Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Administration  

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    DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES
    Division of Administration

    Invitation to Bid - Re-roof Project, Winter Haven

    INVITATION TO BID

    As a Contractor, you are invited to submit a bid to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry, hereinafter referred to as Owner, for architectural, mechanical and electrical system renovations to provide a new pitched metal roof on the Cowperthwaite Building in Winter Haven, Florida, which shall include all labor, equipment, materials necessary to complete the project per engineering specifications. The Project Budget is estimated at $250,000.00.

    PROJECT NAME AND LOCATION: Re-roof of Cowperthwaite Building, 3027 Lake Alfred Road, Winter Haven, Florida 33881.

    SOLICITATION DOCUMENT: The entire solicitation document, including plans and specifications, may be viewed and downloaded from the Vendor Bid System at http://www.myflorida.com, click on Business, Doing Business with the State of Florida, Everything for Vendors and Customers, Vendor Bid System, Search Advertisements, Bid Number ITB/PI-06/07-125, or by calling the Purchasing Office, (850)487-3727.

    MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCE/SITE VISIT: Each bidder must, before submitting a bid, attend the mandatory pre-bid conference/site visit. The pre-bid conference/site visit will be held on June 14, 2007, 10:00 a.m., at the Division of Plant Industry, 3027 Lake Alfred Road, Winter Haven, Florida 33881. It is the bidders’ responsibility to consider any and all site conditions or requirements for the project. One set of plans, specifications and documents shall be made available to each interested General Contracting Company attending the Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference/Site Visit. Plans shall not be made available to subcontractors. Any interested subcontractors will need to obtain plans from their bidding Contractor, a Plan Room Service, or by contacting the engineering firm of BGA, Inc., 3101 W. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Tampa, Florida 33607, (813)375-3399. Plan Room Services and/or Bid Assistance Companies will need to obtain plan sets directly from the engineering firm referenced herein.

    PUBLIC ENTITY CRIME INFORMATION STATEMENT: A person or affiliate who has been placed on the convicted vendor list following a conviction for a public entity crime may not submit a bid on a contract to provide any goods or services to a public entity, may not submit a bid on a contract with a public entity for the construction or repair of a public building or public work, may not submit bids on leases of real property to a public entity, may not be awarded or perform work as a contractor, supplier, subcontractor, or consultant under a contract with any public entity, and may not transact business with any public entity in excess of the threshold amount provided in Section 287.017, F.S., for Category Two for a period of 36 months from the date of being placed on the convicted vendor list.

    DISCRIMINATION; DENIAL OR REVOCATION FOR THE RIGHT TO TRANSACT BUSINESS WITH PUBLIC ENTITIES: An entity or affiliate who had been placed on the discriminatory vendor list may not submit a bid on a contract to provide any goods or services to a public entity, may not submit a bid on a contract with a public entity for the construction or repair of a public building or public work, may not submit bids on leases of real property to a public entity, may not be awarded or perform work as a contractor, supplier, subcontractor, or consultant under a contract with any public entity, and may not transact business with any public entity.

    PERFORMANCE BOND: A performance bond in the amount of one-hundred percent (100%) of the base bid price shall be required.

    Sealed bids will be received, publicly opened and read aloud on:

    DATE AND TIME: June 29, 2007, 2:00 p.m.

    PLACE: Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, 407 S. Calhoun Street, Room SB8, Mayo Building, Tallahassee, Florida 32399, (850)487-3727

    CONTRACT AWARD: The official Notice of Award Recommendation will be by electronic posting at http://fcn.state.fl.us/owa_vbs/owa/vbs_www.main_menu

    Failure to file a protest within the time prescribed in Section 120.57(3), Florida Statutes, shall constitute a waiver of proceedings under Chapter 120, Florida Statutes. If no protest is filed the contract will be awarded to the qualified, responsive low bidder in accordance with Chapter 60D-5, F.A.C., by the Owner.

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