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The City of St. Louis Water Division is issuing a request for proposals (RFP) to select a professional basin descale and drain cleaning service contractor. Any questions about this RFP must be submitted in writing and should be sent to Pamela Kuehling at pkuehling@stlwater.com. Questions should be received by March 15, 2024. No written or verbal contact is allowed between any other potential respondents, or with any personnel of the City of St. Louis. Late or incomplete responses will not be acceptable for any reason. The City of St. Louis ("City") invites Proposals from qualified respondents to provide basin descale and drain cleaning services. Following the Information for Respondents are the Proposal Documents and additional forms and attachments all respondents are required to complete and submit as a part of their Proposal. The City's objective in this Solicitation is to secure a service contractor who will provide first class, high quality, responsive, cost-effective service, and is also responsive to the City's goals for minority and women owned business enterprise participation. The work contemplated is professional in nature. It is related to the provision of public works and public works improvements. It is understood that the respondent acting as an individual, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity is of professional status and licensed to perform in the United States of America, the State of Missouri, and the City of St. Louis for all applicable professional discipline(s) requiring licensing and will be governed by professional ethics in its relationship with the City. It is also understood that all reports, information, or data prepared or assembled by the respondent under a contract awarded pursuant to this RFP may be subject to transparency or applicable sunshine laws. The respondent may be asked to verify financial solvency and ability to competently perform for each of its members if a joint venture, its employees, or agents of any tier. It is the policy of the City of St. Louis to provide disadvantaged, minority, and women owned businesses the maximum opportunity to participate in contracting opportunities. To that end and any contract based on this RFP will comply with the Professional Services section of Ordinance 70767 regarding Minority and Women-Owned Business participation on City Contracts. This solicitation is not to be construed or interpreted as a contract or a commitment of any kind by the City; nor does it commit the City to pay for any costs incurred by a Respondent in the submission of a Proposal, evaluating the possibility of submitting a Proposal, or for any cost incurred prior to the City's issuance and full execution of a formal written Notice to Proceed to the successful Respondent. The City of St. Louis Water Division operates up flow clarifiers at the Chain of Rocks Water Treatment Plant (10450 Riverview Dr, St. Louis, MO 63137). The contractor shall furnish all necessary supervision, labor, tools, equipment, permits, licenses and materials needed to remove and properly dispose of lime scale (hereafter "descale") and clean the clarifier system (1 of 3 units per mobilization as stated below). Work shall include, but is not necessarily limited to the following related items: o Include all necessary manpower, tools and equipment required to complete the work in a timely fashion. o Include all mobilization and demobilization costs. o Include all transportation costs. o Each mobilization shall be for 1 of 3 clarifier assemblies. Approximate duration to complete the work = 15 working days o Typically, each of the clarifier descale service operations shall be performed according to the following schedule. This schedule is provided here for planning purposes only and shall not be considered as a guarantee of work. Clarifier 1 of 3: OCT/NOV; Clarifier 2 of 3: FEB/MAR; Clarifier 3 of 3: JUNE/JULY o Utilize super high pressure washing system (hydroblast) to remove lime scale build-up from all structural steel and mechanical components for Softening Basins at the Chain of Rocks Water Treatment Plant The City reserves the right to reject any Proposal which, in the City's opinion, the Respondent does not have adequate qualifications or financial wherewithal to complete or implement the scope of the contract, any conditioned Proposal, any Proposal with erasures, alterations, or alternatives, any Proposal not accompanied by all the items identified on the Respondent's Checklist, or any Proposal submitted without the required Proposal information. In addition, any Proposal not in compliance with the procedural requirements for submitting a Proposal as set forth in this solicitation and the preceding cover letter, shall be rejected. The City reserves the right to reject any or all Proposals and to advertise for new Proposals. The City, however, reserves the right to waive minor irregularities and formalities. The City also reserves the right to establish a cure period, in the event that all respondents have not submitted the required Proposal information for the purpose of obtaining complete Proposal submittals.