ITB 2025-110 ITB Addendum #1 Q A sm.pdf
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- Indoor Air Quality Assessments
- Solicitation number
- ITB-12074
- Issued by
- Leon County, Florida
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Addendum #1 for Invitation to Bid (ITB) 2025-110 was issued by the Florida Department of Education's Bureau of Contracts, Grants and Procurement Management Services to provide clarifications and answers to vendor questions regarding Indoor Air Quality Assessments. The addendum addresses multiple vendor inquiries, including pricing structure for sample testing, bid submission requirements, and contract scope. Key clarifications include that no partial bids will be accepted, vendors must provide specific pricing for each test sample type at each location, and qualifications of firms/team members can be included in the bid. The document indicates services will be requested on an as-needed basis throughout the State of Florida, with no predefined list of facilities or locations.
The addendum emphasizes the need for detailed, granular pricing that accounts for variations in laboratory analytical methods and costs, such as differentiating between PLM and TEM asbestos analysis techniques. Vendors are instructed to provide comprehensive pricing that covers all requested testing categories, including Mold, Asbestos, Environmental Bacteria Tests, and Environmental Allergens. The document includes a signature page that must be completed for bid submission, and notes that potential proposers have 72 hours from the posting of the addendum to file any protests. The bid is structured to ensure transparent and specific cost reporting, with the goal of providing the best value to the state by requiring detailed breakdowns of testing services and associated costs.
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ITB 2025-110 Addendum #1 Page 1 of 3
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
BUREAU OF CONTRACTS, GRANTS AND PROCUREMENT
MANAGEMENT SERVICES
325 West Gaines Street 344 Turlington Building
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400
Addendum #1
BID NO.: ITB 2025-110 Indoor Air Quality Assessments
This addendum is being issued to provide the Answers to Questions submitted timely by vendors during the Question and Answers period and correct the email address on Bid Registration.
For further information on this process, you may contact Rhonda Forbes at 850/245-00075, e-mail address:
rhonda.forbest@fldoe.org (the correct email address is) rhonda.forbes@fldoe.org
Please be advised all questions are keyed as submitted.
1.On pdf page 22, under Services, are we to break out separate prices for each type of sample, or provide one overall price for any of the above-listed sample types? For example, under environmental bacteria tests, should the price include water sampling and endotoxins in dust and coliform bacteria etc., or any one of those items? Can we provide a price per sample type of the above-listed items?
Answer: Please list each test price as it would apply to each specific test sample type. If your price list contains this, then include it in the bid. We need specific costs for the tests so there isn’t any confusion in what is covered by your bid.
2. Is there an available list or map of facilities with known abatement needs?
Answer: We currently do not have any facilities that need abatement.
3. Could you please provide a map or list of addresses per region of the DOE buildings to be included in this ITB?
Answer: Services will be requested on a as needed basis throughout the State of Florida.
mailto:rhonda.forbest@fldoe.org mailto:rhonda.forbes@fldoe.org
ITB 2025-110 Addendum #1 Page 2 of 3
4.
Vendor’s Bid Sheet, Attachment A, lists a number of services associated with sample analysis that are grouped together, including Mold, Asbestos, Environmental Bacteria Tests, and Environmental Allergens. Specific analytes and/or analytical methods are also listed; however, laboratory analytical pricing for each analyte/method may significantly vary. Providing a single price per test for each group does not provide the best value to the State. Example: laboratory costs for asbestos bulk sample analysis by
PLM is typically significantly lower than air or bulk sample analysis by TEM. Additionally, PLM analysis is more commonly used than TEM. As a result, the line-item bid cost for asbestos sample analysis might be weighted higher to account for higher-cost analysis.
A revised bid sheet with additional breakdowns for sample analysis will provide better value.
Answer: Please list each test price as it would apply to each specific test sample type.
If your price list contains this, then include it in the bid. We need specific costs for the tests so there isn’t any confusion in what is covered by your bid.
5. Please clarify that the submittal requires the transmittal letter, vendor’s bid sheet, and required forms only and does not include qualifications of the firm/team members?
Answer: When submitting the bid, you can supply the qualifications of the firms/team members in the bid for consideration.
6. Can the project locations be shared so that appropriate costs can be included in the pricing?
Answer: No each location is separate, so please list each test price as it would apply to each specific test sample type at a specific location. If your price list contains this, then include it in the bid. We need specific costs for the tests so there isn’t any confusion in what is covered by your bid.
Potential proposers have 72 hours from posting of addenda to protest the requirements of each addendum. Failure to file a protest within the time prescribed in Section 120.57(3), or failure to post the bond or other security required by law within the time allowed for filing a bond shall constitute a waiver of proceedings under Chapter 120, Florida Statutes.
7. With regard to Bid No. ITB 2025-110 Indoor Air Quality Assessments, We have a question. Will partial bids be accepted? For example, can companies bid on the work specified for Mold & Microbial contamination and not the Asbestos, and vice versa?
Answer: No partials bids are acceptable. The bid must include all testing requested for the bid to be reviewed.
ITB 2025-110 Addendum #1 Page 3 of 3
YOUR BID WILL NOT BE COMPLETE WITHOUT THIS DOCUMENT
SIGNED AND INCLUDED!
Company Name:
Vendor Name – written:
Authorized Signature:
Mailing Address:
City, State & Zip Code:
Telephone: E-Mail Address:
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