chemicals: 1. Liquid Aluminum Sulfate 2. Hydrated Lime 3. Potassium Permanganate 4. Hydrofluorosilicic Acid 5. Soda Ash 6. Zinc Orthophosphate 7. Ammonium Sulfate 8. Brine Salt The contract(s) to be awarded will be in effect from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024. All written requests for clarification or correction of ambiguity, inconsistency or error in the Contract Documents shall be received by the Borough by Monday, September 4, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. Requests received after the stated time will not be answered prior to the Opening of Bids. Bids shall be effective for 60 calendar days. The Borough Council reserves the right to reject any or all bids or any part of a bid, and to waive any informality in a bid as they deem for the best interest of the Borough of Phoenixville. The Borough of Phoenixville is exempt from all Federal and State taxes. Each Bid must be accompanied by a certified check or bid bond made payable to the Borough of Phoenixville in an amount of ten percent (10%) of Bidder's maximum Bid for the estimated annual cost of the bid upon product(s). If a bid bond is used, the Bid Bond Form attached hereto must be included with the Bidder's bid. Within 30 days after the date of opening of bids, the Borough will return the bid security of all bidders except the three apparent lowest responsible, responsive bidders. Upon execution of the Contract and furnishing of acceptable performance bonds and insurance certificates, the remaining bid securities will be returned. The bid security of successful bidder will be retained until such Bidder has executed the Contract and furnished an acceptable performance bond and insurance certificates, whereupon the bid security will be returned. All questions about the meaning or intent of the submitted bidding proposal will be resolved as follows: Discrepancies in the multiplication of units and unit prices will be resolved in favor of the unit prices. A discrepancy between a word and numeral for a particular item will be resolved in favor of the word. Borough reserves the right to reject any or all Proposals. Borough also reserves the right to waive all informalities not involving price, time or changes in the product and to negotiate contract terms with the successful Bidder. The Borough shall issue a Notice of Award to the successful Bidder for each individual chemical. The Borough shall consider the bid on each chemical individually, and the Borough may award a successful bid to a Bidder for one, several, or all of the chemicals upon which a Bidder has bid. Contractor shall, contemporaneously herewith, furnish a performance bond for the faithful performance of this Agreement in a form and with a surety satisfactory to the Borough for 100% of the Total Contract Price as set forth on the Contractor's bid.
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