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

This Invitation to Bid (ITB) is being issued by the Contra Costa Water District (District) for vendors and/or firms interested in Liquid Oxygen. Liquid Oxygen to be utilized at the Ralph Bollman Water Treatment Plant, Concord; Randall Bold Water Treatment Plant, Oakley; City of Brentwood Water Treatment Plant Oakley; Los Vaqueros Watershed, Brentwood; and Pine Hollow Chlorine Booster Station Concord. Bids must be in sealed envelopes marked, "2413 ITB for Liquid Oxygen". Bids received after the due date and time will be returned unopened and deemed unresponsive. The District specifically reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to make any awards or any rejections in what it alone considers to be in the best interest of the District, and to waive any irregularities in the bids. The District does not obligate itself to accept the lowest bid and specifically reserves the right to reject any or all bids or the District will accept any bid or combination of bids considered most favorable. The District has initiated an insurance compliance program. This program requires all companies providing products and services to the District to have in place insurance coverage prior to the issuance of any contract. Once the most responsive response has been established, that vendor will have until 30 days after selection, to provide all required insurance documents per the samples provided and register with the District's insurance compliance tracking system, MyCOI. Failure to provide this insurance documentation will result in the District considering this bid or response to be non-responsive. Business licenses will be verified with the issuing agencies and references will be checked. The District reserves the right to hire a primary and secondary contractor in the event the primary contractor cannot respond in a timely manner. The District has included the Bid/Bid General Provisions (Attachment C) to help explain the District's bid and bid process. Per District Administrative Procedure XII-4 entitled Equal Employment Opportunity; Prohibition of Discrimination, Harassment, Retaliation, and Abusive Conduct, the District is an equal employment opportunity employer. As such, the District employs, recruits, retains, promotes, evaluates, terminates, and otherwise treats all employees, contractors, and job applicants on the basis of merit, qualification, and competence, and without regard to any Protected Category under the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or the State of California Department of Fair Employment and Housing. The District does not tolerate discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or abusive conduct by or against employment applicants, employees, those not employed by, but working on behalf of the District, and/or members of the public. Immediate and appropriate corrective action will be implemented as warranted for all such misconduct. Administrative Procedure XII-4 is applicable to all employees and agents of the District with whom an individual comes into contact in the workplace or a work-related situation. Pursuant to Section 1770, et seq., of the California Labor Code, the successful bidder shall pay not less than the prevailing rate of per diem wages as determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations. Copies of such prevailing rate of per diem wages are on file at the office of the Purchasing Officer, where copies will be made available during normal working hours to any interested party upon request, or Bidders may prefer to obtain the current prevailing rate of per diem wages directly from the website maintained by the California Department of Industrial Relations Submission of a bid constitutes acceptance of the District's Purchase Order Terms and Conditions (Attachment E). The attached bid requirements must be completed and provided by the respondent. The information will be the basis for evaluation of cost between respondents and will be the basis for actual charges for services performed under the terms of this contract. The District does not obligate itself to accept the lowest cost bid or any particular bid, and specifically reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to make any awards or any rejections in what it alone considers to be in the best interest of the District, and to waive any irregularities in the bids.