NOTICE TO OFFERORS
Proposals for the Cattle Barn 4 Fire Sprinklers located at 3301 Burnett Tandy Drive in Fort Worth Texas will be received at the Purchasing Office, City of Fort Worth, 200 Texas Street, Fort Worth, 76102, until 1:30 P.M on Thursday, January 19, 2023, and will be opened and publicly read aloud approximately thirty minutes later in the Council Chambers.
After evaluating the Proposals submitted, the City shall select the Offeror that offers the Best Value to the City and enter into negotiations with that Offeror. The City may discuss with the selected Offeror options for a scope or time modification and any price change associated with such modification.
The last day for questions from prospective Offerors is at 5:00 PM on Friday, January 13, 2023.
A Pre-Proposal Conference will be held at 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, December 21, 2022 in the South Texas Room in the Amon Carter Exhibit Hall.
The offers will be valid for ONE HUNDRED TWENTY (120) calendar days. Estimated construction cost is approximately $475,000.00. There are no Alternates for this project.
The Offeror will add a 7.5% Owner’s Contingency Allowance on a separate line item on the Proposal form and only the Owner will approve the use of this allowance during construction. Any Allowance remaining at the end of construction will be retained by the City of Fort Worth. This Allowance is not to be included in the Base Proposal and will not be used in the Best Value selection process.
Refer to the evaluation matrix for the selection of the Best Value Offeror in the Instructions to Offerors.
Refer to the Request for Proposal documents for the Business Equity Provision Information. The Business Equity participation will be evaluated in awarding this Contract. The Business Equity goal is 6%. The applicable documents must be submitted by all offerors wishing to continue in the bid evaluation process on the third City business day after bid opening, exclusive of bid opening date, to the City location specified in the bid. Offerors shall obtain a receipt from the appropriate department as evidence that the City received the documentation. Failure to submit the required business equity documentation will result in the bid being considered Non-Responsive.
Also, Refer to Section 2. BUSINESS EQUITY PROVISIONS FOR BEST VALUE PROPOSAL in the Instructions to Offerors.
Offerors must submit a bid bond with their proposal. Offeror(s) to whom an award of contract(s) is made will be required to provide Payment and Performance Bonds and provide Contractors General Liability and Statutory Workers Compensation Coverage.
If you intend to submit a Proposal, request you inform the Project Manager or Architect/Engineer who can then inform the interested subcontractors.
General Contractors and Suppliers may make copies of the Instructions to Offerors, General Conditions, Drawings, and Specifications through their printer. The construction documents are not available at the City but may be viewed and printed on-line by cutting and pasting the following link into your browser:
https://docs.b360.autodesk.com/shares/1ac2fa01-3116-4b02-bb25-00ad84a4a94f
Contact the Project Manager, Ronald Clements, at (817) 392-8014 or email Ronald.Clements@fortworthtexas.gov for assistance. For additional information contact the Project Engineer, Garrett Brown, at (817) 878-4242 or email gsb@summitmep.com