Grinder, remove, replace and install, at pbia

Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners, through its Purchasing Department, issued Request for Quotation (RFQ #110719-51/HS) for the removal, replacement, and installation of two Franklin Miller Taskmaster Model #851208 grinders or equal products at Palm Beach International Airport (PBIA). The procurement requires the successful quoter to furnish all materials, labor, tools, equipment, and supervision necessary to complete each grinder removal, replacement, and installation within twenty-four hours, consisting of three eight-hour days per grinder. Quotations were due by 4:00 PM Palm Beach County local time on January 2, 2020, with a mandatory site inspection required at 9:00 AM on December 17, 2019, at PBIA Main Terminal (2nd Floor, Outside Starbuck's), 1000 Turnage Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33406; failure to attend resulted in disqualification. The successful quoter must provide a single unit price per grinder on an all-or-none basis, with pricing firm and fixed for a ninety-day evaluation period. All grinders must be warranted against defects in materials and workmanship for one year from the date of delivery and acceptance, with delivery and installation completed within sixty calendar days after receipt of purchase order. The successful quoter must maintain Commercial General Liability Insurance of at least $500,000 per occurrence, Business Auto Liability Insurance of at least $5,000,000 combined single limit, and Workers' Compensation and Employer's Liability Insurance in accordance with Florida Statute Chapter 440. A post-award meeting must be scheduled within five days of award notification with Airport Representative Shawna Larose at (561) 471-7472.

Palm Beach County offers a 5% local preference to quoters with a permanent place of business in Palm Beach County and a 5% Glades preference for Glades businesses. Small, minority, and women-owned business (S/M/WBE) certification may qualify vendors for award consideration within 10% of the lowest responsive, responsible bid, with the county utilizing the Office of Equal Business Opportunity (OEBO) Schedules 1-2 to document and track Small Business Enterprise (SBE) and Minority/Women Business Enterprise (M/WBE) participation. All subcontractors and subconsultants must execute Schedule 2 documents and submit them with bid proposals, including detailed scope of work descriptions, unit prices, quantities, and total price allocations. Bidders must specify whether participating firms are certified SBE, WBE, MBE, or M/WBE and provide Palm Beach County certification dates where applicable. The award shall be made on an all-or-none basis to the lowest responsive, responsible quoter, though no specific budget range or award value was disclosed in the solicitation documents.