660-760266 QQ Back Flow Meter Insp.

*ATTENTION BIDDERS: *(Please see changes/revisions to clarify the new multi-year mini contract). It is time for our new fiscal year's requisition bid process to open in Alabama Buys for our Backflow Prevention Inspections, and we are obtaining bids for the following as a five-year agreement under the CPO small purchase agreement: *Respective Bidders please note changes to the period of service for this bid has now changed to a five-year period, which includes fiscal years 2027- fiscal year 2031 Beginning 10.1.26 and ending 9.30.31. Please see example below of how to enter bid. *If you bid on this five-year contract, you will not be able to make any pricing changes for the entire five-year period of this contract. What you will be bidding on is the price for the annual fiscal year period of 2027 - 2031, but on your bid, you will only enter the pricing for each valve for fiscal year 2027 i.e. $1.00 per valve X 3 for the annual bid amount of $3.00, but it will be a mini contract with this same amount for each year of the five-year contract. No changes for the five-year period to pricing allowed. This means that you as a vendor will not have to rebid each year of the five-year period, but the state will issue a new purchase order for each fiscal year of that multi-year contract period. Alabama Department of Transportation ALDOT District 6 located at 11717 US Highway 280 E. Salem, AL 36874 in Lee Co. is required to have our backflow prevention devices inspected annually by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) per Administrative Code r 335-7-9-.04(2) and our local water authority (Smiths Water Authority Smiths Station, AL). There are (3) connections that will need to be inspected, and this inspection will need to be performed sometime in April of each fiscal year beginning with April of 2027, for us to submit the required inspection reports to our water authority and follow the ADEM requirements. Please submit your quote for those (3) valve connections to be inspected annually for a (1) year period, but rates will be locked in for a multi-year mini contract from fiscal year 2027-2031.

1. i.e. FY2027 (10.1.26-9.30.27) X (3) Connections @ $ 1.00__each / for total of $_3.00 ___ per yr. Total Bid for the (1) fiscal year period $_3.00____annual

If your quote and company are selected after the bidding ends you will be notified. Reports need to include current documentation for gauge calibration and certification for testing of backflow prevention devices. The reports and billing invoice will need to be submitted to palmerd@dot.state.al.us after each annual inspection has been completed for the current fiscal year beginning with FY2027 in April and then in April of each respective year thereafter for the five-year period of the agreement. If you have any questions regarding this bid, please contact Diane Palmer at 334.480.8943. Sorry for any confusion on this new multi-year contract bidding process. Thank you and we look forward to doing business with your company soon.