Provide Refuse and Recycling Collection Services for Kapiolani Community College, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii. Contract start and end dates are tentative. The actual start and end dates will be indicated in the Notice to Proceed letter. Include the Mandatory Bid Form (MBF) and ensure the prices entered are the same in HIePRO as what is listed on the MBF. Direct all questions regarding this Solicitation, and any questions or Issues relating to the accessibility of this Solicitation (Including the appendices and exhibits to this Document, and any other document related to this Solicitation), to: Shimoda, Scott M.H. All questions and requests for clarifications must be submitted electronically. Questions must be submitted by February 23, 2024 at 4:00 p.m., Hawaii Standard Time. Responses will be posted on February 27, 2024. The University may refuse to answer any questions received outside of electronically or after the Questions/Answers deadline. TO PROVIDE REFUSE AND RECYCLING COLLECTION SERVICES FOR KAPIOLANI COMMUNITY COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, HONOLULU, HAWAII, and offers to provide the refuse and recycling collection services, as required by the University for an initial period commencing on the Notice to Proceed date, estimated May 1, 2024, and may be renewable thereafter on an annual basis for up to FOUR (4) additional years for a total of FIVE (5) years, in strict accordance with the true intent and meaning of the Invitation for Bids (IFB), as follows. An acceptable bid must conform in all material respects to this Invitation for Bids. Any of the following may be grounds for disqualification:
1. Taking exception to any of the specifications, terms or conditions contained in the IFB.
2. Placing conditions on the furnishing of solicited goods or services.
3. Inclusion of a quotation or order form containing additional specifications, terms or conditions
4. Referencing external documents containing additional specifications, terms or conditions.
Bidders are advised that bids are evaluated as submitted and requests by bidders to delete conditions contained in their bids after bid opening cannot be considered. The University reserves the right to add or delete new pickup areas and containers for Kapiolani Community College upon request by the University. The Contractor agrees to provide additional refuse containers and service at the additional pickup areas at the prices established in the bid for the type of containers to be used in the additional pickup areas. Any change to the pickup areas and containers shall be made to the contract upon mutual agreement in writing between the parties via issuance of a modification to the contract. The estimated start date is May 1, 2024. The Contractor shall enter into a contract with the University for the period of ONE (1) year commencing on the date designated in the Notice to Proceed. Thereafter, the contract shall be renewable from year to year, for a total of FIVE (5) years, without the necessity of bidding, upon mutual agreement in writing, NINETY (90) days prior to the annual renewal date. The contract price for each renewal period shall remain the same or lower than the initial bid price or may be adjusted in accordance with SPECIAL PROVISION 19, ESCALATION CLAUSE, of the contract, upon written request NINETY (90) days prior to the annual renewal date. Further, the University may terminate the contract at any time, after the first year, upon THIRTY (30) days prior written notice.
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