This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Salt Lake City, Utah. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

The purpose of this IFB is to enter into a contract with the lowest responsive and responsible bidder to provide: garbage removal services at Rock Port State Park. Please see Attachment B Scope of Work for additional information. This contract will result in one contract award to the lowest cost responsive and responsible bidder The closing date and time for this sourcing event are as provided in this posting. If your time is different from that shown, your profile may be set to a different time zone. Please see the attachment titled Changing Your Time Zone in the Buyer Attachments section for directions on how to update your profile. It is your responsibility to make sure you submit your response by the date and time indicated above. The State of Utah Division of Purchasing is the issuing procurement unit and the State of Utah Division of State Parks is the conducting procurement unit for this IFB (referred to as the State). The reference number for this IFB is Solicitation #AS23-102 This solicitation number must be referred to on all bids, correspondence, and documentation submitted to the State relating to this IFB. Bidders are prohibited from communications regarding this IFB 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 IFB. Wherever in this IFB 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 Bidders. Bidders 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 invitation to bid. Product samples must be furnished free of charge unless otherwise stated in the invitation for bids, and if not destroyed by testing, will upon written request within any deadline stated in the invitation for bids, be returned at the bidders expense. Samples must be labeled or otherwise identified as specified in the invitation for bids by the procurement unit. 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. Additional funding may be added to the awarded contract(s), if additional funding is provided to the procurement unit for the purpose identified in the scope of work by the legislature. Each bid received shall be evaluated for responsiveness in as outlined in the Utah Procurement Code. This IFB shall be evaluated by the objective criteria described in this IFB. Bids submitted must comply with the prerequisites and questions sections of this IFB. Any bid that does not comply with the prerequisite and questions sections will be deemed non-responsive and will be rejected. Multiple or alternate bids will not be accepted, unless otherwise specifically required or allowed in the invitation for bids. If a bidder submits multiple or alternate bids that are not requested in this IFB, the chief procurement officer or head of a procurement unit with independent procurement authority will only accept the bidders primary bid and will not accept any other bids constituting multiple or alternate bids. Any exceptions to the content of this IFB, including the prerequisites, must be protested in writing to the Division of Purchasing prior to the closing date. To be responsive and responsible Bidders must review and respond to the following sections of this IFB: Prerequisites, Buyer Attachments, Questions, and Items.