R33-12-502 the awarded contract(s) may be modified to incorporate new technology or technological upgrades associated with the procurement item being solicited, including new or upgraded: (i) systems; (ii) apparatuses; (iii) modules; (iv) components; and (v) other supplementary items. Further, a maintenance or service agreement associated with the procurement item under the resulting contract(s) may be modified to include any new technology or technological upgrades. Any contract modification incorporating new technology or technological upgrades will be specific to the procurement item being solicited and substantially within the scope of the original procurement or contract. Each proposal received shall be evaluated as outlined in this RFP and the Utah Procurement Code. To be responsive and responsible Offerors must review and respond to the following sections of this RFP: prerequisites, buyer attachments, questions, and items. The Prerequisites section includes the objective and subjective criteria that will be used to evaluate the proposals, which include the mandatory minimum requirements, technical criteria, and other prerequisites that Offerors must read and agree to in order to respond to this RFP. The Buyer Attachments section includes the standard contractual terms and conditions of this RFP and other documents required for this RFP. The Questions section allows the State to ask Offerors questions regarding this RFP. To determine which proposal provides the best value to the conducting procurement unit, the evaluation committee shall evaluate each responsive and responsible proposal that has not been disqualified from consideration under the provisions of Part 7 of Utah Code 63G-6a, using the criteria described in this RFP. After the evaluation and final scoring of proposals is completed, the State shall award the contract as soon as practicable (subject to the requirements of Utah Code Section 63G-6a-707(10)) to the eligible responsive and responsible Offeror, subject to Utah Code Section 63G-6a-707(10), provided the RFP is not canceled in accordance with Utah Code Section 63G-6a-902. Question Submission Close Date 1/20/2023 2:00 PM MST