ITB# 202629-Wittkop Park Water Treatment Facility Project (Chlorination) Construction Building

The purpose of this Invitation to Bid (ITB) is to establish a contract, by means of sealed Bids, from a qualified, experienced and licensed State of Florida contractor to provide all labor, materials, equipment, permits, services and incidentals necessary to complete the work as required all in conformance with the Contract Documents and applicable Federal provisions for the City of Homestead Wittkop Park Water Treatment Facility (Chlorination) Project. The Contractor shall also comply with all State of Florida Department of Commerce (Commerce) and Department of Housing and Community Development Block Grant Mitigation Program (CDBG-MIT) requirements pursuant to Agreement No. I0128 between State of Florida Department of Commerce and the City of Homestead.

This project is federally funded through the State of Florida Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the Department of Housing and Community Development with Community Development Block Grant Mitigation Program (CDBG-MIT) funds per the requirements of the Federal Register (FR) notice 84 FR 45838 (August 30, 2019) and as such Bidder must comply with Presidential Executive Order 11246, as amended; by Executive Order 11375; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended; the Davis-Bacon Act of 1968, as amended; the Copeland Anti-Kickback Act; the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act and all other applicable federal, state and local ordinance. The guidelines under 2 CFR 200, Title 23, and 23 CFR shall apply to this contract in order to be eligible for reimbursement under the Public Assistance Program.

Note that Bidder is required to pay workers on this project the minimum wages as determined in the Wage Determination Decision included in Attachment F; and that the Contractor must ensure that employees are not discriminated because of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

All procurement and contracting for these services shall follow state and federal regulations including but not limited to 2 CFR Part 200; 24 CFR Part 1, 24 CFR Part 6, 24 CFR Part 75 (Section 3 Compliance); 24 CFR Part 85; 24 CFR Part 570.490, 570.506, 570.508, & 570.609 as well as Attachment L-Contract Provisions (locate in Attachment E-Grant Agreement and Amendments). In compliance with 2 C.F.R. § 200.321 the City shall take all necessary affirmative steps to assure that small and minority businesses, women's business enterprise and labor surplus area firms are used when possible. The City of Homestead is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages participation from MBE/WBE/DBE businesses. Prime contractor is encouraged to take affirmative steps to assure participation of MBE/WBE/DBE businesses as subcontractors as well.

Note: Pursuant to 2 CFR part 184.8, Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) preference does not apply to CDBG-DR, CDBG-NDR, or CDBG-MIT grants.