Aluminum and Steel Drainage Pipe

The County of Volusia, Florida is soliciting competitive sealed bids through Invitation to Bid 24-B-89JS to furnish aluminum and steel drainage pipe, with bids due April 11, 2024. That date precedes today, so the solicitation is closed. The work is funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and FEMA federal contract provisions apply to every bidder, including Davis-Bacon prevailing wage, Copeland Anti-Kickback, Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act overtime (liquidated damages of $27 per calendar day for violations), Clean Air Act and Federal Water Pollution Control Act compliance, and EPA recovered-materials procurement preferences. Bidders must submit Appendix A debarment and Appendix B lobbying certifications as conditions of award, and the Byrd Anti-Lobbying certification applies to awards of $100,000 or more.

The source names no set-aside, preference program, or local-vendor requirement. Qualifications include three client references, a Dun & Bradstreet number and federal ID number on the bid submittal, and insurance coverage that includes statutory Florida workers' compensation with waiver of subrogation, commercial general liability of $1 million per occurrence and $2 million general aggregate with the county named as additional insured, and auto liability of $1 million combined single limit. Premises-operations, products and completed operations, personal and advertising injury, and fire damage each require $1 million. Bid and performance bonds are required, and sureties must supply A.M. Best and NAIC numbers. Bids must remain valid for 120 days after opening.

The most recent update is Addendum #2 Revision, posted April 3, 2024, which bidders must acknowledge in their submissions. Failure to acknowledge it may result in bid rejection or a non-responsiveness determination. Attachments are dated February 16 through April 3, 2024. Questions and bid submissions route to the County of Volusia Purchasing & Contracts Division, 123 W. Indiana Avenue, Room 302, DeLand, FL 32720, ATTN: Jalene Serwanski. Place of performance is Volusia County, Florida.