Safety Footwear

The City of Long Beach is requesting bids for safety footwear to be supplied on an as-needed basis to city departments under ITB-CE-24-427, with electronic bids due June 12, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time. A local-vendor preference of 10% applies to Long Beach-based businesses meeting specified criteria, with a maximum preference cap of $10,000.

The scope covers seven men's shoe styles and two women's shoe styles in safety footwear meeting ANSI standards ASTM F2412-05 and F2413-05 and California Code of Regulations Title 8, Section 3385. Bidders must provide unit pricing for specified footwear, resole and repair services, overnight delivery options, and a percentage discount on miscellaneous items. Estimated annual quantities range from 100 to 200 pairs per style. All pricing must be all-inclusive and delivered F.O.B. destination within Long Beach with no minimum order requirements. The City's current employee shoe/boot allowance is $350 per fiscal year.

Bidders must maintain a storefront within twenty-five miles of City Hall, provide proper sizing and fitting qualifications, deliver resole and repair services within five working days, and maintain a computerized tracking system for quarterly reporting. Warranty coverage must be a minimum of six months from purchase date, with replacement of defective items within forty-eight hours.

The contract term is twenty-four months from award, with an option to extend for up to three additional one-year periods at the City's discretion. Price adjustments during extension periods shall not exceed the most recent Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers.

Questions are due May 29, 2024, with City responses by June 5, 2024. Bids require electronic submission plus original signed bid cover pages and notarized acknowledgments (for out-of-state companies) mailed to the City Clerk by the deadline. General liability insurance of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 aggregate is required. The City issued a Notice of Intent to Award to Industrial Safety Shoe Company dba Industrial Shoe Works, Santa Ana, California, as the lowest responsive bidder. Michelle King, Buyer II, is the contact at 562-570-6020 or purchasingbids@longbeach.gov.