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

The purpose of this request is to purchase collars and plugs that are to be used to set up our customers meter with Generlink that connects their generator to the meter. Question Submission Deadline: October 22, 2024, 12:00pm Question Response Deadline: October 23, 2024, 2:00pm Contact Information Christie Thomspon Analyst 675 N Flagler Ave Homestead, FL 33030 Email: cthompson@cityofhomestead.com Phone: (305) 224-4719 The City of Homestead is requesting quotes from qualified vendors to purchase Generlink collars and plugs for generator hook-ups. Please refer to Pricing Proposal for item description and quantity. 1. All insurance policies shall be issued by insurers that are authorized to transact business in the State of Florida, and have an A. M. Best's financial and size rating of A-VI or better. 2. All insurance policies, except Property, Workers Compensation and Professional Liability (if applicable), shall name and endorse the following as additional insured: The City of Homestead, its employees, directors, officers, agents, independent contractors, successors and assigns, and other authorized representatives as additional insured to the extent of the contractual obligation assumed by Bidder. The Commercial General Liability policy shall be endorsed with the ISO CG 2010 Additional Insured endorsement (or similar endorsement with coverage at least as broad as the ISO CG 2010) and the ISO CG 2037 Additional Insured-Completed Operations endorsement (or similar endorsement with coverage at least as broad as the ISO CG 2037). As additional insured, the City shall be defended and indemnified for claims to the extent caused by the acts, actions, omissions or negligence of Bidder, its employees, agents, subcontractors, and representatives; but is not defended or indemnified for the additional insureds own acts, actions, omissions, negligence. 3. All insurance policies shall include a Transfer of Rights of Recovery Against Others to Us / Waiver of Subrogation in favor of the City. 4. All insurance policies shall be endorsed to provide that (a) Bidder's insurance is primary and non-contributory to any other insurance available to the City with respect to claims covered under the policy and (b) Bidder's insurance applies separately to each insured against who claims are made or suit is brought and that the inclusion of more than one insured shall not operate to increase the insurers limit of liability. Self-insurance shall not be acceptable. Any policy including a self-insured retention (SIR) in the primary layer of liability in any amount must be submitted to and approved by the City's Risk Management Department prior to risk approval. 5. Bidder shall carry the following types of insurance coverage whether products and/or services provided by Bidder to the City in connection with the performance of this Contract occur on City premises or not. (Commercial General Liability must be carried by all Contractors): a. WORKER'S COMPENSATION: Bidder shall carry as required by the State of Florida with the Statutory limits, and include employers liability insurance with a limit of not less than $1,000,000 for each accident, $1,000,000 for each disease and $1,000,000 for aggregate disease. Policy shall be endorsed with a Waiver of Our Right to Recover From Others endorsement which favors the City. A copy of NCCI Form WC 00 03 13 (or similar endorsement with coverage at least as broad as NCCI Form WC 00 03 13) issued by the insurer may be required for risk review. b. AUTOMOBILE LIABILITY: Bidder shall carry automobile liability insurance with minimum limits of One Million ($1,000,000) dollars, combined single limit per occurrence for bodily injury liability and property damage. The policy is to be written on ISO Form CA 00 01 covering any auto (Symbol 1) or if Bidder has no owned autos, covering hired (Symbol 8) and non-owned (Symbol 9) autos. Policies shall be endorsed to add the City of Homestead as Additional Insured and include a Waiver of Subrogation in favor of the City. Coverage must be primary and non-contributory to any other insurance available to the City. Copies of the endorsements or policy forms reflecting these terms may be required for risk review. c. COMMERCIAL GENERAL LIABILITY: Bidder shall carry Commercial General Liability Insurance for all operations and shall include Contractual, Products and Completed Operations and Personal and Advertising Injury coverage with limits of not less than: one million ($1,000,000) dollars each Occurrence and for Personal and Advertising Injury coverage and two million ($2,000,000) dollars for Products-Completed Operations Aggregate and General Aggregate. The Commercial General Liability insurance policy must include the following listed Coverages: Coverage A-Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability, Coverage B-Personal and Advertising Injury Liability, and Coverage C-Medical Payments. Coverage shall include coverage for premises and/or operations, independent contractors, products and/or completed operations for contracts, contractual liability, broad form contractual coverage, broad form property damage, products, completed operations, and personal injury. Personal injury coverage shall include coverage that has the employee and contractual exclusions removed. Coverage must be primary and non-contributory. The insurance policy must and may NOT include the ISO CG 21 39 CONTRACTUAL LIABILITY LIMITATION or ISO CG 24 46 AMENDMENT OF INSURED CONTRACT DEFINITION or similar endorsements. The Commercial General Liability policy must be endorsed to add the City of Homestead as Additional Insured and include a waiver of subrogation endorsement in favor of the City. Copies of these endorsements and/or policy forms reflecting these terms may be required for risk review. d. UMBRELLA OR EXCESS LIABILITY: Bidder may satisfy the minimum liability limits required above by providing proof of an Umbrella or Excess Liability policy. There is no minimum Per Occurrence limit of liability under the Umbrella or Excess Liability; however the Annual Aggregate limit shall not be less than the highest Each Occurrence limit for any of the policies noted above. If relying upon umbrella or excess liability limits to satisfy the minimum liability limits required above, Bidder agrees to name and endorse the City of Homestead, its officers, agents, employees and council members as additional insured. As additional insured, the City shall be defended and indemnified for claims caused by the acts, actions, omissions or negligence of Bidder, its employees, agents, subcontractors, and representatives; but is not defended or indemnified for the additional insureds own acts, actions, omissions, negligence. If relying upon umbrella or excess liability limits to satisfy the minimum liability limits required above, policy(ies) must be endorsed with waiver of subrogation in favor of the City. A copy of the policy endorsement may be required for risk review. 6. Risk Management expressly reserves the sole right to update, alter, amend or change insurance requirements as circumstances warrant. REJECTION OF BIDS A. Bids that do not contain completed and properly executed forms and affidavits, as required and included in these Bid Documents, may be rejected by the City. B. Bids which are not responsive to the Bid Documents shall be rejected by the City. C. Bids will be considered irregular and may be rejected if they contain omissions, alterations of form, additions not called for, unauthorized alternate bids, or other irregularities. D. Any of the following additional factors may be considered sufficient cause for the rejection of the Bid. 1. Bid submitted on a form other than that furnished by the City; 2. Submission of more than one Bid for the same work by an individual, firm, partnership or corporation under the same or different names; 3. Evidence of collusion among Bidders; 4. Previous participation in collusive bidding on work for the City; 5. Submission of an unbalanced Bid in which the prices bid for some items are out of proportion to the prices bid for other items; 6. Lack of Competency of Bidder. The Contract will be awarded only to a Bidder considered to be capable of performing the work as required by the Contract Documents. The City may declare any Bidder ineligible at any time during the process of receiving bids or awarding the Contract where developments arise which, in the opinion of the City, adversely affect the Bidder's competency to perform the work and to discharge its responsibilities under the Contract; 7. Lack of capability as shown by past performance of Bidder's work for the City, judged from the standpoint of workmanship and progress; 8. Unfinished work for which the Bidder is committed by contract, which, in the judgment of the City, might hinder or prevent the prompt completion of work under this Contract if awarded to such Bidder; 9. Being in arrears upon any debt, taxes or any existing contract(s) which are defaulted as surety or otherwise upon any obligation to the City, or having been sued to enforce the City's rights on a construction contract, or having failed to complete the Work, the punch list, or warranty items, or having defaulted on a previous contract with the City; 10. If the Bid does not contain a bid price for each pay item listed in the Bid Form, except in the case of authorized alternate pay items, for which the Bidder is not required to furnish a bid price; and 11. If the Bid is not accompanied by the Bid Bond. 12. Outstanding liens, code violations, permits, balances owed to the City. 13. Claims pending against the Bidder 14. Pending or past litigation with the City, including the Bidder's principals and officers