Window tinting at palm tran north county building

The Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners Purchasing Department issued Request for Quotation (RFQ) #030216-281/MB on April 6, 2016, for window tinting services at the Palm Tran North County Building located at 3201 Electronic Way, West Palm Beach, Florida. The procurement seeks furnish and install services for solar film window tinting on 132 windows across multiple building areas, including Atrium A and B sections, Administration, Operations, and Finance departments. The scope of work requires installation of Solar Gard Sentinel Plus Silver 20 OSW film or equivalent, with wet sealing using Dow Corning #995 Black sealant or equivalent, applied to the interior of windows in accordance with manufacturer specifications. The successful bidder must complete the installation within ten business days after receipt of the purchase order and provide a seven-year factory/manufacturer warranty on all film and sealant, plus a ninety-day warranty on labor and services from the date of delivery and acceptance. Pricing must be submitted as a single firm, fixed unit price covering all labor, materials, equipment, supervision, tools, machinery, transportation, and related costs to provide a complete turnkey project. The RFQ submission deadline was April 8, 2016, at 4:00 P.M. Palm Beach County Local Time, with faxed or emailed responses acceptable. A non-mandatory pre-bid site inspection and bidders meeting was scheduled for March 31, 2016, at 9:00 A.M. at the Palm Tran facility, and vendors were required to acknowledge receipt of Amendment #1 issued on April 6, 2016, and include all revised response pages with their bids or face rejection.

The Local Preference Ordinance, Glades Local Preference Ordinance, and Small Business Enterprise (SBE) Ordinance do not apply to this solicitation; however, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) participation opportunities are available as this solicitation is funded in part by a contract between Palm Beach County and the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration and is subject to federal requirements including Buy America compliance. The successful bidder must maintain Commercial General Liability Insurance with a minimum limit of $500,000 Each Occurrence, Business Auto Liability Insurance at $500,000 Combined Single Limit, and Workers' Compensation Insurance in accordance with Florida Statute Chapter 440. The County is exempt from Federal and State taxes, with the F.O.B. point at destination at the Palm Tran facility. Award will be made to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder on an all-or-none, total offer basis, with payment rendered only upon the County's acceptance and satisfaction of the work performed, with no vendor liability for glass breakage or sealant failure after installation completion. The specific budget or award value for this procurement was not disclosed in the available documentation.