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Legal Notice to Proposers
RFP 25-02 Employee Benefits Consultant/Brokerage Services

Notice is hereby given that the City of Niceville is soliciting proposals for Employee Benefits Consultant/Brokerage Services. Proposals will be accepted until 3:00 p.m. CST April 9th, 2025. Interested respondents desiring consideration shall submit their response online at the City’s e-Procurement portal, Central Bidding, through the link provided below.
 
https://www.centralbidding.com/

Unless otherwise stipulated in the proposal description, all responses must be electronically submitted using Central Bidding only. No other means of submission of responses will be accepted. Responses will be accepted by Central Bidding until 3:00 p.m. CST April 9, 2025 at which time all proposals that are timely submitted will be opened and reviewed.

The City of Niceville has established a solicitation silence policy (Cone of Silence) that prohibits oral and written communication regarding all formal solicitations for goods and services (ITB, RFP, ITQ, ITN, and RFQ) or other competitive solicitation between the Respondent (or its agents or representatives) or other entity with the potential for a financial interest in the award (or their respective agents or representatives) regarding such competitive solicitation, and any City of Niceville Council member, or City employee, selection committee member or other persons authorized to act on behalf of the City including the City’s Architect, Engineer or their sub-consultants, or anyone designated to provide a recommendation to award a particular contract, other than the Procurement Services Department Director or their appointed delegate. The period commences from the time of advertisement until contract award. Any violation of this policy shall be grounds to disqualify the Respondent from consideration during the selection process.

For questions regarding this solicitation, please contact;

James Walters
Purchasing Director
City of Niceville
850-279-6436, x 2001
[email protected] 

To streamline its bid system and to enhance the integrity of its bid openings, the City of Niceville is switching to an online service with Central Bidding for competitive solicitations issued on or after December 1st ,2024. This will simplify the current process and enhance the transparency of all contracts administered by the City of Niceville. 

Current or potential City of Niceville vendors can join Central Bidding for free. Vendors not registered in Central Bidding are highly encouraged to register now. Vendors registered in Central Bidding will receive automatic email notifications for City of Niceville solicitations matching your goods or services, and you can submit bids or proposals electronically in Central Bidding. 

All Proposers are required to complete and submit the documents as required by the RFP. No proposals received after the time and date specified for the opening will be considered. 
The City reserves the right to award to the firm submitting a responsive proposal with a resulting negotiated agreement that is most advantageous and in the best interest of the City of Niceville, and to waive any irregularity or technicality in proposals received. The City of Niceville shall be the sole judge of the resulting negotiated agreement that is in its best interest and its decision will be final.