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 and Contracting Department, Contracting Officer, or as provided in the protest policy located at: Protest Policy

Additionally, the City prohibits communications initiated by a proposer/bidder, 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. ***

Bidder Certification (Construction Project - Total Bid with Unit Prices):

By my submission of a bid response, and in accordance with your solicitation, I hereby submit this proposal and agree, if my proposal is accepted, to provide goods and services to the City of Ocala in accordance with the solicitation and proposer response.  I certify I have read, and will be bound by, all the terms and conditions of this solicitation and any resulting addenda and amendments, in its entirety and understand the scope of work and specification requirements.

Contractor agrees to accept the Total Bid Amount as full compensation for doing all work, furnishing all materials, and performing all work embraced in the Contract Documents; for all loss or damage arising out of performance of the work and from the action of the elements or from any unforeseen or unknown difficulties or obstructions which may arise or be encountered in the prosecution of the Work until the Final Acceptance; and for all risks of every description connected with the Work.

The Contractor acknowledges that Contractor studied, considered, and included in Contractor’s Total Bid all costs of any nature relating to: (1) performance of the work under Central Florida weather conditions; (2) applicable law, licensing, and permitting requirements; (3) the Project site conditions, including but not limited to, subsurface site conditions; (4) the terms and conditions of the Contract Documents, including, but not limited to, the indemnification and no damage for delay provisions of the Contract Documents.

The Contractor acknowledges that performance of the work will involve significant work adjacent to, above, and in close proximity to underground facilities including utilities which will require the support of active utilities, as well as, the scheduling and sequencing of utility installations, and the relocations by Contractor.

The Contractor acknowledges that Contractor’s Total Bid considered and included all of Contractor’s costs relating to Contractor’s responsibilities to coordinate and sequence the work of the Contractor with the work of the City with its own forces, the work of other utility contractors and the work of others at the Project site.

Bidder has given the City or the Engineer written notice of all conflicts, errors, ambiguities, or discrepancies that Bidder has discovered in the Bidding Documents, and the written resolution thereof by the City or the Engineer is acceptable to Bidder.

Bidder acknowledges that the quantities provided in the Schedule of Prices bid are estimates only, and are not guaranteed minimums.  Awarded Contractor will be paid for actual Work completed based on the unit pricing provided in the Schedule of Prices Bid.

I certify I am the owner or an authorized officer or agent for the above company and the information supplied herein, including all pages attached, is correct and neither the applicant not any person or concern in any connection with the applicant as a principal officer, so far as is known, is now debarred or otherwise declared ineligible by the City of Ocala from bidding for furnished materials, supplies or services to the City of Ocala or agency thereof. 

CARE OF WORK:

The Contractor shall be responsible for all damages to persons or property that occur as a result of his fault or negligence in connection with the prosecution of the work and shall be responsible for the proper care and protection of all work performed until completion and final acceptance, whether or not the same has been covered in whole or in part by payments made by the City of Ocala.

The Contractor shall avoid damaging sidewalks, streets, curbs, pavements, utilities, structures or any other property (except that which is to be replaced or removed) either on or adjacent to the site. He shall repair, at his own expense and in manner satisfactory to the City of Ocala, any damage thereto caused by his operations.

All water and gas mains, all sewer and other pipes, and all conduits and other underground work of any nature, crossing or projecting into any trench or excavation and all appurtenances thereto, such as Cast Iron Valve Boxes, curb boxes, manhole casting, etc., shall be sufficiently and adequately shored and supported by timber and planking and protected by the Contractor from injury, and any damage or injury thereto shall be repaired by the Contractor at his own expense to the satisfaction of the Engineer.

CITY OF OCALA STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION (EFFECTIVE JANUARY 11, 2024):

For this project, the Contractor will be bound by these specifications and conditions:

STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STREETS, STORMWATER, TRAFFIC, WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE:

Standard Specifications for Construction (Effective: 01/11/2024)