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SECTION 1 <br />INSTRUCTIONS TO PROPOSER / GENERALTERMS AND CONDITIONS <br />THESE INSTRUCTIONS ARE STANDARD FOR ALL BID COMMODITIES/SERVICES ISSUED BY THE CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH. THE CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH MAY <br />DELETE, SUPERSEDE OR MODIFY ANY OF THESE STANDARD INSTRUCTIONS FOR A PARTICULAR CONTRACT BY INDICATING SUCH CHANGE I N SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS <br />TO PROPOSERS OR IN THE BID SHEETS. ANY AND ALL SPECIAL CONDITIONS THAT MAY VARY FROM THE GENERAL CONDITIONS SHALL HAVE PRECEDENCE. PROPOSER <br />AGREES THAT THE PROVISIONS INCLUDED WITHIN THIS BID OR RFP SHALL PREVAIL OVER ANY CONFLICTING PROVISION WITHIN ANY STANDARD FORM CONTRACT <br />OF THE PROPOSER REGARDLESS OF ANY LANGUAGE IN PROPOSERS CONTRACT TO THE CONTRARY. <br />1.1 CLARIFICATION/EXPLANATION/QUESTIONS: <br />Any questions concerning the Bid Specifications or any required <br />need for clarification must be addressed to Purchasing at <br />Purchasing@sibfl.net by the date mentioned above. <br />Interpretations or clarifications considered necessary by the <br />City will be issued by addenda and posted/disseminated by <br />Demand5tar (www.demandstar.com) to all parties listed on the <br />official plan holders' list as having received the Bid documents. <br />Only questions answered by written addenda shall be binding. <br />Oral interpretations or clarifications shall be without legal <br />effect. No plea of ignorance or delay or required need of <br />additional information shall exempt a Proposerfrom submitting <br />their Bid on the required date and time as publicly noted. <br />1.2 PLAN HOLDER'S LIST: <br />1.3 <br />1.4 <br />1.5 <br />As a convenience to Proposers, the City of Sunny Isles Beach has <br />made available via internet lists of all plan holders for each <br />REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. The information is available on-line <br />at www.demandstar.com or by calling the Office of the City <br />Clerk at (305) 792-1703. <br />ADDENDA TO SPECIFICATIONS: <br />If any addenda are issued after the initial specifications are <br />released, the City will post and disseminate the addenda <br />through Demand5tar. For those projects with separate plans, <br />blue prints, or other materials that cannot be accessed through <br />the internet, the Office of the City Clerk will make good faith <br />effort to ensure that all registered Proposers (those who have <br />been registered as receiving a Bid package) receive the <br />documents. It is the responsibility of the Proposer prior to the <br />submission of any Bid to check th a above website or contact the <br />Office of the City Clerk at (305) 792-1703 to verify any addenda <br />issued. The receipt of all addenda must be acknowledged on <br />the Bid Response Sheet. <br />SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS: <br />1.6 <br />1.7 <br />1.8 <br />1.9 <br />transact business with any public entity in excess of the <br />threshold amount provided in section 287.107, for category two <br />for a period of 36 months from the date of being placed on the <br />convicted vendor list". <br />PROPOSALS DEADLINE: <br />Proposals must be submitted no later than the time and date <br />shown within this document. <br />SEALED BID: <br />The entire Bid Response shall be submitted electronically on <br />DemandStar.com. <br />BID EXECUTION, SIGNATURES, ERASURE/CORRECTION: <br />All Bids shall be signed in blue ink. All price quotes shall be <br />typewritten or printed with ink. All corrections made by the <br />Proposers prior to the opening must be initialed and dated by <br />the Proposers. No changes or corrections will be allowed after <br />Bids are opened. Bids must contain an original, manual <br />signature of an authorized representative of the company. <br />WITHDRAWAL OF PROPOSALS: <br />Proposers may withdraw Bids only by written request and shall <br />forward the withdrawal request via "Certified U.S. Mail — Return <br />Receipt Requested" prior to the Bid opening time. Negligence <br />on the part of the Proposers in preparing the Bid confers no <br />right for the withdrawal of the Bid after it has been opened. <br />1.10 BID OPENING: <br />Any person requiring a special accommodation at a Pre -Bid <br />Conference or Bid/RFP/RFQ opening because of a disability <br />should call the Office of the City Clerk at (305) 792-1703 at lease <br />five (5) days prior to the Pre -Bid Conference or Bid/RFP/RFQ <br />opening. Ifyou are hearing orspeech impaired, please contact <br />the Office of the City Clerk by calling the City of Sunny Isles 1.11 <br />Beach using the Florida Relay Service which can be reached at <br />1(800) 955-8771(TDD). <br />PUBLIC ENTITY CRIMES STATEMENT: <br />Pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) (a) of section <br />287.133, Florida statutes "a person or affiliate who has been <br />placed on the convicted vendor list following a conviction for a <br />public entity crime may not submit a Bid on a contract to <br />provide any goods or services to a public entity, may not submit <br />a Bid on a contract with a public entity for the construction or <br />repair of a public building or public work, may not submit Bids <br />on leases of real propertyto a public entity, may not be awarded <br />to perform work as a contractor, supplier, sub -contractor, or <br />consultant under a contract with any public entity, and may not <br />Bids will be opened publicly at the time and place stated in the <br />Notice to Proposer. It is the responsibility of the Proposers to <br />ensure that the proposal is submitted in the City's Demandstar <br />RFP portal on or before the closing hour and date stated on the <br />REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. After the RFP opening, the contents <br />of the Bid Form will be made public for the information of <br />Proposers and other interested parties who may be present <br />either in person or by representative. Proposals that are <br />received afterthe proposal opening time will not be considered <br />and will not be returned. <br />EVALUATION OF PROPOSALS: <br />The City, at its sole discretion, reserves the right to inspect <br />any/all Proposers' facilities to determine their capability of <br />meeting the requirements for the Contract. Also, price, <br />responsibility, and responsiveness of the Proposers, the <br />financial position, experience, staffing, equipment, materials, <br />references, and past history of service to the City and/or with <br />other units of state, and/or local governments in Florida, or <br />comparable private entities, will be taken into consideration in <br />the Award of the Contract. <br />1.11.1 Hold Harmless: All Proposers shall hold the City, <br />its officials and employees harmless and covenant <br />not to sue the City, it's officials and employees in <br />