IFB_25_26-11_Bid_Tabulation.pdf

This is a bid tabulation sheet for Invitation for Bid (IFB) 25/26-11 issued by the City of Sanford, Florida's Finance Department, Purchasing Division, for bulk liquid oxygen supply to the city's Water Treatment Plant. The solicitation seeks qualified vendors to provide liquid oxygen delivery, equipment maintenance, and inspection services on an as-needed basis for a facility with approximately 9,000 gallons of storage capacity and anticipated deliveries every three weeks. Sealed bids were due by 2:00 p.m. local time on Thursday, April 9, 2026, at the City of Sanford Purchasing Division, 300 N. Park Avenue, Suite 243. The contract term is one year with the opportunity for up to four additional one-year renewal periods, not to exceed five years total. No pre-bid conference was scheduled. Written questions were required to be submitted by 2:00 p.m. local time on Thursday, April 2, 2026.

Airgas submitted the sole timely bid, offering liquid oxygen at $0.64 per 100 cubic feet of standard cubic feet (SCF) with an hourly rate of $150 per hour when required. Bidders were required to provide a bid bond equal to five percent of the total bid price and performance and payment bonds equal to one hundred percent of the awarded amount. Vendors were required to demonstrate a minimum of one year of consecutive verifiable experience servicing commercial accounts of equal size and scope and must currently serve a minimum of three commercial accounts. Pricing must remain firm for the initial one-year term with annual price adjustments permitted thereafter based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U). The supplier bears responsibility for all delivery costs, with delivery required free on board to the city facility within forty-eight hours of request and emergency delivery capability within eight hours. Estimated annual consumption is subject to seasonal variation of plus or minus thirty percent, and the city cannot guarantee minimum consumption volumes.