Bee Hives - Town Wide

The Town of Palm Beach, Florida is soliciting bids for beehive installation, maintenance, honey harvesting, and packaging services at the Par 3 Golf Course located at 2345 South Ocean Boulevard, Palm Beach, Florida. This Invitation to Bid (ITB) seeks a qualified contractor to manage the Town's existing four beehives through monthly maintenance services including swarm prevention, honey pulling, and colony health management without chemical treatments or antibiotics; harvest honey; and package the product in 6-ounce and 2-ounce glass jars with gold lids and custom labels for resale. The scope also includes optional services such as installation of up to ten additional frame hives with bees, bee removal services on Town properties, queen bee supply, and mite treatments. Qualified bidders must demonstrate a minimum of two years of managed apiary operations experience, possess a certified food facility for jar packing intended for resale, maintain kosher certification, and comply with all applicable Florida apiary and environmental regulations. Bidders are required to provide a minimum of three comparable project references completed within the last three years and possess at least three years of experience with municipal or commercial contracts. The Town will award the contract to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder whose bid meets all stated requirements and criteria, reserving the right to award on an all-or-none or line-by-line basis. A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held virtually via Microsoft Teams to allow potential bidders to seek clarification from project management and Town staff; attendance is strongly encouraged. Bids must be submitted electronically through the Town's Euna Procurement (Bonfire) eProcurement platform by February 24, 2026, with pricing quotes remaining valid for ninety days from the bid closing date. The contract term is five years.

The solicitation does not specify any set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises or restrictions limiting organizational types eligible to respond. No incumbent vendors or current contractors are identified in the procurement documents. Respondents must comply with numerous compliance and certification requirements including E-Verify registration and employment eligibility verification, drug-free workplace certification, professional reference documentation, responsible vendor determinations under Florida Statutes Section 287.05701, scrutinized companies certifications (confirming non-participation in boycotts of Israel and non-appearance on Sudan, Iran, Cuba, and Syria restricted lists), foreign entity and human trafficking affidavits, and public records compliance provisions under Florida Statutes Sections 119.0701 and 119.071. Contractors must obtain comprehensive insurance coverage including general liability with minimum limits of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 aggregate, business auto liability of $1,000,000 combined single limit, workers' compensation compliant with Florida State Statute 440, and employers' liability with minimum limits of $100,000 per accident and $500,000 disease policy limit, with the Town named as an additional insured on a primary and non-contributory basis. The Town requires all service providers to maintain a County and/or Municipal Tax Receipt (Occupational License) at their fixed business location and to provide certificates of insurance at least thirty business days prior to work commencement. The solicitation does not specify a total contract value or budget range. Payment will be made within thirty days of receipt of properly invoiced goods or services following acceptance by Town personnel, with pricing structured per hive per month for maintenance, per pound for honey harvested, and per jar for packaging services.