This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

Washtenaw ISD is seeking qualified vendors for the implementation and management of the Filter First Program, aimed at improving water quality in schools. The program's primary objective is to ensure the safety of drinking water by installing and maintaining appropriate water filtration systems in compliance with state and federal standards. To protect Michigan children from exposure to lead in drinking water, the Clean Drinking Water Access Act, 2023 PA 154, and amendments to the Child Care Organizations Act, 1973 PA 116, collectively also known as Filter First, were signed into law by Governor Gretchen Whitmer with an effective date of October 24, 2023. These laws require schools and child care centers in Michigan to develop a Drinking Water Management Plan (DWMP), install lead reducing filters on all consumptive fixtures, and test filtered water. Type of Solicitation: Request for Qualifications (RFQu) - It is the intention of Washtenaw ISD to competitively prequalify multiple contractors that will provide Water Filtration, Maintenance, and Services for government municipalities and schools statewide. It is the desire of Washtenaw ISD through this process to pre-qualify and establish a list of contractors that will service Washtenaw ISD and participating public municipalities, schools (public, private/parochial, and charter/public school academy), and non-profit organizations with Water Filtration, Maintenance, and Services for up to the next five years. Type of Resulting Contract: Statewide Cooperative Contract - As a result of this RFQu, Washtenaw ISD will work with the Michigan Association of Counties CoPro+ program to market and extend the resulting Water Filtration, Maintenance, and Services contracts to other government municipalities and school districts statewide. Municipalities and schools will have access to a pool of pre-qualified contractors available for Water Filtration, Maintenance, and Services. The vendors will be competitively selected as having been qualified as defined within the qualification section of this RFQu. This contract will enable public municipalities, non-profit organizations, and schools to "piggyback" and purchase on an "as needed" basis from the pool of contractors awarded by this competitively awarded contract. Washtenaw ISD intends to quarterly reopen the Request for Qualifications (RFQu) process to consider new RFQu responses, and potentially supplement the list of prequalified contractors. Contractors serving a specific area of the State will still be considered for selection. The resulting contracts for Water Filtration, Maintenance, and Services are for an unspecified number of projects. Members are able to join at any time during the year. Any new ordering entity will submit a specification/price request form that will be sent to each pre-qualified vendor as each new entity or groups of entities request pricing and service. Each awarded vendor will submit pricing within 7 days for each request. Each request will be awarded by the individual or group of public municipalities, non-profit organizations, or school districts. Resulting Contract Term: One (1) year with Four (4) one-year renewal options. Question & Answer Due Date: April 29, 2025 Questions and Answers Responses Posted: May 6, 2025 Master Agreement Award Date: June/July 2025 All contact with Washtenaw ISD regarding this RFQu or any matter relating thereto must be sent in e-mail as follows: trowe@washtenawisd.org