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

Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) maintains a total of seventy-seven generators. These generators are critical to the daily operations of GRU. Sixty-six of these generators are fixed and located at sites throughout the City of Gainesville and eleven are portable units. The purpose of this solicitation is to find a responsible contractor to provide services for the Inspections, Service, Maintenance, and Emergency Service/Repair for these generators. The Contractor shall provide all labor, transportation, supplies, materials, parts, tools, scaffolding, machinery, hoists, employee safety equipment, equipment, lubricants, supervision, and all other work, materials, and incidentals expressly required for the inspection, service, maintenance, and repairs for Gainesville Reginal Utilities generators. All generators and related equipment shall be maintained per the specifications outlined below, and in full compliance with any local, state or federal regulations. Question Submission Deadline:February 2, 2024, 2:00pm. Question Response Deadline:February 9, 2024, 2:00pm. Contact Information Zoe King Procurement 301 SE 4th ave Gainesville, FL 32601 Email: kingsl@gru.com Phone: (352) 393-1251 Prior to responding to the Solicitation, Respondents are responsible for the following: (a) examining the Solicitation thoroughly, (b) if applicable, visiting the work site to become familiar with local conditions that may affect the cost, progress, performance of furnishing the Work, (c) considering federal, state and local laws and regulations that may impact or affect cost, progress, performance or furnishing of the Work, (d) studying and carefully correlating Respondent's observations with the Solicitation, and (e) notifying the Purchasing Representative of all conflicts, errors or discrepancies in the Solicitation. Respondents are expected to become fully informed as to the requirements of the Specifications and failure to do so will be at their own risk. Respondents cannot expect to secure relief on the plea of error. A Respondent who is aggrieved in connection with the specifications of this Solicitation may protest in writing to Utilities Purchasing at least seven (7) business days prior to the Response due date. GRU reserves the right to reject any and all Responses, or any part thereof, to waive any and all informalities or irregularities, and the right to disregard all nonconforming, nonresponsive, unbalanced or conditional Responses. A responsible Respondent and any selected subcontractors, suppliers, other persons, and/or organizations proposed to perform or furnish the Work have the capacity in all respects to fully perform the Contract requirements and the experience, integrity, reliability, capacity, facilities, equipment, and credit to ensure good faith performance, such capacity and responsibility to be determined solely by GRU. GRU may conduct such investigation as GRU deems necessary to establish the responsibility, qualifications and financial ability of Respondent(s), proposed subcontractors, material suppliers, individuals, or entities to perform the Work in accordance with the Contract. Such information may include, but shall not be limited to, current financial statements, bank records, verifications of availability of equipment and personnel and past performance records. Discrepancies in the multiplication of units of Work and unit prices will be resolved in favor of the unit prices. Discrepancies between the indicated sum of any column of figures and the correct sum thereof will be resolved in favor of the correct sum. If the Contract is awarded, GRU will give the successful Respondent a Notice of Intent to Award within sixty (60) calendar days after the Solicitation due date. All Responses must remain valid for sixty (60) calendar days from the Solicitation due date. When GRU gives a Notice of Award to the successful Respondent, it will be accompanied by the required number of unsigned counterparts of the Contract (or Purchase Order, as applicable) with all attachments. Within fifteen (15) calendar days thereafter, Respondent must sign and deliver the required number of counterparts of the Contract, attachments, and required Bonds, if applicable. GRU will ultimately provide a fully signed counterpart to the Respondent. Failure on the part of the successful Respondent to execute a Contract within fifteen (15) calendar days after the notice of acceptance may be just cause for annulment of award. GRU may then accept the Response of the next lowest, responsive, responsible Respondent or re-advertise the Solicitation. If the next lowest, responsive, responsible Response is accepted, this acceptance will bind such Respondent as though it was the original successful Respondent. The term of this Contract shall commence on the effective date and terminate on the end date. This Contract may be extended for two one-year periods, upon mutual agreement of the Parties. Beyond the extensions described above, this Contract may be extended for an additional six (6) months to allow for completion of a new solicitation. Protests in respect to the intended award must be filed within three (3) calendar days of notice for purchases that do not require prior approval of the Gainesville Regional Utility Authority (GRUA), and within seven (7) calendar days for purchases that require prior approval of the Gainesville Regional Utility Authority (GRUA). It is the Respondent's duty to be informed of the intended award and GRU's protest procedures. Any delay or failure by GRU to exercise or enforce any of its rights pursuant to this Contract shall not constitute or be deemed a waiver of GRU's right thereafter to enforce those rights, nor will any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right.