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

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is responsible for maintaining state trunklines to provide safe roadways for motorists. This includes sweeping services to remove loose debris from roadsides and medians which may pose a driving hazard. This Contract is for state trunkline sweeping services in the Bay Region for the Michigan Department of Transportation. These services will typically be performed in Bay County, Saginaw County, and Genesee County but services may also be used for other Bay Region counties. The required objective is to maintain the roadsides and medians in a manner that provides an aesthetically pleasing roadside for the motoring public. Late or improper completion of the Contract Activities will cause loss and damage to the State and it would be impracticable and extremely difficult to fix the actual damage sustained by the State. Therefore, if there is late or improper completion of the Contract Activities the State is entitled to collect liquidated damages in the amount of $2500.00 and an additional $100.00 per day for each day Contractor fails to remedy the late or improper completion of the Work. ESTIMATED CONTRACT START DATE: 05/01/2024 CONTRACT END DATE: 04/30/2027 CONTRACT INFORMATION: 3 Year Contract with 2, 1 Year Options to Renew Contractor must at all times have financial resources sufficient, in the opinion of the State, to ensure performance of the Contract and must provide proof upon request. The State may require a performance bond (as specified in a Statement of Work) if, in the opinion of the State, it will ensure performance of the Contract. RESERVATIONS. The State reserves the right to: a. Disqualify a bidder for failure to follow these instructions. b. Discontinue the RFP process at any time for any or no reason. The issuance of an RFP, your preparation and submission of a proposal, and the State's subsequent receipt and evaluation of your proposal does not commit the State to award a contract to you or anyone, even if all the requirements in the RFP are met. c. Consider late proposals if: (i) no other proposals are received; (ii) no complete proposals are received; (iii) the State received complete proposals, but the proposals did not meet mandatory minimum requirements or technical criteria; or (iv) the award process fails to result in an award. d. Consider an otherwise disqualified proposal if no other proposals are received. e. Disqualify a proposal based on: (i) information provided by the bidder in response to this RFP; (2) the bidder's failure to complete registration electronically ; or (3) if it is determined that a bidder purposely or willfully submitted false or misleading information in response to the RFP. f. Consider prior performance with the State in making its award decision. g. Consider overall economic impact to the State when evaluating proposal pricing and in the final award recommendation. This includes but is not limited to: considering principal place of performance, number of Michigan citizens employed or potentially employed, dollars paid to Michigan residents, Michigan capital investments, job creation, tax revenue implications, and economically disadvantaged businesses. h. Consider total-cost-of-ownership factors (e.g., transition and training costs) when evaluating proposal pricing and in the final award recommendation. i. Refuse to award a contract to any bidder that has failed to pay State taxes or has outstanding debt with the State. j. Enter into negotiations with one or more bidders on price, terms, technical requirements, or other deliverables. k. Award multiple, optional-use contracts, or award by Contract Activity. l. Evaluate the proposal outside the scope identified in the Evaluation Process section of this document if the State receives only one proposal. PRE-PROPOSAL MEETING. None. Question Deadline 03/06/2024 at 3:00 PM ET Bidder questions about this RFP must be emailed to the Solicitation Manager. In the interest of transparency, only written questions are accepted. Answers to questions will be posted electronically. Anticipated date the State will post answers to bidder questions electronically 5:00 p.m. Eastern Thursday, March 7, 2024