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

All times to be determined solely by the clock on the wall of the Purchasing Conference Room. For all purposes and uses herein, a bid and all required paperwork is "received" at the time and date indicated on the Purchasing Office file stamp which shall be impressed on the face of all such documents when and as presented at the Purchasing Office. Bidders shall carefully read all parts of the invitation package with its accompanying schedules and attachments, if any. Bidders shall direct all requests for explanation or additional information concerning the meaning or interpretation of the conditions or attached specifications of this invitation shall be referred to Wanda Gautney in writing or e-mail (wgautney@baldwincountyal.gov) in sufficient time for reply before submission date of bids. The Commission cannot and does not guarantee that inquiries sent by mail or e-mail will be received on or before the submission date and time as indicated. It is the responsibility of the bidder to contact the Purchasing Director, Wanda Gautney at (251) 580-2520 if a reply is not received. The use of specific names and numbers in the attached specifications is not intended to restrict the bidder or any seller or manufacturer but is solely for the purpose of indicating the type, size and quality of materials, product services, or equipment considered best suited for Baldwin County. Contact initiated by a potential bidder with Baldwin County Commissioners will be only as specifically set out in this invitation. Any other contact with a county official initiated by a potential bidder or bidder regarding this bid, between the date of this invitation to the date of bid award, shall be deemed and treated as an attempt to improperly influence the bid award, and may be sufficient grounds for rejection of the bid submitted by the bidder initiating such other contact, at the discretion of the Baldwin County Commission. IF THE TOTAL PROPOSED BID AMOUNT EXCEEDS $10,000.00, A BID GUARANTEE OF AT LEAST 5% OF THE PROPOSED BID AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $10,000.00, WILL BE INCLUDED WITH THE BID. Such bid guarantee shall be a bid bond (individual or annual, provided, that bonding is available for such services, equipment or materials), postal money order, certified check, cashier's check, Letter of Credit, or certain bonds or note of the United States. This is required by the Alabama Competitive Bid Law, Title 41, Chapter 16, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended; no exceptions will be allowed. The Commission cannot and does not guarantee that bids sent by mail or courier will be received on or before the bid opening day and time as indicated. Bids received after the deadline shall not be accepted and shall be returned to the bidder unopened. All bids received must be in a sealed envelope plainly marked, "WG25-21B" Provision of Bituminous Adhesive for the Baldwin County Commission." Bids submitted by Express/Overnight" services must be in a separate inner envelope/package sealed and identified as stated in the previous sentence. Bidders and any other interested individuals are invited to attend the bid opening. The County Commission reserves the right to evaluate bids for correctness and completeness, and to award the bid at any time within thirty (30) days following the bid opening. The Baldwin County Commission reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive any defects in the formality in bids, and to accept in whole or in part, such bid or bids, solely at its discretion.