Award Information

This is an Award Information document related to a propane infrastructure solicitation for the Houston County School District in Georgia. The District sought proposals for the installation of two additional pumps and two additional propane dispensers at the Houston County Bus Facility. Two vendors submitted proposals and were evaluated across three criteria: proposal quality (35 points), business references (20 points), and cost (45 points). LA Gas and Ferrell each received identical scores for proposal quality (35 points) and business references (20 points from evaluator 1, with LA Gas receiving 17.5 points and Ferrell receiving 17.5 points from evaluator 2). The non-mandatory pre-bid conference was scheduled for October 19, 2022 at 11:00 AM EST, and bids were due November 14, 2022 at 2:00 PM EST through the Bonfire Portal. Questions were due by October 26, 2022 at 5:00 PM EST.

LA Gas was awarded the contract with a total cost of $90,000.00, comprising $11,923.00 for propane dispensers and $29,000.00 for installation fees, achieving a final evaluation score of 100 points (45 cost points, 35 proposal points, and 20 business reference points). Ferrell submitted a higher total bid of $93,238.80 ($10,589.80 for propane dispensers and $36,634.00 for installation fees) and received a final score of 95.94 points (43.44 cost points, 35 proposal points, and 17.5 business reference points). The cost evaluation weighted cost at 45 percent of the total score, with LA Gas's lower bid resulting in the selection as the winning vendor.