Ready-Mix Concrete

The City of Austin, Texas, issued Invitation for Bid (IFB) 5000 RBB1014 on March 9, 2026, for ready-mix concrete design mixtures and related incidentals to support multiple city departments including Austin Energy, Austin Parks and Recreation, Austin Water, and Austin Transportation and Public Works. The procurement encompasses five categories: Category 1 includes pickup-only materials with estimated annual quantities ranging from 4 to 40 cubic yards across twelve line items; Category 2 addresses materials with delivery during regular business hours (6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday) with quantities from 4 to 10,020 cubic yards across fourteen line items; Category 3 covers non-regular hour deliveries (5:01 p.m. to 5:59 a.m. weekdays, all day Saturday and Sunday, and holidays) with quantities of 4 to 10 cubic yards across fourteen line items; and Category 4 includes additives, fibers, grout, and aggregate with quantities between 4 and 444 cubic yards across twelve line items. Concrete specifications vary by type, including Controlled Low Strength Material, Concrete for Structures, Concrete Admixtures, Fibrous Concrete, and Concrete Pavement, each with specific PSI ratings, aggregate sizes, slump measurements, and admixtures. Qualified offerors must demonstrate a minimum of three years of verifiable corporate experience providing comparable ready-mixed concrete products in utility or industrial settings within the past five years and must maintain a pickup location within ten miles of Austin city limits for those offering pickup services. Pricing is fixed-price and unit-based with all-inclusive unit prices not exceeding four decimal places, covering administrative fees, overhead, per diem, shipping, labor, tools, travel, and equipment; pricing remains firm for the first twelve months, after which either party may request adjustments based on Producer Price Index and Bureau of Labor Statistics indices. A non-mandatory pre-offer meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 17, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. CT via Microsoft Teams; written questions must be submitted by Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. CT; and sealed offers must be submitted electronically by Tuesday, April 2, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. CT, with opening at 3:00 p.m. CT that same day. The initial contract term is twenty-four months with options for up to three additional twelve-month extension periods. Evaluation criteria include overall lowest cost, individual line item pricing, or other factors deemed advantageous to the City; the City reserves the right to award a single contract or multiple awards across line items or categories.

The City recognizes optional Small Business and Local Business Preference Programs offering bid evaluation discounts of five percent for bids up to $500,000 and three percent for bids between $500,000 and $50 million; eligible small businesses must hold certifications compliant with U.S. Small Business Administration Size Standards, and local businesses must have headquarters within the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos Metropolitan Statistical Area encompassing Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, and Williamson counties. While no Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) subcontracting goals were assigned due to insufficient subcontracting opportunities, offerors intending to use subcontractors must comply with the City's M/WBE Procurement Program requirements by either utilizing certified M/WBE subcontractors or demonstrating good faith efforts to secure such firms. All contractors and subcontractors must comply with the City's Wage Theft Ordinance, complete mandatory Wage Theft Training within thirty days of contract award, and certify that they have not been adjudicated for wage theft-related incidents within five years of the solicitation posting date; the minimum living wage requirement is $22.05 per hour for all employees assigned to the contract. Insurance requirements include Workers' Compensation Employer's Liability with $1,000,000 minimum limits, Commercial General Liability with $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 aggregate, Business Automobile Liability with $1,000,000 combined single limit, and Umbrella/Excess Liability with $5,000,000 per occurrence aggregate; all policies must name the City as an additional insured and include waivers of subrogation. No incumbent vendor information or existing infrastructure integration requirements are specified in the solicitation; the estimated contract value is not explicitly stated, though Category 2 (regular hour deliveries) represents the largest volume at up to 10,020 cubic yards annually, with Category 5 addressing additional unspecified products estimated at 1 percent of total contract cost subject to a maximum twenty-five percent markup.