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

The City owns and operates utilities infrastructure that includes, but is not limited to, potable water distribution, sewer collection/transmission with future vacuum, and reclaimed distribution/transmission systems. The City owns and operates a water treatment plant, elevated storage tanks and future booster pumping stations and a water reclamation facility. Additionally, the City owns and operates, sewer lift stations, water and sewer main line valves, water and sewer air release valves, raw water mains and supply wells, and other miscellaneous utility appurtenances. The water, sewer and reclaimed water mains are made from cast iron, asbestos cement, ductile iron, HDPE, clay, and PVC. The gravity sewer system has both brick and precast manholes. The City is using a Request for Proposals for this project and will award the contract to the Proposer the City finds, in its sole discretion, best meets the needs of the City. The evaluation committee has been selected by the City to ensure that all proposals are fairly considered. The evaluation committee will perform a review of proposals received from Proposers to determine completeness and responsiveness to the principal components of the technical, financial, federal, and legal requirements of the RFP. Request for clarification letters may include, but not limited to, the following: commitment; performance guarantees and standards; project guarantor commitments; project schedules, phasing methods and payment schedules; and letters of credit, performance bonds and insurance requirements. The evaluation committee will make a recommendation to the City Council following the evaluation committee's review of all proposals and consideration of any additional evidence or data desired by the evaluation committee. Qualified firms are invited to deliver one (1) original, three (3) copies, and one (1) electronic version of the response package using the forms provided in a sealed envelope marked "SEALED REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, Continuing Contract for Scheduled and Emergency Repairs for City of Venice Infrastructure, and delivered to the City of Venice, Procurement- Finance Department, Room 204, City Hall, 401 West Venice Avenue, Venice, Florida 34285. The City assumes no responsibility for proposals received after 2:00 P.M., on February 22, 2023, or at any office or location other than that specified herein, whether due to mail delay, courier mistake, mishandling or any other reason. Late proposals will be held unopened and will not be considered for award. All questions, comments, or concerns about this RFP must be submitted in writing to Mr. Peter Boers, Procurement- Finance Department, for the City of Venice, Room 204, 401 West Venice Avenue, Venice, FL 34285. Mr. Boers is the only designated representative of the City authorized to respond to comments, questions, and concerns. The City will not respond to comments, questions or concerns addressed to any person other than Mr. Boers. If the City determines that a particular comment, question or concern necessitates a global response to all Proposers, the City will issue a clarifying memorandum or addendum. The final day that the City will accept questions will be Friday, February 10, 2023 by 1:00 P.M. The City reserves the right to select a firm with or without interviews, and may decide to select any of the firms submitting proposals. The City reserves the right to award the contract to a responsible proposer submitting a responsive proposal, with a resulting negotiated agreement, which is most advantageous, and in the best interests of the City. The City shall be the sole judge of the proposal, and the resulting negotiated agreement that is in its best interest and its decision shall be final. In addition, the City reserves the right to make such investigation, as it deems necessary to determine the ability of any proposer to perform the work or service requested. Proposers, their agents and associates shall not contact or solicit any City Council member, City employee, or official regarding this RFP during any phase of this RFP. Failure to comply with this provision may result in disqualification of the Proposer, at the option of the City. Only that individual listed, as the contact person in this Notice shall be contacted. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any and/or all proposals, to waive irregularities and technicalities, and to request re-submission. Any sole response received by the submission date may or may not be rejected by the City, depending on available competition and timely needs of the City