ELECTRONIC BID RESPONSE REQUIRED
All bids/proposals MUST be electronically submitted by or before the due date under the appropriate solicitation/listing accessed online at:
www.bidocala.com or www.prorfx.com
Bids/proposals may not be submitted by any other means other than as described above. The City will NOT accept bids/proposals sent by U.S. Mail, private couriers, fax or email.
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ADA NEEDS:
Please call the procurement professional shown on this listing forty-eight (48) hours in advance so arrangements can be made if reasonable accommodations are needed for you to participate in any meeting.
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ANTI-LOBBYING/COMMUNICATION WITH CITY STAFF AND OFFICIALS:
To ensure fair consideration for all proposers/bidders, the City strictly prohibits any communication, whether or not written, verbal, or through a third party, relative to this solicitation with any department, City official, City Council member, or employee during the submission process, except inquiries directly made to the Procurement Department, Procurement Director, or as provided in the protest policy located at:
www.bidocala.com/vendor-resources/
Additionally, the City prohibits communications initiated by a proposer/bidder, or agent, or third party of proposer/bidder to any City official(s), City Council member(s), or employee(s) evaluating or considering the proposals/bids prior to, and up to the time an award decision is made at a scheduled City Council meeting.
*** Any prohibited communications initiated by a proposer/bidder, or a third party on behalf of proposer/bidder, will be grounds for disqualifying the offending proposer/bidder from consideration for award of the solicitation >AND< will face a three (3) year debarment from doing any business with the City of Ocala. ***
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CLARIFICATIONS AND CORRECTIONS:
The City of Ocala reserves the right, where it may serve the City’s best interest, to request additional information or clarifications from bidders/proposers, or to allow corrections of errors or omissions.
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CONFIDENTIAL, PROPRIETARY, OR TRADE SECRET MATERIAL STATEMENT:
The City of Ocala (City) follows public records responsibilities as provided under Chapter 119, Florida Statues and Article 1, Section 24 of the Florida Constitution. If Proposer considers any portion of the documents, data or records submitted in response to a solicitation to be confidential, trade secret or otherwise not subject to disclosure pursuant to Chapter 119, Florida Statutes, the Florida Constitution or other authority, Proposer must provide the City with a separate redacted copy of its response. The Redacted Copy shall be provided to the City at the same time Proposer submits its response to the solicitation and must only exclude or obliterate those exact portions that are claimed confidential, proprietary, or trade secret. In compliance with Section 119.07(1)(e), Florida Statutes, Proposer must “state the basis for the exemption” that he/she “contends is applicable to the record, including the statutory citation to an exemption created or afforded by statute.”
Proposer shall be responsible for defending its determination that the redacted portions of its response are confidential, proprietary, trade secret or otherwise not subject to disclosure. Further, Proposer shall protect, defend, and indemnify the City for any all claims arising from or relating to Proposer’s determination that the redacted portions of its response are confidential, proprietary, trade secret or otherwise not subject to disclosure.
The City will make no effort to verify whether or not the redacted material is exempt from Chapter 119, Florida Statutes. That determination is totally the responsibility of the Proposer.
If the Proposer fails to submit a Redacted Copy with its response, the City is authorized to produce the entire documents, data or records submitted by Prosper in answer to a public records request for their records.
I have read and understand my responsibilities regarding any purported confidential, proprietary or trade secret material contained in this proposal.
After reading the above statement, please select the appropriate statement below:
I have not included a redacted copy of our proposal.
I have included a redacted copy of our proposal along with this original.
Owner/Authorized Company Representative initials:
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CONFLICT OF INTEREST:
Disclose the name(s) of any employee, officer, director, shareholder, or agent of your firm that is also a City of Ocala employee or public official:
Disclose the name(s) of any City of Ocala employee or public official that is a known relative of an employee, officer, director, shareholder, or agent of your firm:
Failure to disclose known conflicts of interest may result in bid rejection and/or contract termination, if awarded.
City of Ocala employees who have a 5% or more interest in a bidder's firm must also complete an "Officer and Employee Disclosure Statement" which can be obtained at www.bidocala.com under Vendor Resources. This form includes instructions and relative Florida statutes. Failure to complete this form, if applicable, may result in bid rejection.
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CONTRACT FAILURE - BIDDING SUSPENSION
I understand and agree to the following:
Bidders who submit a bid and/or enter into a contract with the City of Ocala and fail to fulfill the contract term, for any reason, will be subject to future bidding suspension for year (1), and up to a possible three (3) year bid debarment for serious contractual failures.
Owner/Authorized Company Representative initials:
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PERFORMANCE EVALUATION:
At the end of the contract, the City may evaluate vendor performance. This evaluation will become public record.
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FLORIDA STATUTE 287.133: Public Entity Crime; denial or revocation of the right to transact business with public entities.
Vendor on its behalf and its affiliates agrees and affirms that it has not been placed on the convicted vendor list following a conviction of a public entity crime as provided for in Section 287.133(2)(a), Florida Statutes, which states:
a person or affiliate who has been placed on the convicted vendor list following a conviction for 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 or 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.
Owner/Authorized Company Representative initials:
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UPLOAD ANY REQUESTED AND ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS HERE REQUESTED AND ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS
Max. File Size you can upload is: 50MB. *.exe files will not be accepted
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SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL:
Vendor will be responsible at all times for precautions to achieve the protection of all persons including employees and property throughout the resulting contract term. The Vendor shall make an effort to detect hazardous conditions and shall take prompt action where necessary to avoid accident, injury or property damage. EPA, DEP, OSHA, and all other applicable safety laws and ordinances shall be followed as well as American National Standards Institute Safety Standards. All hazardous spills, accidents, injuries or claims or potential claims shall be reported promptly to the City Risk Management Department at 352-629-8359.
Agrees to comply with the safety and environmental requirements above.
Owner/Authorized Company Representative initials:
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SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS:
The City of Ocala (City) has no responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or sufficiency of any bid documents obtained from any source other than the official City links below:
Bid Ocala: http://www.bidocala.com/
ProRFx Florida: http://florida.prorfx.com/
Obtaining these documents from any other source(s) may result in obtaining incomplete and inaccurate information. Obtaining these documents from any source other than directly from the source listed herein may also result in failure to receive any addenda, corrections, or other revisions to these documents that may be issued.
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BIDDER CONTRACTS:
Bidder contracts/agreements will not be accepted. City of Ocala contracts will be used for all goods and services. The requirement of bidder contracts and/or bidder written terms and conditions may result in bid rejection. The City will consider adding appropriate bidder clauses into our contract; please upload any desired clauses with your solicitation response.
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