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

THE INTENT of this bid is to procure services for Fire Alarm Contractor Service projects less than $300,000.00. It is also the intent to utilize the awarded firms from this Invitation To Bid as follows: o Projects less than $5,000.00, School Board's Project Manager may choose any one of the awarded firms to perform the Work. o Projects greater than $5,000.00 and less than $300,000.00, School Board's Project Manager will send a Work Request Form to all of the awarded firms, the firms will submit a Work Request Quote to the School Board's Project Manager and the School Board's Project Manager will award the project to the firm with the lowest responsive, responsible written quote. Work Request Quote submitted without the required detail may be cause for the School Board's Project Manager to award the Project to the next responsive and responsible vendor. Question End Date 10/4/2024 12:00 PM Any questions concerning conditions and specifications shall be directed to the designated contact person, Primary Contact Melanie Lachmiller, Secondary Contact Cheryl Hood. Anticipated Award Date 11/19/2024 The School District may require the Contractor to provide a performance/payment bond on larger projects. This bond shall require one hundred (100) percent of the total project costs. The bonding requirement shall be included in the Scope of Work provided to the Contractor. The Contractor's quote shall include as a separate line item all acquisition costs associated with the bonding. The School District shall pay for reasonable costs incurred by the Contractor for obtaining a performance/payment bond. PERFORMANCE BOND and PAYMENT BOND If required for the project. The awarded Bidder shall furnish within ten (10) days of notification of award a Performance Bond and a Payment Bond in the amount of 100% of the contracted price, payable to the School Board, as security for the faithful performance of the Contract. The Performance Bond may be in the form of a bond, cashier's check or Irrevocable Letter of Credit (ILOC). The bond shall be issued by an agency authorized to do business in the State of Florida with a rating of "A" or higher, as listed in the A.M. Best & Company latest published rating. An attorney in fact who signs a Performance Bond must file with the bond a certified copy of his/her power of attorney to assign said bond. It is the Bidder's responsibility to have the Performance & Payment Bond recorded with the Osceola County Clerk of Courts and a copy returned to the Purchasing Representative with a receipt showing the bond has been recorded. The awarded Bidder, upon failure or refusal to furnish within ten (10) days of notification the required Performance Bond, shall pay to the School Board, as liquidated damages for such failure or refusal, an amount in cash equal to the Bid Bond. In case of failure on the part of the Bidder to complete the work within the time(s) specified in the Contract, or within such additional time(s) as may be granted by formal action of the School Board of Osceola County or failure to prosecute the work, or any separable part thereof, with such diligence as will ensure its completion within the time(s) specified in the contract or any extensions thereof, the School Board will suffer damage, the amount of which is difficult, if not impossible to ascertain. Therefore, the Bidder shall pay to the School Board, as liquidated damages, the sum of $200.00 for each calendar day of delay that actual completion extends beyond the time limit specified until such reasonable time as may be required for final completion of the work. In no way shall costs for liquidated damages be construed as a penalty on the Bidder.