Okaloosa County BOCC — March 18, 2014 — reading text

following: a. 1 ea Okaloosa County Finance Department Accounts Payable 301 N. Wilson St., #203 Crestview FL 32536 b. 1 ea Okaloosa County Water & Sewer Attn: Darren Alford 250 Roberts Rd. Ft. Walton Beach FL 32547 Last Revised - 12/6/13 Page 3 Packet Pg. 358  SPECIAL CONDITIONS 1. Bid Price - The bid price shall include all equipment, labor, materials, permit(s), freight, faxes, required insurance, Public Liability, Property Damage and Workers' Compensation, etc., to cover the finished work called for. Applicable Laws and Regulations - The bidders attention is directed to the fact that all applicable state laws, county municipal ordinances, orders, rules and regulations of all authorities having jurisdiction over project shall apply to the bid throughout, and they will be deemed to be included in the contract the same as though they are written out in full herein. 3. Permits - The contractor shall be responsible for obtaining any necessary building permits. 4. Project Site - All bidders are required to visit the project site and become familiar with the scope of work before submitting a bid. For technical information or to see job site, contact, Darren Alford or Danny Mitchem, at 850-651-7133; 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. 5. Bid Information - Questions concerning bid requirements or specifications should be directed to Jack Allen at the Okaloosa County Purchasing Department, 602-C North Pearl Street, Crestview, Florida 32536, at 850-689-5960. Any changes by the County to specifications shall be in writing in the form of an addendum and furnished to all bidders. Verbal information obtained otherwise will not be considered in awarding of bids. 6. Specification Exception - Bidder shall clearly list any changes in the bid specifications. Bidders must explain any deviation from the bid specifications, in writing, as a footnote on the applicable bid page. Failure of the bidder to comply with these provisions will result in the bidder being held responsible for all costs required to bring the building in compliance with contract specifications. 7. Addition/Deletion of Items - The County reserves the right to add or delete any item from this bid or resulting contract when deemed to be in the County's best interest. 8. Protection of Work Area - The contractor will be required to protect all work areas necessary to prevent accidents when deemed to be in the County's best interest. 9. Public Entity Crime Information - A person or affiliate who has been placed on the convicted vendor list following a conviction for a public entity crime may not submit a bid on a contract to provide any goods or services to a public entity, may not submit a bid on a contract with a public entity for the construction or repair of a public building or public work, may not submit bids on leases of real property to a public entity, may not be awarded or perform work as a contractor, supplier, subcontractor, or consultant under a contract with any public entity, and may not transact business with any public entity in excess of the threshold amount provided in Section 287.017, for CATEGORY TWO for a period of 36 months from the date of being placed on the convicted vendor list. 10. Conflict of Interest - The award hereunder is subject to the provisions of Chapter 112, Florida Statutes. All respondents must disclose with their proposal the name of any officer, director, Last Revised - 12/6/13 Page 4 Packet Pg. 359  or agent who is also a public officer or an employee of the Okaloosa Board of County Commissioners, or any of its agencies. Furthermore, all respondents must disclose the name of any County officer or employee who owns, directly or indirectly, an interest of five percent (5%) or more in the firm or any of its branches. Furthermore, the official, prior to or at the time of submission of the proposal, must file a statement with the Clerk of Circuit Court of Okaloosa County if he is an officer or employee of the County, disclosing his or spouses or child's interest and the nature of the intended business. Note: For bidder's convenience, this certification form is enclosed and is made a part of the bid package. 11. Identical Tie Proposal - Preference shall be given to businesses with drug-free workplace programs. Whenever two or more proposals that are equal with respect to price, qualify and service are received by the County for the procurement of commodities or contractual services, a proposal received from a business that certifies that it has implemented a drug- free workplace program shall be given preference in the award process (see attached certification form). Established procedures for processing tie proposals will be followed if none of the tied vendors have a drug-free workplace program. Note: For bidder's convenience, this certification form is enclosed and is made a part of the bid package. 12. Recycled Content Information - In support of the Florida Waste Management Law, bidders are encouraged to supply with their bid any information available regarding recycled material content in the products bid. The County is particularly interested in the type of recycled material used (such as paper, plastic, glass, metal, etc.) and the percentage of recycled material contained in the product. The County also requests information regarding any known or potential material content in the product that may be extracted and recycled after the product has served its intended purpose. Note: For bidder's convenience, this certification form is enclosed and is made a part of the bid package. 13. Local Preference - Okaloosa County reserves the right to grant a preference to in-county bidders on l y when bids are received from firms located in states, counties, municipalities or other political subdivisions which offer preference to bidders located in such political subdivisions. The amount of preference given to local bidders will be the same as that given by the state, county, municipality or other political subdivisions in which a bidder is located. If the political subdivision in which a bidder is located offers a preference to its local firms, that bidder must plainly state the extent of such preference to include the amount and type preference offers. Any bidder failing to indicate such preference will be removed from the County bid list and any and all bids from that firm will be rejected. 14. Hold Harmless - To the fullest extent permitted by law, Contractor shall indemnify and hold harmless County, its officers and employees from liabilities, damages, losses, and costs including but not limited to reasonably attorney fees, to the extent caused by the Last Revised - 12/6/13 Page 5 Packet Pg. 360  negligence, recklessness, or intentional wrongful conduct of the Contractor and other persons employed or utilized by the Contractor in the performance of this contract. Note: For bidder's convenience, this certification form is enclosed and is made a part of the bid package. 15. Reorganization or Bankruptcy Proceedings - Bids will not be considered from vendors who are currently involved in official financial reorganization or bankruptcy proceedings. 16. Right to Waive and Relect A. The Board, in its absolute discretion, may reject any proposal of a proposer that has failed, in the opinion of the Board, to complete or perform an Okaloosa County contracted project in a timely fashion or has failed in any other way, in the opinion of the Board, to perform a prior contract in a satisfactory manner, and has directed the Okaloosa County Purchasing Director to emphasize this condition to potential proposers. There is no obligation on the part of the County to award the proposal to the lowest proposer, and the County reserves the right to award the proposal to proposer submitting a responsive proposal with a resulting negotiated agreement which is most advantageous and in the best interest of Okaloosa county, and to reject any and all proposals or to waive any irregularity or technicality in proposals received. Okaloosa County shall be the sole judge of the proposal and the resulting negotiated agreement that is in its best interest and its decision shall be final. C. The Board of County Commissioners reserves the right to waive any informalities or reject any and all proposals, in whole or part, to utilize any applicable state contracts in lieu of or in addition to this proposal and to accept the proposal that in its judgment will best serve the interest of the County. D. The Board of County Commissioners specifically reserves the right to reject any conditional proposal and will normally reject those that made it impossible to determine the true amount of the proposal. 17. Disqualification of Proposers - Any of the following reasons may be considered as sufficient for the disqualification of a proposer and the rejection of his proposal or proposals: A. More than one proposal for the same work from an individual, firm or corporation under the same or different name. B. Evidence that the proposer has a financial interest in the firm of another proposer for the same work. C. Evidence of collusion among proposers. Participants in such collusion will receive no recognition as proposers for any future work of the County until such participant shall have been reinstated as a qualified proposer. D. Uncompleted work that in the judgment of the County might hinder or prevent the prompt completion of additional work if awarded. Last Revised- 12/6/13 Page 6 Packet Pg. 361  Failure to pay or satisfactorily settle all bills due for labor and material on former contracts in force at the time of advertisement of