27-09 Side Dump buvket.pdf

Invitation for Bid/Proposal Bid No. 27-09

The Purchasing Agent, City of Norwich, on behalf of Norwich Public Utilities, will receive bids/proposals for the purchase of a Backhoe Side Dump Bucket or equivalent until 2:00 P.M. prevailing time on August 10, 2026, at which time they will be opened on the Procurement website and be available to view.

Equipment reference: GEM 1.25cu YD Side Dump Bucket w/BOE, E series Female Backhoes. It is needed for a 2022 John Deere backhoe loader, model 310SL, VIN 1T0310SLPNF430050. Vendors should provide a formal quote and include specifications and/or product information for the equipment being quoted. The approximate lead time should also be included in the formal quote. Price must include delivery.

All bids are to be submitted via the City of Norwich Procurement Portal at the following website :

City of Norwich Procurement Portal The bid documents may be downloaded from the following website:

City of Norwich Procurement Portal

Addenda, if any, will be posted on the website listed above. All bidders, prior to submitting their bids, should check the websites to ensure they have received all issued addenda.

Norwich Public Utilities reserves the right to reject and all bids, in whole or in part, to waive minor irregularities in the bidding and to award the bid to other than the low bidder if deemed in the best interest of the City of Norwich.

No Bidder may withdraw its bid within sixty (60) days of the bid opening date. Should there be reason why the contract cannot be awarded within the specified time, the time may be extended by mutual agreement between Norwich Public Utilities and the designated, qualified low bidder.

All final awards of the bid shall be in compliance with the City of Norwich Code of Ordinances §7-46 – Delinquent Tax Setoff Against Money Due Bidder or Contractor.

By submitting a bid to this RFP, the vendor certifies they are not on a state or federal debarment or suspended list and are not prohibited from performing any state or federal work.

Responding bidders must ensure that employees and applicant for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, color, religious creed, age, marital status, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender identity or expression, intellectual disability, mental disability or physical disability, including, but not limited to blindness, unless it is shown by such bidder that such disability prevents performance of the work involved.

Karl J. Klein Jr.

Purchasing Agent

City of Norwich Department of Finance – Purchasing Agent Phone: (860)823-3706 100 Broadway, Room No. 105 Fax: (860)823-3812 Norwich, CT 06360 E-mail: kklein@cityofnorwich.org https://norwichct.bonfirehub.com/portal/?tab=openOpportunities https://norwichct.bonfirehub.com/portal/?tab=openOpportunities

NON-COLLUSION

(1) Neither the said Bidder nor any of its officers, partners, owners, agents, representatives, employees or parties in interest, including this affiant, has in any way colluded, conspired, connived or agreed, directly or indirectly with any other Bidder, firm or person to submit a collusive or sham Bid in connection with the Contract for which the attached Bid has been submitted or to refrain from Bidding in connection with such Contract, or has in any manner, directly or indirectly, sought by agreement or collusion or communication or conference with any other Bidder, firm or person to fix the price or prices in the attached Bid or of any other Bidder, or to fix any overhead, profit or cost element of the Bid price or the Bid price of any other Bidder or to secure through any collusion, conspiracy, connivance or unlawful agreement any advantage against the Owner or any person interested in the proposed Contract; and

(2) The price or prices quoted in the attached Bid are fair and proper and are not tainted by any collusion, conspiracy, connivance or unlawful agreement on the part of the Bidder or any of its agents, representatives, owners, employees, or parties in interest, including this affiant.

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