Industrial Vacuum Truck & Pressure Washing Services

The Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC) has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP 26 PR9033) for Industrial Vacuum Truck and Pressure Washing Services to support maintenance and operations at multiple Florida power generation facilities, including the Stanton Energy Center, Indian River Plant, and Osceola Generating Station. The procurement seeks qualified vendors to provide removal and pressure washing services for industrial materials such as limestone slurry, bottom ash, fly ash, and economizer ash, with anticipated service requirements of approximately 300 hours during major maintenance outages (typically spring and fall) and 200 hours during non-outage periods annually. Qualified suppliers must demonstrate a minimum of three years of industry experience, provide three verifiable references for similar projects, and maintain required equipment including ownership or long-term leases of at least four vacuum trucks (300-1,000 CFM capacity) and three tank trucks (minimum 5,000 gallon capacity). Pricing must be submitted in Excel format with separate all-inclusive hourly rates for standard hours (0600-1800 Monday-Friday), overtime/off-hours (1800-0600 and weekends), holidays, and emergency response work, along with round-trip charges to each facility and field supervisor charges. The contract term is five years with two optional one-year renewal periods at OUC's discretion, and selected vendors must respond to standard service requests within 12 hours and emergency requests within 4 hours while self-performing work with subcontractors used only to supplement services or meet response time requirements. Critical dates include the RFP issue date of March 26, 2026, questions and comments due April 9, 2026, addenda due April 16, 2026, and proposal submission deadline of April 23, 2026, at 2:00 PM EST.

OUC has established an 8% Minority/Women Business Enterprise (M/WBE) participation goal for this contract, and bidders must demonstrate compliance with OUC's drug-free workplace policy and attend a mandatory contractor orientation program. Vendors must carry General Liability insurance of at least $2,000,000 per occurrence and Auto Coverage of at least $1,000,000, with no bid bond or performance bond required. The pricing structure allows for annual price adjustments only after 60 days' notice prior to renewal periods, limited to increases exceeding 3 percent and supported by cost documentation based on the Consumer Price Index, with all pricing remaining firm throughout the five-year base contract period. Payment discount options are available ranging from 1% for payment within 20 days to 3% for payment within 10 days, and suppliers may propose alternative discount structures. No specific award value or budget range has been published in the available solicitation documents, though the estimated service hours (500 annually during outages and non-outage periods combined) provide a basis for calculating potential contract value based on submitted hourly rates. The Buyer of Record is Jon McLester (407-457-7135, jmclester@ouc.com), and interested vendors should direct all inquiries to this contact.