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

Bids must be submitted on the standard forms included with the Contract Documents. Bid guarantee in the form of certified check, bid bond, or Irrevocable Letter of Credit acceptable to the Board will be required for at least 5% of the bid amount, not to exceed $10,000. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any informality in bids received. This invitation for bids is condensed for convenience. Additional information/requirements for bidders can be found in the contract documents. 1. This Contract is intended to provide electrical maintenance services on an "as needed" basis for the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners of the City of Mobile, Alabama. Consequently, there are no predetermined quantities on which to base a fixed price. The anticipated annual expenditure is between $285,000 and $350,000. In submitting a bid, the Bidder acknowledges and agrees that the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners of the City of Mobile, Alabama may assign work under this contract as the Board sees fit and may have work of the type which is the subject of this contract performed by its own forces or by resources other than the successful bidder for this project, in order to best serve the needs of the Board and the water and sewer system. The Bidder understands that the dollar amount of the Contract, when the Contract is awarded, will be a maximum only and that the Board will not be obligated to furnish work totaling the amount to the successful Bidder on this Contract. 2. No bid will be accepted or read from a bidder who is not on the list of entities who have picked up a set of Plans and Specifications for this project. Only entities which have picked up a set of Plans and Specifications from Volkert, Inc., Consulting Engineers, 1110 Montlimar Drive, Suite 1050, Mobile, AL and placed their names on the list of plan holders will be allowed to bid on this project. This does NOT include an electronic set of plans and specifications received via email for review from Volkert, Inc. Bids must be submitted upon the standard forms, furnished by the Board of Water & Sewer Commissioners of the City of Mobile, Alabama, included in the Project Specifications. Bidders shall be listed as plan holders. 3. Guarantee will be required with each bid for at least 5% of the amount of the bid not to exceed $10,000 filed in the form of a certified check, Bid Bond, or irrevocable Letter of Credit acceptable to the Owner payable to the Board of Water & Sewer Commissioners of the City of Mobile, Alabama. Bid Bonds shall include certification that the bonding company is listed in Circular 570 of the U. S. Treasury Department. The name, address, telephone number, and contact person for the bonding company shall also be included. 4. The Contractor must have a Vendor Package on file with the Board of Water & Sewer Commissioners of the City of Mobile, Alabama prior to award of this Contract. A blank Vendor Package is included in the Project Specifications. 5. It is MAWSS's goal that in contracts for public works, contractors shall make a demonstrated good faith effort to award fifteen percent (15%) of the contract amount to certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprises as subcontractors and/or suppliers performing commercially useful functions which are consistent with contract requirements. Failure to follow DBE Policy 17-01 will be subject to the bidder being considered non-responsive. A. The Contractor must show 15% DBE participation. The Contractor must attach correspondence from each DBE on the DBE's letterhead showing the negotiated terms for said participation. 8. The right is reserved, as the interest of the Owner may require, to reject any and all bids and to waive any informalities in bids received. 9. The Contractor shall furnish either a "Contract Bond" and a "Labor and Material Bond" or an irrevocable "Letter of Credit" acceptable to the Owner. All bonds and letters of credit shall be for 100% of the contract price. No specifications will be issued later than twenty-four (24) hours prior to the time indicated above for receiving bids.