Vactor_Services_-_Requirements_Contract.pdf

INVITATION FOR BID

IFB-27-0462

VACTOR SERVICES - REQUIREMENTS CONTRACT

CITY OF PHOENIX

WATER SERVICES

200 W. WASHINGTON STREET

PHOENIX, AZ

85003

RELEASE DATE: September 29, 2026

DEADLINE FOR QUESTIONS: October 12, 2026

RESPONSE DEADLINE: October 19, 2026, 12:00 pm

City of Phoenix

INVITATION FOR BID

IFB-27-0462

Vactor Services - Requirements Contract

1. INTRODUCTION

2. INSTRUCTIONS

3. SCOPE OF WORK

4. EVALUATION PROCESS

5. STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS

6. SPECIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

7. DEFENSE AND INDEMNIFICATION

8. INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS

9. SUBMITTALS

10. PRICING PROPOSAL

Attachments:

A - Acceptance of Offer Form 2026

Invitation For Bid #IFB-27-0462 Title: Vactor Services - Requirements Contract

1. Introduction

1.1. Contact Information

Julie Smith

Water Services

Email: julie.b.smith@phoenix.gov

Phone: 602-534-8127

1.2. Schedule of Events

The City reserves the right to change dates, times, and locations, as necessary. The City does not always hold a Pre-Offer Conference or Site Visit. All times in the Schedule of Events are

Local Phoenix, AZ Time.

To request a reasonable accommodation or alternative format for any public meeting, please contact the Procurement Officer (Julie Smith) at (602) 534-2418/Voice or 711/TTY, or julie.b.smith@phoenix.gov, no later than five (5) business days prior to the meeting.

Solicitation Issue Date: September 29, 2026

Pre-Offer Conference (Non-Mandatory): October 5, 2026, 11:30am

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2. Instructions

2.1. Description – Statement of Need

The City of Phoenix invites sealed offers for vactor services - requirements contract.

The Effective Date of this Agreement will be upon final signature and recording by the City

Clerk’s department.

The Commencement Date of this Agreement will be upon the contract term start date that the

Phoenix City Council approves or the Effective Date, whichever is later.

The term of this Agreement will be for five years, beginning on the Commencement Date, with no options to extend.

This solicitation is available through the City’s Procurement Portal. For technical support issues related to the City's Procurement Portal, Offeror may use the support bubble on the bottom right, or email procurement-support@opengov.com for any assistance. For other issues related to this solicitation please contact the procurement officer listed under Contact Information.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement will terminate upon the earliest occurrence: by reaching the end of the term including any extensions exercised, or termination pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement.

2.2. Preparation of Offer

All forms provided must be completed and submitted with the Offer. The signed and completed

Conflict of Interest and Transparency form must be included or your Offer may be deemed non-responsive.

It is permissible to copy Submittal forms if necessary. Erasures, interlineations, or other modifications of the Offer must be initialed in original ink by the authorized person signing the

Offer. No offer will be altered, amended or withdrawn after the specified offer due date and time.

The City is not responsible for Offeror’s errors or omissions.

All time periods stated as a number of days will be calendar days.

It is the responsibility of all Offerors to examine the entire solicitation and seek clarification of any requirement that may not be clear and to check all responses for accuracy before submitting an offer. Negligence in preparing an offer confers no right of withdrawal after due date and time. Offerors are strongly encouraged to:

A. Consider applicable laws and/or economic conditions that may affect cost, progress, performance, or furnishing of the products or services.

B. Study and carefully correlate Offeror’s knowledge and observations with the solicitation and other related data.

C. Promptly notify the City of all conflicts, errors, ambiguities, or discrepancies that Offeror has discovered in or between the solicitation and other related documents.

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D. The City does not reimburse the cost of developing, presenting or providing any response to this solicitation. Offers submitted for consideration should be prepared simply and economically, providing adequate information in a straightforward and concise manner. The Offeror is responsible for all costs incurred in responding to this solicitation. All materials and documents submitted in response to this solicitation become the property of the City and will not be returned.

E. Offerors are reminded that the specifications stated in the solicitation are the minimum level required and that offers submitted must be for products or services that meet or exceed the minimum level of all features specifically listed in this solicitation. Offers offering less than any minimum specifications or criteria specified are not responsive and should not be submitted.

F. Offer responses submitted for products considered by the seller to be acceptable alternates to the brand names or manufacturer’s catalog references specified herein must be submitted with technical literature and/or detailed product brochures for the

City’s use to evaluate the products offered. Offers submitted without this product information may be considered as non-responsive and rejected. The City will be the sole judge as to the acceptability of alternate products offered.

G. Prices will be submitted on a per unit basis by line item, when applicable. In the event of a disparity between the unit price and extended price, the unit price will prevail unless obviously in error.

2.3. Fixed Offer Price Period

All offers shall be firm and fixed for a period of 180 calendar days from the solicitation opening date.

2.4. Obtaining a Copy of the Solicitation and Addenda

Interested Offerors may download the complete solicitation and addenda from the City's

Procurement Portal: https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/phoenix/projects/303270/. Any interested Offerors without internet access may obtain this solicitation by calling the

Procurement Officer or picking up a copy during regular business hours at the City of Phoenix, Water Services Department, 200 W. Washington St. 9th floor Phoenix, AZ 85003. It is the

Offeror’s responsibility to check the the City's Procurement Portal, read the entire solicitation, and verify all required information is submitted with their Offer.

2.5. Exceptions

Offeror must not take any exceptions to any terms, conditions or material requirements of this solicitation. Offers submitted with exceptions may be deemed non-responsive and disqualified from further consideration in the City’s sole discretion. Offerors must conform to all the requirements specified in the solicitation. The City encourages Offerors to send inquiries to the

Procurement Officer rather than including exceptions in their Offer.

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2.6. Inquiries

All questions that arise relating to this solicitation should be directed via City’s Procurement

Portal and must be received by the due date indicated in the Schedule of Events. The City will not consider questions received after the deadline.

No informal contact initiated by Offerors on the proposed service will be allowed with members of City’s staff from date of distribution of this solicitation until after city council awards the contract. All questions concerning or issues related to this solicitation must be presented in writing.

The Procurement Officer will answer written inquiries in an addendum and publish any addenda on the City’s Procurement Portal.

2.7. Addenda

The City of Phoenix will not be responsible for any oral instructions made by any employees or officers of the City of Phoenix regarding this solicitation. Any changes will be in the form of an addendum. The Offeror must acknowledge receipt of any/all addenda through the City's

Procurement Portal.

Changes to terms and conditions of the Solicitation and resulting Agreement made pursuant to an addendum shall be memorialized in the Solicitation and resulting Agreement document. To that end, a parenthetical will be added to applicable provision(s) referencing the addendum that imposed the change. The language in the final provision will reflect the updated version.

2.8. Licenses

If required by law for the operation of the business or work related to this Offer, Offeror must possess all valid certifications and/or licenses as required by federal, state or local laws at the time of submittal.

2.9. Certifications

By signature in the Offer section of the Offer and Acceptance page(s), Offeror certifies:

• The submission of the Offer did not involve collusion or other anti-competitive practices.

• The Offeror must not discriminate against any employee, or applicant for employment in violation of Federal or State Law.

• The Offeror has not given, offered to give, nor intends to give at any time hereafter, any economic opportunity, future employment, gift, loan, gratuity, special discount, trip, favor, or service to a public servant in connection with the submitted Offer.

2.10. Submission of Offer

Offers must be in possession of the Department on or prior to the exact time and date indicated in the Schedule of Events. Late offers will not be considered. The prevailing clock will be the

City Department’s clock.

Offers should be submitted electronically via the City’s Procurement Portal by clicking on “Draft

Response” via https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/phoenix/projects/303270. Offerors that are unable to submit electronically should contact the Procurement Officer to discuss the logistics of hard copy submittals. Offerors must be registered with OpenGov by signing up via https://procurement.opengov.com/signup. Vendor training guides can be found at: https://opengov.my.site.com/support/s/article/ca6d1285-1e48-4a21-bb0d-715edb7794ed

Any original documents (such as bonds, guaranties, powers of attorney), if required by the solicitation, must be separately delivered to and received by the City on or prior to the exact time and date indicated in the Schedule of Events, with a clear indication of the Offer for which it is attributed.

It is the responsibility of the Offeror to ensure that the Offer is timely and to confirm that there are no technical reasons that any offer submitted electronically may be delayed. The date and time on the upload as received/stamped by the City’s Procurement Portal will provide proof of submission and verification whether the Offer was received on or prior to the exact time and date indicated in the Schedule of Events.

For assistance with submittals, vendors are welcome to use the OpenGov support chat (blue chat bubble in the bottom right corner) to connect with a member of OpenGov's support team who will be able to assist you with your submission.

Please DO NOT submit links to Google Docs, Dropbox Paper, or similar services. Your offer may be deemed non-responsive if your offer is supplied utilizing these services.

2.11. Withdrawal of Offer

At any time prior to the solicitation due date and time, an Offeror (or designated representative) may withdraw the Offer by clicking “Unsubmit Response” on the Offer submission via the City’s

Procurement Portal.

2.12. Offer Results

Offers will be opened on the offer due date, time and location indicated in the Schedule of

Events, at which time the name of each Offeror, and the prices may be read. Offers and other information received in response to the solicitation will be shown only to authorized City personnel having a legitimate interest in them or persons assisting the City in the evaluation.

Offers are not available for public inspection until after the City has posted the award recommendation on the City's Procurement Portal.

The City will post a preliminary offer tabulation on the City's Procurement Portal:

https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/phoenix/projects/303270 within five business days of the offer opening. The City will post the information on the preliminary tabulation as it was read during the offer opening. The City makes no guarantee as to the accuracy of any information on the preliminary tabulation. Once the City has evaluated the offers, the City will post an award recommendation on the City's Procurement Portal. By signing and submitting its Offer, each

Offeror agrees that this posting of the award recommendation to the City's Procurement Portal effectively serves as the Offeror’s receipt of that notice of award recommendation. The City has no obligation to provide any further notification to unsuccessful Offerors.

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2.13. Pre-Award Qualifications

Offeror must have been in operation a minimum of five years. The Offeror’s normal business activity during the past five years will have been for providing the goods or services in this solicitation. This information must be provided in Vendor Questionnaire section, under Years in

Business and References form of this solicitation.

Offeror shall affirm that the Supervisor has a minimum of one (1) year of experience as a

Supervisor and that the Supervisor has the appropriate work experience and training to provide the services in the Scope of Work.

Equipment: Offeror shall affirm that they own or have assured access to (through hire, lease, purchase agreement, availability of manufacturing equipment, or other means) the key items or equipment in the Scope of Work, in full working order, and must demonstrate that based on known commitment, they will be available for use in the proposed contract.

2.14. Certificates of Insurance

Upon notification of a recommended award, the Offeror will have 10 calendar days to submit a complete certificate of insurance in the minimum amounts and the coverages as required in the

Insurance Requirements of this solicitation. Insurance requirements are non-negotiable.

2.15. Award of Contract

Unless otherwise indicated, award(s) will be made to responsive, responsible Offeror(s) who are regularly established in the service, or providing the goods, contained in this solicitation and who have demonstrated the ability to perform in an acceptable manner.

A. Factors that may be considered by the City include:

1. Technical capability of the Offeror to accomplish the scope of work required in the

Solicitation. This may include performance history on past and current government or industrial contracts; and,

2. Demonstrated availability of the necessary manpower (both supervisory and operational personnel) and necessary equipment to accomplish the scope of work in the Solicitation; and,

3. Safety record; and,

4. Offeror history of complaints and termination for convenience or cause.

B. Notwithstanding any other provision of this solicitation, the City reserves the right to: (1) waive any immaterial defect or informality; or (2) reject any or all offers or portions thereof; or (3) reissue a solicitation.

C. A response to a solicitation is an offer to contract with the City based upon the terms, conditions, and specifications contained in the City’s solicitation. Offers do not become contracts until they are executed by the Chief Procurement Officer or Department

Director. A contract has its inception in the award, eliminating a formal signing of a separate contract. For that reason, all of the terms, conditions and specifications of the procurement contract are contained in the solicitation, and in any addendum or contract amendment.

2.16. Solicitation Transparency Policy

Commencing on the date and time a solicitation is published, potential or actual Offerors or respondents (including their representatives) shall only discuss matters associated with the solicitation with the Mayor, any members of City Council, the City Manager, any Deputy City

Manager, or any department director directly associated with the solicitation (including in each case their assigned staff, except for the designated Procurement Officer) at a public meeting, posted under Arizona Statutes, until the resulting contract(s) are awarded to all offers or responses are rejected and the solicitation is cancelled without any announcement by the

Procurement Officer of the City’s intent to reissue the same or similar solicitation.

As long as the solicitation is not discussed, Offerors may continue to conduct business with the

City and discuss business that is unrelated to the solicitation with the City staff. Offerors may not discuss the solicitation with any City employees or evaluation panel members.

Offerors may discuss their proposal or the solicitation with the Mayor or one or more members of the Phoenix City Council, provided such meetings are scheduled through the Procurement

Officer, and are posted as open meetings with the City Clerk at least 24 hours prior to the scheduled meetings. The City Clerk will be responsible for posting the meetings. The posted notice shall identify the participants and the subject matter, as well as invite the public to participate.

With respect to the selection of the successful Offerors, the City Manager and/or City Manager's

Office will continue the past practice of exerting no undue influence on the process. In all solicitations of bids and proposals, any direction on the selection from the City Manager and/or

City Manager's Office and Department Head (or representative) to the proposal review panel or selecting authority must be provided in writing to all prospective Offerors.

This policy is intended to create a level playing field for all Offerors, assure that contracts are awarded in public, and protect the integrity of the selection process. OFFERORS THAT

VIOLATE THIS POLICY SHALL BE DISQUALIFIED. After official Notice is received by the City for disqualification, the Offeror may follow the Protest process, unless the Solicitation is cancelled without notice of intent to re-issue.

“To discuss” means any contact by the Offeror, regardless of whether the City responds to the contact. Offerors that violate this policy will be disqualified until the resulting contract(s) are awarded, or all offers or responses are rejected and the solicitation is cancelled without any announcement by the Procurement Officer of the City’s intent to reissue the same or a similar solicitation. The City interprets the policy as continuing through a cancellation of a solicitation until Council award of the contract, as long as the City cancels with a statement that the City will rebid the solicitation.

2.17. Protest Process

Offeror may protest the contents of a solicitation no later than seven days before the solicitation deadline when the protest is based on an apparent alleged mistake, impropriety or defect in the solicitation. Protests filed regarding the solicitation may be addressed by an amendment to the solicitation or denied by the City. If denied, the opening and award will proceed unless the City determines that it is in the City’s best interests to set new deadlines, amend the solicitation, cancel or re-bid.

Therefore, unless otherwise notified by a formal amendment, the Protester must adhere to all solicitation dates and deadlines, including timely filing of an offer, regardless of filing a protest.

Offeror may protest an adverse determination issued by the City regarding responsibility and responsiveness, within seven days of the date the Offeror was notified of the adverse determination.

Offeror may protest an award recommendation if the Offeror can establish that it had a substantial chance of being awarded the contract and will be harmed by the recommended award. The City will post recommendations on the City’s Procurement Portal to award the contract(s) to an Offeror(s). Offeror must submit award protests within seven days after the posting of the award recommendation, with exceptions only for good cause shown, within the

City’s full and final discretion.

All protests will be in writing, filed with the Procurement Officer identified in the solicitation and include the following:

• Identification of the solicitation number;

• The name, address and telephone number of the protester;

• A detailed statement describing the legal and factual grounds for the protest, including copies of relevant documents;

• The form of relief requested; and

• The signature of the protester or its authorized representative.

The Procurement Officer will render a written decision within a reasonable period after the protest is filed. The City will not request City Council authorization to award the contract until the protest process is complete. All protests and appeals must be submitted in accordance with the

City’s Procurement Code, (Phoenix City Code, Ch. 43) and any protests or appeals not submitted within the time requirements will not be considered. Protests must be filed with the

Procurement Officer.

2.18. Public Record

All Offers submitted in response to this solicitation will become the property of the City and become a matter of public record available for review pursuant to Arizona State law. If an

Offeror believes that a specific section of its Offer response is confidential, the Offeror will isolate the pages marked confidential in a specific and clearly labeled section of its Offer response. An Offeror may request specific information contained within its Offer is treated by the

Procurement Officer as confidential provided the Offeror clearly labels the information

“confidential.” To the extent necessary for the evaluation process, information marked as

“confidential” will not be treated as confidential. Once the procurement file becomes available for public inspection, the Procurement Officer will not make any information identified by the

Offerors as “confidential” available to the public unless necessary to support the evaluation process or if specifically requested in accordance with applicable public records law. When a public records request for such information is received, the Procurement Officer will notify the

Offeror in writing of any request to view any portion of its Offer marked “confidential.” The

Offeror will have the time set forth in the notice to obtain a court order enjoining such disclosure.

If the Offeror does not provide the Procurement Officer with a court order enjoining release of the information during the designated time, the Procurement Officer will make the information requested available for inspection.

2.19. Right to Disqualify

The City reserves the right to disqualify any Offeror who fails to provide information or data requested or who provides materially inaccurate or misleading information or data. The City further reserves the right to disqualify any Offeror on the basis of any real or apparent conflict of interest that is disclosed by the Offer submitted or any other data or information available to the

City. This disqualification is at the sole discretion of the City. By submission of a solicitation response, the Offeror waives any right to object now or at any future time, before any agency or body including, but not limited to, the City Council of the City or any court as to the exercise by the City of such right to disqualify or as to any disqualification by reason of real or apparent conflict of interest determined by the City. The City reserves the right to replace the disqualified

Offeror.

2.20. Contract Award

In accordance with the City of Phoenix Code, Chapter 43, Section 43-12, Competitive Sealed

Bidding, award(s) shall be made to the lowest responsive and responsible offeror(s) whose offer conforms in all material respects to the requirements set forth in this solicitation. The City reserves the right to award a contract by individual line items, by group, all or none, or any other combination most advantageous to the City. The City reserves the right to award multiple contracts.

2.21. Determining Responsiveness and Responsibility

Offers will be reviewed for documentation of any required minimum qualifications, and completeness and compliance with the solicitation requirements. The City reserves sole discretion to determine responsiveness and responsibility.

Responsiveness: Nonresponsive Offers will not be considered in the evaluation process. The solicitation states criteria that determine responsiveness, and the solicitation includes terms and conditions that if included or excluded from Offers will render an Offer nonresponsive.

Responsibility: To obtain true economy, the City must conduct solicitations to minimize the possibility of a subsequent default by the Offeror, late deliveries, or other unsatisfactory performance that may result in additional administrative costs. It is important that the Offeror be a responsible Offeror. Responsibility includes the Offeror’s integrity, skill, capacity, experience, and facilities for conducting the work to be performed.

2.22. Equal Low Offer

Contract award will be made by putting the names of the tied vendors in a cup for a blind drawing limited to those bidders with tied offers. If time permits, the offerors involved will be given an opportunity to attend the drawing. The drawing will be witnessed by at least three persons, and the contract file will contain the names and addresses of the witnesses.

3. Scope of Work

3.1. Purpose:

The City of Phoenix (“City”) Water Services Department (“WSD”) and Parks and

Recreation Department (“Parks”) requires services from a Contractor experienced in providing Vactor Services.

3.2. Background:

The 91st Avenue Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) Is owned and operated by the

City of Phoenix on behalf of the Multi-City Sub-Regional Operating Group (SROG) representing Arizona Cities of Glendale, Mesa, Phoenix, Scottsdale and Tempe. The wastewater is treated through conventional activated sludge process, by the use of 15 aeration basins. The sludge is treated through an acid phase digestion process, by the use of 16 digesters. The WWTP has a current capacity of 243.0 mgd. A portion of the treated effluent is reused off-site as cooling water and the remaining flow is discharged to the effluent-dominated Salt River.

The Water Production Division provides clean, safe drinking water to over 1.7 million residents. The City of Phoenix owns and operates five (5) drinking water plants using conventional, sand-ballasted flocculation and direct filtration processes. The City also owns and operates over 150 remote sites throughout the distribution system including booster pump stations, reservoirs, elevated storage tanks, pressure regulating valves and chlorination sites that ensure reliable water service to residents.

The Parks and Recreation Department provides residents and visitors more than

41,000 acres of desert parks and mountain preserve land with more than 200 miles of trails, 185 parks, 32 community and recreation centers, eight (8) golf courses, 29 pools where thousands cool off and learn to swim each summer, and classes, programs and sports leagues where kids and adults learn, stay active and have fun.

3.3. Contractor Work Requirements:

Provide all labor, materials, equipment, transportation, supervision, mobilization, supplies, mileage and all other overhead burdens associated with the cost to perform

Vactor Services on an as-needed basis. Certain locations will require the vendor to utilize new piping and hose so not to cause any contamination.

Vactor service is required for but not limited to, facility sewer lines, which are not the infrastructure in the City’s sanitary sewer collection system, decant stations, process pipelines, process tanks, storm drains, basin/rock trap, process liquid holding structure, process liquid conveying structure, flood irrigation lines, interceptor tanks, and pool filter / settling tank. Non-hazardous chemicals waste such as organic polymer. Wet digging and jet rodding out clogged up pipes.

Contractor will provide a Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) recording or still photograph of the interior of the cleaned sewer/process pipelines as requested by the City. CCTV recording is required to be submitted in a format that is compatible with the City’s current software, which is Windows Media Player, MPEG-1 codec, .mpg or .avi format.

Contractor will remove flood irrigation line blockages in 12” – 24” concrete pipes and will remove pool filter sand and sand traps at various Parks locations.

3.4. Contractor Mobilization:

The City will not be responsible for separate mobilization costs or travel costs incurred by the Contractor. Portal to portal charges will not be allowed.

3.5. Locations:

Water Services Department:

23rd Ave. WWTP 2470 S. 22nd Avenue, Phoenix, AZ

91st Ave. WWTP 5615 S. 91st Avenue, Tolleson, AZ

Union Hills Water Treatment Plant

(WTP)

2001 E. Deer Valley Rd., Phoenix, AZ

Deer Valley WTP 3030 W. Dunlap Avenue, Phoenix, AZ

24th St. WTP 6202 N. 24th Street, Bldg. #1, Phoenix, AZ

Val Vista WTP 3200 E. McDowell Rd., Mesa, AZ

Lake Pleasant WTP 37000 N. New River Rd., Peoria, AZ

Cave Creek Water Reclamation

Plant

22841 N. Cave Creek Rd., Phoenix, AZ

Parks and Recreation Department:

Pecos Pool 17010 E. Windsor Avenue

Hermoso Pool 5749 S. 20th Street

Roosevelt Pool 6246 S. 7th Street

El Prado Pool 6428 S. 19th Avenue

Peirce Pool 2150 N. 46th Street

Perry Pool 3131 E. Windsor Avenue

Madison Pool 1440 E. Glenrosa Avenue

Harmon Pool 1425 S. 5th Avenue

Eastlake Pool 1549 E. Jefferson Street

Encanto Pool 2125 N. 15th Avenue

Coronado Pool 1717 N. 12th Street

Falcon Pool 3420 W. Roosevelt Street

Cielito Pool 4551 N. 35th Avenue

Starlight Pool 7810 W. Osborn Road

Maryvale Pool 4444 N. 51st Avenue

Washington Pool 6655 N. 23rd Avenue

Cortez Pool 3434 W. Dunlap Road

David C. Uribe Pool 3801 W. Cactus Road

Deer Valley Pool 19400 N. 19th Avenue

Telephone Pioneer Pool 1946 W. Morningside Drive

Mountain View Pool 1104 E. Grovers Avenue

Sunnyslope Pool 301 W. Dunlap Avenue

Paradise Valley Pool 17648 N. 40th Street

Roadrunner Pool 3502 E. Cactus Road

Golf Courses:

Cave Creek Golf Course 2135 W. Greenway Road

Encanto Golf Course 1802 W. Encanto Boulevard

Aguila Golf Course 8440 S. 35th Avenue, Laveen

Additional Locations:

Rio Salado Habitat restoration Area 641 W. Lower Buckeye Road

Papago Park 625 N. Galvin Parkway

Other WSD and Parks Department locations will also be serviced as needed.

3.6. Disposal:

The materials removed must be disposed of in accordance with all Federal, State, County, City laws and regulations. For work required at WWTP, City staff will work with the Contractor to provide a place of disposal at 91st Ave. WWTP site. Liquids and solids will be disposed of at a licensed disposal facility or landfill. Under no circumstances shall liquids or solids be dumped onto any streets, ditches, catch basins, storm drains, retention/detention basins or vacant land. The Contractor will also work with a City representative to determine the proper disposal site for work required at other WSD and Parks Department locations.

Contractor may also dispose of non-hazardous materials at 91st Ave. WWTP site in the sludge bed(s) specifically designated by WWTP staff, at no charge, during the

WWTP operational time which is 24/7. Any damage to the lined sludge bed(s) caused by the Contractor will be repaired at the Contractor’s expense.

Contractor must sign-in with City staff and/or the security guard and provide the required City provided manifest or disposal documentation.

All Contractor equipment must stay on the access roads.

The Contractor shall provide, maintain, and utilize a designated secondary disposal site for emergency or contingency use in the event the primary disposal facility is unavailable. This secondary site must be fully permitted, compliant with all federal, state, and local regulations, and must not be a City of Phoenix facility. The Contractor shall provide documentation identifying both the primary and secondary disposal sites, including permit information and accepted waste streams, prior to commencing work.

Updates to this information must be submitted to the City upon any change in facility availability or status.

3.7. Spills:

The WWTPs operate under Aquifer Protection Permits and Stormwater Multi-Sector

General Permits, which prohibit unauthorized discharges (spills) and allow only stormwater to enter the storm drain system. The Contractor is strictly responsible for preventing any discharges of chemicals, waste, hydraulic fluids, or other contaminants associated with its operations.

If a chemical, waste, or hydraulic spill or leak occurs because of the Contractor’s equipment or activities, the Contractor shall immediately notify the City Representative and shall begin immediate cleanup using appropriate containment and removal methods. Any spill or leak not fully cleaned and contained by the Contractor within one (1) hour of notification will be remedied by the City, and all associated costs will be charged to the Contractor.

Contractors utilizing hydraulic trucks or other equipment with known potential for leakage shall always employ adequate containment measures, including but not limited to the use of plastic sheeting, drip pans, absorbent materials, and other approved methods to prevent any release of fluids onto soil, pavement, or into storm drains.

Contractor shall follow the Best Management Practices below if a spill or leak occurs:

• Stop the source of the spill immediately.

• Contain the liquid until cleanup is complete.

• Deploy oil containment booms if the spill could reach water or a storm drain.

• Cover the spill with absorbent material.

• Keep the area well ventilated.

• Dispose of clean-up materials properly.

• Do not use an emulsifier or dispersant.

• During the clean-up process do not allow any spills to enter any treatment process, retention pond, street or storm drain

3.8. Confined Space:

Contractor personnel may be required to enter various structures to manually shovel, squeegee, or otherwise move material to the vacuum inlet or into buckets or other approved containers for removal. The Contractor shall provide all equipment necessary for confined space entry and shall comply with all applicable OSHA regulations.

Prior to performing any confined space work, all Contractor personnel must complete site-specific safety training, including Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) procedures. The

Contractor shall not perform confined space entry under the City’s program and must maintain its own fully compliant confined space entry program.

3.9. Contractor Minimum Required Equipment:

Vacuum Truck/Jet Rodder - Including 16 cubic yard debris box with 300 feet jet rotter hose internal flushing system, Jet Rodder pump rated at 100 Gallons Per Minute

(GPM) @ 2,000 Pounds per Square Inch (PSI) with jackhammer pulsating action, on-board 1,500-gallon capacity water tank, extendable boom feature 8-foot length, positive displacement vacuum system.

Hydro-blaster - Minimum 200 horsepower capable of generating 10,000 PSI pressure

@ 32 GPM water flow with all accessory equipment including spinner type nozzles for various treatment plant services and a minimum of 250 feet of cleaning hose.

Contractor shall not use less than three (3) people when this equipment is required.

Submersible 6-inch pump - Diesel powered, capable of pumping 2,200 GPM of slurry, sludge, and solids @ 20-foot lift or 1,250 GPM @ 80-foot lift.

Supplies – Provide all supplies necessary and required to support vacuum truck including but not limited to: ladders, gas detectors, chemical air monitors, traffic cones, minimum of 80 feet of 8-inch hard pipe, spare 6-inch flexible hose (minimum 150 feet) with 250 feet of 6" hose available as needed, assorted nozzles to complete various pipe cleaning services, complete tool kit, and hose mending equipment.

Contractor shall be able to supply additional vactor trucks or large tanker trucks if deemed necessary by the City.

Contractor is responsible for determining the equipment needed to meet the contract requirements.

3.10. Contractor Equipment Condition:

Contractor’s equipment and supplies shall be working properly upon arrival at a City location. Contractor is responsible for immediately fixing broken or leaking equipment or broken supplies. The City will not pay the Contractor during the time the Contractor is addressing any equipment failure or fixing broken supplies. The City reserves the right to disallow the use of any Contractor equipment on a City location that the City deems unsafe or is not working properly.

3.11. Contractor's Staff:

With the exception of the Hydro-blaster, the Contractor's crew size shall not be less than two people, one of which shall be a supervisor. In addition, National Association of Sewer Service Companies (NASSCO) certification is not required.

3.12. Contractor Check In:

Contractor must check in and check out with the City representative when arriving/leaving the worksite and must obtain the signature of the City representative to document hours onsite. Contractors will only be paid for hours spent working onsite.

The City will not pay hourly rates for lunch and breaks while on site.

3.13. Response Times:

Routine services calls: the Contractor’s representative must respond via phone or email within 24-hours of receipt of a service call. Contractor must commence work onsite within 24 hours after receiving a purchase order from the City. All work shall be completed within 30 calendar days after commencement of work. Any exceptions to the completion time must be approved by the City representative.

Emergency service calls: the Contractor’s representative must respond via phone or email within 1 hour of receipt of a service call. Contractor must commence work onsite within four (4) hours of responding to the service call.

All work shall be completed within one calendar day after commencement of work.

Any exceptions to the completion time must be approved by the City representative.

3.14. Work Hours:

Standard work hours will be Monday – Friday, 6:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., City holidays excluded.

Emergency work shall be performed during standard work hours whenever possible;

however, services may be performed on a 24-hour, seven day a week basis including holidays, if deemed necessary by the City.

3.15. Standard:

Contractors must comply with OSHA regulation 29 CFR 1910.146 or most recent regulation for confined space entry.

3.16. Deliverables:

When requested by the City, a CCTV video recording or still photograph of the interior of the cleaned sewer/process pipelines is required to be submitted within 24 hours after completion of the work.

Contractor shall have a written Confined Space Entry Program that meets all Federal, State and local regulations and will be required to submit a copy of this program to the City for review and acceptance.

Disposal manifest for non-hazardous materials delivered to 91st Avenue WWTP sludge drying beds will be provided to the City’s Representative.

Contractor must supply receipt from the landfill or licensed disposal facility.

3.17. Acceptance Criteria:

The work will be inspected before acceptance by an authorized City representative of the Water Services Department or the Parks and Recreation Department, to assure conformance to the contract specifications. The City representative shall have up to three (3) business days to perform the inspection.

If the work is not performed to the City’s satisfaction or the Contractor causes damage to any of the City’s structures that were serviced by the Contractor, it shall be the

Contractor’s responsibility to re-perform the service or repair any damage and will request a re-inspection and acceptance at no additional expense to the City. The City representative will be the sole judge of acceptability and will have up to three (3) business days to perform the re-inspection.

4. Standard Terms and Conditions

4.1. Definition of Key Words Used in the Solicitation

Shall, Will, Must: Indicates a mandatory requirement. Failure to meet these mandatory requirements may result in the rejection of Offer as non-responsive.

Should: Indicates something that is recommended but not mandatory. If the Offeror fails to provide recommended information, the City may, at its sole option, ask the Offeror to provide the information or evaluate the Offer without the information.

May: Indicates something that is not mandatory but permissible.

For purposes of this solicitation, the following definitions will apply:

“A.R.S.” Arizona Revised Statute

“Buyer” or “Procurement Officer” City of Phoenix staff person responsible for the solicitation.

The City employee or employees who have specifically been designated to act as a contact person or persons to the Contractor, and responsible for monitoring and overseeing the

Contractor's performance under this contract.

"City" The City of Phoenix

"Contractor" The individual, partnership, or corporation who, as a result of the competitive process, is awarded a contract by the City of Phoenix.

"Contract” or “Agreement" The legal agreement executed between the City of Phoenix, AZ and the Contractor.

“Days” Means calendar days unless otherwise specified.

“Chief Procurement Officer” The contracting authority for the City of Phoenix, AZ, authorized to sign contracts and amendments thereto on behalf of the City of Phoenix, AZ.

“Employer” Any individual or type of organization that transacts business in this state, that has a license issued by an agency in this state and employs one or more employees in this state.

Employer includes this state, any political subdivision of this state and self-employed persons. In the case of an independent contractor, employer means the independent contractor and does not mean the person or organization that uses contract labor. (A.R.S. 23-211).

“Offer” Means a response from a Supplier, Contractor, or Service Provider to a solicitation request that, if awarded, binds the Supplier, Contractor, or Service Provider to perform in accordance with the contract. Same as bid, proposal, quotation or tender.

“Offeror” Any Vendor, Seller or Supplier submitting a competitive offer in response to a solicitation from the City. Same as Bidder or Proposer.

“Solicitation” Means an Invitation for Bid (IFB), Request for Proposal (RFP), Request for

Quotations (RFQ), Request for Qualifications (RFQu) and request for sealed Offers, or any other type of formal procurement which the City makes public through advertising, mailings, or some other method of communication. It is the process by which the City seeks information, proposals, Offers, or quotes from suppliers.

“Suppliers” Firms, entities or individuals furnishing goods or services to the City.

“Vendor or Seller” A seller of goods or services.

4.2. City’s Vendor Self-Registration and Notification

Vendors must be registered in the City’s Procurement Portal at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/phoenix to respond to solicitations and access procurement information.

Vendors are required to register in the City’s procurePHX Self-Registration System

(https://ros.phoenix.gov/sap/bc/webdynpro/sapsrm/wda_e_suco_sreg?sap-client=020#) prior to contract execution. Registration is not required at the time of offer submission. However, the

City will not execute a contract with any awarded vendor until registration is complete.

4.3. Business in Arizona

The City will not enter contracts with Offerors (or any company(ies)) not granted authority to transact business, or not in good standing, in the state of Arizona by the Arizona Corporation

Commission, unless the Offeror asserts a statutory exception prior to entering a contract with the City.

4.4. Contract Interpretation

A. Applicable Law: This Contract will be governed by the law of the State of Arizona, and suits pertaining to this Contract will be brought only in Federal or State courts in

Maricopa County, State of Arizona.

B. Contract Order of Precedence: In the event of a conflict in the provisions of the

Contract, as accepted by the City and as they may be amended, the following will prevail in the order set forth below:

1. Federal terms and conditions, if any

2. Special terms and conditions

3. Standard terms and conditions

4. Amendments

5. Statement or scope of work

6. Specifications

7. Attachments

8. Exhibits

9. Instructions to Contractors

10. Other documents referenced or included in the Solicitation

C. Organization – Employment Disclaimer: The Agreement resulting hereunder is not intended to constitute, create, give rise to or otherwise recognize a joint venture https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/phoenix https://ros.phoenix.gov/sap/bc/webdynpro/sapsrm/wda_e_suco_sreg?sap-client=020 agreement or relationship, partnership or formal business organization of any kind, and the rights and obligations of the parties will be only those expressly set forth in the agreement. The parties agree that no persons supplied by the Contractor in the performance of Contractor’s obligations under the agreement are considered to be City’s employees and that no rights of City civil service, retirement or personnel rules accrue to such persons. The Contractor will have total responsibility for all salaries, wage bonuses, retirement, withholdings, workmen’s compensation, occupational disease compensation, unemployment compensation, other employee benefits and all taxes and premiums appurtenant thereto concerning such persons, and will save and hold the City harmless with respect thereto.

D. Severability: The provisions of this Contract are severable to the extent that any provision or application held to be invalid will not affect any other provision or application of the contract which may remain in effect without the invalid provision or application.

E. Non-Waiver of Liability: The City of Phoenix as a public entity supported by tax monies, in execution of its public trust, cannot agree to waive any lawful or legitimate right to recover monies lawfully due it. Therefore, any Contractor agrees that it will not insist upon or demand any statement whereby the City agrees to limit in advance or waive any right the City might have to recover actual lawful damages in any court of law under applicable Arizona law.

F. Parol Evidence: This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and is intended also as a complete and exclusive statement of the terms of this agreement. No course of prior dealings between the parties and no usage in the trade will be relevant to supplement or explain any term used in this Contract.

Acceptance or acquiescence in a course of performance rendered under this contract will not be relevant to determine the meaning of this Contract even though the accepting or acquiescing party has knowledge of the nature of the performance and opportunity to object.

4.5. Contract Administration and Operation

A. Records: All books, accounts, reports, files and other records relating to the contract will be subject at all reasonable times to inspection and audit by the City for five years after completion of the contract. Such records will be produced at a City of Phoenix office as designated by the City. Confidentiality will be maintained, and City will not violate any proprietary or other confidentiality agreements Contractor has in place.

B. Discrimination Prohibited: Contractor agrees to abide by the provisions of the Phoenix

City Code Chapter 18, Article V as amended. Any Contractor, in performing under this contract, will not discriminate against any worker, employee or applicant, or any member of the public, because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age or disability nor otherwise commit an unfair employment practice. The supplier and/or lessee will take action to ensure that applicants are employed, and employees are dealt with during employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, age or disability and adhere to a policy to pay equal compensation to men and women who perform jobs that require substantially equal skill, effort and responsibility, and that are performed within the same establishment under similar working conditions. Such action will include but not be limited to the following: Employment, promotion, demotion or transfer, recruitment or recruitment advertising, layoff or termination; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; and selection for training; including apprenticeship. The supplier further agrees that this clause will be incorporated in all subcontracts with all labor organizations furnishing skilled, unskilled and union labor, or who may perform any such labor or services in connection with this contract. Contractor further agrees that this clause will be incorporated in all subcontracts, job-contractor agreements or subleases of this agreement entered into by supplier/lessee.

C. Equal Employment Opportunity and Pay: In order to do business with the City, Contractor must comply with Phoenix City Code, 1969, Chapter 18, Article V, as amended, Equal Employment Opportunity Requirements. Contractor will direct any questions in regard to these requirements to the Equal Opportunity Department, (602)

262-6790.

1. For a Contractor with 35 employees or fewer: Contractor in performing under this

Agreement shall not discriminate against any worker, employee or applicant, or any member of the public, because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability, nor otherwise commit an…