This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Bay Minette, Alabama. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

For all purposes and uses herein, a bid and all required paperwork is "received" at the time and date indicated on the Purchasing Office file stamp which shall be impressed on the face of all such documents when and as presented at the Purchasing Office. Bond Notes: If the total proposed bid amount exceeds $10,000.00, a bid guarantee of at Least 5% of the proposed bid amount, not to exceed $10,000.00, will be included With the bid. Such bid guarantee shall be a bid bond (individual or annual, provided, that Bonding is available for such services, equipment, or materials), postal money order, certified Check, cashier's check, letter of credit, or certain bonds or note of the united states. This is Required by the alabama competitive bid law, title 41, chapter 16, code of alabama 1975, as Amended; no exceptions will be allowed. This invitation package consists of EIGHTEEN (18) pages. Bidders shall verify that they have received all pages as indicated. If all pages have not been received, then it is the responsibility of the bidder to contact the Purchasing Director, Wanda Gautney at (251) 580- 2520 phone, (251) 580-2536 fax. Owner Rights: The County Commission reserves the right to study bids as to their correctness and may award the bid within a thirty (30) day period, but the County Commission reserves the right to extend the bid award for an additional thirty (30) days until an award decision can be made. The Baldwin County Commission reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive any formality in bids, and to accept in whole or in part, such bid or bids, solely at its discretion. All bidders that qualify as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) must provide supporting documentation in their bid response along with the completed DBE Registration form that may be downloaded from the County website online. A Disadvantaged Business Enterprise or DBE means a for-profit small business that (1) is at least 51% owned by one or more individuals who are both socially and economically disadvantaged or, in the case of a corporation, in which 51% of the stock is owned by one or more such individuals; and (2) whose management and daily business operations are controlled by one or more of the socially and economically disadvantaged individuals who own it. Bidders shall carefully read all parts of the invitation package with its accompanying schedules and attachments, if any. Bidders shall direct all requests for explanation or additional information concerning the meaning or interpretation of the conditions or attached specifications of this invitation shall be referred to Wanda Gautney in writing or e-mail (wgautney@baldwincountyal.gov) in sufficient time for reply before submission date of bids. The Commission cannot and does not guarantee that inquiries sent by mail or e-mail will be received on or before the submission date and time as indicated. It is the responsibility of the bidder to contact the Purchasing Director, Wanda Gautney at (251) 580-2520 if a reply is not received. All bidders should submit with their bid response the completed E-Verify package which can be downloaded from the Purchasing website at online