MIXER - Request for Quote

The Colorado Department of Corrections issued a Request for Quote for the procurement of a single Hobart HL1400C-1STD Planetary Mixer with accompanying bowl, beater, spiral dough arm, bowl truck, and US Correctional Facility Configuration specifications for food service equipment at Limon Correctional Facility located at 49030 State Highway 71, Limon, Colorado 80826. Prospective bidders must submit quotes by March 2, 2017, at 2:00 PM Mountain Time via email to maryann.shaw@state.co.us or by fax to (719)269-4054, and all bidders must be registered on the Colorado Vendor Self Service website prior to submission. Evaluation criteria include cost, projected delivery date, quality and safety considerations, life cycle costs, bidder qualifications and experience, and service-disabled veteran-owned small business status, with award made to the bidder whose response is deemed most advantageous to the State. Bid pricing must be submitted as a lump sum including all freight costs with FOB-destination delivery to the facility dock, and the solicitation specifies no substitutes for the Hobart mixer model. Payment terms are assumed to be Net-45 days after receipt of goods and invoice unless otherwise specified by the bidder, though terms of less than 45 days with discount options are encouraged, and the State reserves the right to cancel any order if delivery is not completed by the date stated in the quote response.

The solicitation contains a set-aside consideration for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses as part of the evaluation criteria. All prospective bidders must consent to criminal background checks as a condition of contract performance, and all persons entering the correctional facility must comply with contraband prohibitions including tobacco products. No specific incumbent vendors or current contractors were identified in the solicitation. Award decisions will be posted on the Colorado Vendor Self Service website following the bid submission date of March 2, 2017. The specific budget or award value for this procurement was not disclosed in the solicitation documents.