Clint Cointment                                                                                                                                                                                                                Jim Buras
                 Parish President                                                                                                                                                                                                       Purchasing Director
       
                                                                                                               REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS
                                                                Emergency Chemical Response Services for The Cleanup of Oil and Chemical Spills
  
Request for Qualifications (RFQ) will be received by the Ascension Parish Government Purchasing Office, 615 East Worthey Street, Gonzales, Louisiana 70737 until November 29, 2023 @ 3:00 PM local time for the following:
 
The Parish of Ascension (Parish) wants to retain a contractor for emergency response services, to provide on-call emergency spill response, coordination, and cleanup services to support our Parish Operations and Maintenance efforts.  The Service Provider shall provide all supervision, labor, tools, equipment, materials, and service required in order to receive a call from the Parish and mobilize on-site within the Parish to contain, cleanup and dispose all waste generated from spill response.  Services will also include removal and disposal of any spill containment devices and/or materials, including materials deployed by Parish.
 
Firms/Individuals who are interested in providing services requested under this RFQ must submit six (6) copies of qualifications by the date and time specified.  The information shall be received in hard copy (printed) version by: Ascension
Parish Government, Purchasing Department, 615 East Worthey Street, Gonzales, LA 70737 on or before 3:00 p.m. Central Standard Time on the date specified in the Schedule of Events. Electronic submittals are permitted via http://www.centralauctionhouse.com; however, six (6) hard copies must still be submitted within 24 hours of the Proposal submission deadline.  
 
Specifications/Proposal documents may be obtained at the Ascension Parish Government, Purchasing Office, 615 East Worthey Street, Gonzales, Louisiana 70737.  Electronic Request for Qualifications are accepted at Central Bidding,
http://www.centralauctionhouse.com.  For questions related to the electronic bidding process, please call Central Bidding at
225-810-4814.  All addenda, corrections, and responses to this public notice shall be posted to http://www.centralauctionhouse.com.
 
All questions regarding this RFQ shall be submitted to the Purchasing Department via [email protected] by 4:00 PM on November 16, 2023.  Responses will be coordinated with the RFP Coordinator and posted on the http://www.centralauctionshouse.com by 4:00 PM on November 21, 2023.  
 
The Parish shall not be responsible if the bidder cannot complete and submit an RFQ due to failure or incomplete delivery of the files submitted via the internet.
                                                                                                                                                             
The Parish reserves the right to disqualify any responses to Bids, Request for Qualifications, or Request for Proposals if it is not authorized to do business in the State of Louisiana.
 
The Parish reserves the right to reject any and all bids or proposals for just cause.
 
DONALDSONVILLE CHIEF -                 PLEASE PUBLISH 11/2/2023,11/9/2023,11/16/2023
GONZALES WEEKLY -                          PLEASE PUBLISH 11/2/2023,11/9/2023,11/16/2023
                       
                             Ascension Parish Governmental Complex, 615 East Worthey Street, Gonzales, Louisiana 70737
                                                    Telephone (225) 450-1115   www.ascensionparish.net