The City of Galveston is accepting sealed bids on a contract for On-Call Plumbing Repair Service. The City of Galveston ("COG") is an island community with 32-miles of coastline and historic architecture that more than 50,000 residents call home. We are home to a port, a major medical complex, and two universities. COG employs more than 800 people to provide essential services to our residents. COG located in Texas is a home rule city, and is governed through a council-manager form of government. The City of Galveston is seeking well-qualified and capable vendor(s) to provide comprehensive plumbing services. Plumbing Services will be required for multiple locations within the city, as requested by the City of Galveston's Facilities Director or his designee. The City of Galveston does not guarantee any minimum or maximum amount or projects to any vendor(s) awarded under this contract. The City of Galveston reserves the right to enter into multiple contracts with the selected vendor(s) under this Bid. Typical services performed under this contract may include new plumbing installations, and repair services. Additional services performed shall include emergency service calls for repairs on an as needed basis during normal business hours after hours, weekends and holidays. Services will include all work efforts necessary to complete a project including parts, equipment, labor, materials, and lifts to repair or replace plumbing issues at any and all locations, to original design specifications or conditions acceptable to the City of Galveston. The Contractor(s) will perform all required administration, management and quality assurance to ensure proper execution of repair and new projects. All work performed shall be coordinated with the City of Galveston's Facilities Director or his designee as applicable to the location of the work. The City of Galveston encourages all Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) vendors to participate in all invitations to bid; including all HUB, women and minority owned businesses. City of Galveston, Department of Finance, Purchasing Division Question Deadline 01/19/2024 at 2:00 PM CT. All questions will be answered in the form of an addendum. All questions related to this Bid are to be directed electronically. Clarifications and Interpretations Bidders shall promptly notify the COG of any omissions, ambiguity, inconsistency or error that they may discover upon examination of this ITB. COG shall not be responsible or liable for any errors and/or misrepresentation that result from the solicitations which are inadvertently incomplete, ambiguous, inconsistent or obviously erroneous. COG may, in its sole discretion, respond in writing to written inquiries concerning this ITB. Only COG's responses that are made by formal written Addenda will be binding on COG. Any verbal responses, written interpretations or clarifications other than Addenda to this ITB will be without legal effect. All Addenda issued by COG prior to the Submittal Deadline will be and are hereby incorporated as a part of this ITB for all purposes. Bidders are required to acknowledge receipt of each Addendum as specified in this Section. The Bidder must acknowledge all Addenda by completing, signing and returning the Addenda Checklist. The Addenda Checklist must accompany the Bidder's bid. Responses to inquiries which directly affect an interpretation or effect a change to this ITB will be issued in writing by addendum and posted to COG website. All such addenda issued by COG prior to the submittal deadline shall be considered part of the ITB. COG shall not be bound by any reply to an inquiry unless such reply is made by such formal written addendum. A final determination will be made at a future City of Galveston Council meeting. City of Galveston reserves the right to reject any and all Bids and waive any and all formalities and conditions. An agreement shall be effective upon execution by the COG for three (3) years, and shall automatically renew for two (2) successive one (1) year periods under the existing terms and conditions, unless either party gives the other party written notice of non-renewal at least 30 days prior to such renewal date. COG's Reservation of Rights COG makes no representations, written or oral, that it will enter into any form of agreement with any respondent to this ITB for any project, service and/or good and no such representation is intended or should be construed by the issuance of this ITB. Acceptance of a bid for consideration does not waive this reservation of rights, nor does it imply any obligation by COG. COG reserves the right to award one agreement for some or all the requirements proposed or award multiple agreements for various portions of the requirements to different Bidders.
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