Award Recommendation Ironwood WC 2026.pdf

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AWARD RECOMMENDATION

Notice of Intent to Award Number: 260000000772

Notice of Intent to Award Date: 8/19/2026

The Department of Transportation, Purchasing Unit has completed the evaluation of Request for Proposal (RFP) 2600000002386 for Janitorial/Partial Grounds Maintenance for the Ironwood Welcome Center, MDOT Superior region and has recommended an award to Ramme’s Inc. in the amount of $271,305.00, pending State Administrative Board approval, if applicable. More information on the State Administrative Board can be found at: State Administrative Board.

Bidders who were not recommended for the award are encouraged to schedule a debriefing session with the Solicitation Manager. The debriefing session will provide the bidder with the State’s rationale on why the bidder was not recommended for the award. The Solicitation Manager may be contacted as follows:

Mark Morrison, Solicitation Manager.

Morrisonm@michigan.gov 517-275-1834

Background Information:

This Request for Proposal (RFP) was to solicit responses for selection of a Contractor to provide janitorial/partial grounds maintenance to the Ironwood Welcome Center, MDOT Superior region.

The term of this contract is a Master Agreement, 3 Year agreement, with 2, 1-Year Options to extend.

Bidders:

The RFP was posted on SIGMA VSS on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, for 14 days. The following bidders submitted proposals by the published due date of Tuesday, August 18, 2026.

Bidder Address, City, State, Zip Code SDVOB* GDBE** Lawn and Snow Outdoor Maintenance LLC

168 Caspian Cut Off Rd. Iron River, 49935 No No

Dynamic Labor LLC 2474 Walnut St. Suite 291 Cary, NC 27518 No No Ramme’s Inc. 800 Sutherland Ave., Ironwood, MI 49938 No No

*SDVOB: Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business **GDBE: Geographically Disadvantaged Business Enterprise https://www.michigan.gov/dtmb/policies/state-ad-board

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EVALUATION SYNOPSIS

I. Evaluation Process

A Responsible Vendor is a vendor that demonstrates it has the ability to successfully perform the duties identified by the solicitation. A Responsive proposal is one that is submitted in accordance with the solicitation instructions and meets all mandatory requirements identified in the solicitation.

Evaluation Process, PASS/FAIL Evaluation

The State will evaluate each bid response on a PASS/FAIL basis based on the following criteria:

Criteria Pass/Fail

1. Responses to Vendor Questions are complete and acceptable

2. Responses on Schedule A are complete and acceptable

3. Schedule B is complete The full evaluation process is stated in the RFP Proposal Instructions.

II. Evaluation Method

The Responses to this solicitation were reviewed by the Solicitation Manager, Mark

Morrison, in collaboration with Program Manager, Daniel Kari.

III. Evaluation Results

The evaluators reviewed the 3 responding proposals and made the following determinations related to the published specifications:

Spe c #

Specification Lawn and Snow

Outdoor

Dynamic Labor

Ramme’s Inc.

1 Vendor Questions Worksheet is completed.

PASS PASS PASS

2 Standard Contract Terms are accepted.

PASS PASS PASS

3 Schedule A is completed with required responses indicating agreement or exception.

PASS PASS PASS

4 Schedule B is completed. PASS PASS PASS 5 Confidential Treatment

Form is completed

PASS PASS PASS

PROPOSAL

DETERMINATION

PASS PASS PASS

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IV. Pricing Summary

Pricing was evaluated for the 3 bidders who responded prior to the bid closing deadline and who received a PASS rating. The following is a summary of the price proposals:

VENDORS 1 YEAR PRICE 3 YEAR PRICE

Lawn and Snow Maintenance LLC

$ 155,700.00 $ 467,100.00

Dynamic labor, LLC $ 96,000.00 $ 288,000.00

Ramme’s Inc. $ 90,435.00 $ 271,305.00

V. Award Recommendation:

Award Recommendation is made to the responsive and responsible bidder who receives a PASS rating and offers the lowest price to the State of Michigan. Low price is determined by the bidder who meets the requirements and offers the lowest overall price as demonstrated by its proposal.

Award Recommendation is made to Ramme’s Inc. in the amount of $271,305.00.