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This proposal is to provide the City of Columbus with a Universal Term Contract to purchase Schwing Sludge Cake Pump System Replacement Parts or parts for any added Schwing Pump and on-site factory service and training. The current equipment is located at the Southerly and Jackson Pike Wastewater Treatment Plants and is used to transport dewatered sludge from the facilities' sludge dewatering buildings to incineration facilities or sludge load out facilities for disposal. The proposed contract will be in effect through April 30,2027. The Proposal Incentive points apply to professional service solicitations/contracts. For these contracts, the prime contractor's ethnicity and gender are part of the evaluation criteria. A prime contractor that is a minority-owned or a woman-owned business certified with the Office of Diversity and Inclusion in the relevant field of work is assigned 5 percentage points during the evaluation process. The Proposal Incentive points are used in scoring the proposals and ranking the submittals Questions regarding this bid must be submitted on the Vendor Services portal by 4:00 pm Wednesday, December 18, 2024. The Bid Discount applies to construction and goods and services contracts when the award is based on low bid, and the prime contractor is a minority or woman-owned business or a minority or woman-owned joint venture certified with the Office of Diversity and Inclusion in the relevant work classification. The Bid Discount is 5% for construction and goods and services bids, not to exceed $50,000 on a single bid. The Bid Discount allows an original bid amount to be discounted by 5% for purposes of evaluating and determining the lowest responsive bid. The original bid amount is the basis for the contract award. For example, a $100,000 bid with a 5% Bid Discount is evaluated at $95,000. However, $100,000 would be paid if the bidder eligible for the discount was the successful bidder. The City reserves the right to waive technicalities, and to request a rebid on the required material. If more than one item, prices shall be quoted on the units requested.