Site work for a water / sewer project in Sullivans Island, South Carolina. Completed plans call for site work for a water / sewer project.

Bids submitted by the deadline and deemed complete will be evaluated by the Owner. Any firm submitting a bid may be required to provide additional detailed information as needed. The award of a contract will be at the discretion of each Owner. The Owner reserves the right to disqualify any bid it deems as nonresponsive and/or non-responsible. The Owner reserves the right to make such investigations of the proposers as it deems appropriate. The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids without qualifications. The Owner also reserves the right to add or deduct any specific requirements and associated costs from the selected bid. Bids will be evaluated on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the following: o Vendor's relevant experience and qualifications o Satisfactorily completed similar projects o Cost Award of any contract may be made without discussion with proposers after bids are received. The Owner reserves the right to cease contract negotiations if it is determined that the Bidder cannot perform the services specified in their response. Recommendation of award for contract will be made based not only on price, which is an important factor, but also on quality of proposal, qualifications, experience, technical expertise, references and ability to execute the work. After careful evaluation, Owner's sta will make a recommendation to Owners' Councils for award of a contract. Bids should be submitted to the following: Joe Henderson - Town Administrator Town of Sullivan's Island 2056 Middle Street, Sullivan's Island, SC 29482 Deadline for Questions - 2:00pm, Eastern Time, Tuesday Aug 27, 2024. Bidders should send questions regarding this Request for Bid to Steven Traynum, Project Manager at Coastal Science & Engineering, in writing or email to straynum@coastalscience.com. Questions received before this deadline will be answered via addendum posted on the Towns's website. Questions received after this deadline will not be answered. Bids may be delivered by hand, mail, or email, but no proposal shall be considered which is not actually received by the Owners at the place, date and time appointed by the Owners and the Owners shall not be responsible for any failure, misdirection, delay or error resulting from the selection by any bidder of any particular means of delivery. Proprietary and/or Confidential Information: Your proposal is a public document under the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), except as to information that may be treated as confidential as an exception to disclosure under the FOIA. If you cannot agree to this standard, please do not submit your bid. All information that is to be treated as confidential and/or proprietary must be CLEARLY identified, and each page containing confidential and/or proprietary information, in whole or in part, must be stamped and/or denoted as CONFIDENTIAL, 4 in bold, in a font of at least 12-point type, in the upper righthand corner of the page. All information not so denoted and identified will be subject to disclosure by the Owners. Proposers acknowledge and agree that the Owner will not be liable for any costs, expenses, losses, damages (including damages for loss of anticipated profit) or liabilities incurred by the respondent or any member of the respondent's organization as a result of, or arising out of, submitting a bid, negotiating changes, or due to the Owner's acceptance or nonacceptance of the proposal or the rejection of any and all bids. Proposers are responsible for submission of accurate, adequate and clear descriptions of the information requests. Neither issuance of the RFB, preparation and submission of a response, nor the subsequent receipt and evaluation of any response by the Owner will commit the Owner to award a contract to any respondent even if all the requirements in the RFB have been met. Proposers must have or be able to procure a Town of Sullivan's Island Business License. The Owner reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids, or any parts thereof; to waive irregularities or informalities in any proposal received to allow the proposal to be considered; to negotiate terms and conditions with Proposers; and to select a Bidder or to cancel in whole or in part this RFB, if it is in the best interest of the Owner to do so. Those bids determined not to be in compliance with provisions of this RFB and the applicable laws and or regulations will not be processed. By signing its bid, Proposer certifies that it will comply with the applicable requirements of Title 8, Chapter 14 of the South Carolina Code of Laws and agrees to provide the Owner upon request any documentation required to establish either: (a) that Title 8, Chapter 14 is inapplicable both to Bidder and its subcontractors or sub-subcontractors; or (b) that Bidder and its subcontractors or subsubcontractors are in compliance with Title 8, Chapter 14. Pursuant to Section 8-14-60, "A person who knowingly makes or files any false, fictitious, or fraudulent document, statement, or report pursuant to this chapter is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined within the discretion of the court or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both." Bidder agrees to include in any contracts with its subcontractors language requiring its subcontractors to (a) comply with the applicable requirements of Title 8, Chapter 14 and (b) include in their contracts with subsubcontractors, language requiring the subsubcontractors to comply with the applicable requirements of Title 8, Chapter 14.