REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT sealed responses will be received by the City of Fellsmere until 2:00 PM on Tuesday, September 3, 2024, at which time the responses will be opened for the following project:
Design & Construction of 259 S. Pine Stormwater Basin
 
Responses may be sent by mail or hand-delivered to 22 South Orange Street, Fellsmere, Florida 32948. Responses will be publicly opened and respondents’ name read aloud at the above office immediately following the above-stated closing time.
Responses received after the time set for the opening of the responses will not be considered and will be returned unopened.
A pre-bid meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 6, 2024 at 2:00 p.m.
Copies of the full Request for Proposals, Example Plans and Specifications and other project documents are on file in the above office and open for public inspection. Copies can be viewed and downloaded for free from https://www.cityoffellsmere.org/rfps. Complete sets of paper versions of the Request for Proposals, Example Plans and Specifications and other project documents may be obtained by applying to Laura Hammer, Grant Administrator, 22 S. Orange Street, Fellsmere, FL 32948, at a cost of $50 per set.
Alternatively, Official Bid Documents are available at Central Bidding (www.centralbidding.com).  Electronic Bids may be submitted at Central Bidding (www.centralbidding.com).  For questions related to the electronic bidding process, please call Central Bidding at 225-810-4814 or [email protected].
All bids shall be submitted on the Bid Proposal forms provided in the Specifications. Bid security in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid must accompany the sealed proposal of each builder will be required as follows: a cashier’s check, a certified check, or a surety bond payable to the City of Fellsmere. Deposits will be returned to unsuccessful bidders. If the Contract is awarded to a Bidder, that Bidder shall enter into a Contract with the City and furnish the required Performance and Payment Bonds and Certificates of Insurance or forfeit the Bid Bond or security as liquidated damages. A contract must be executed within ten (10) days following the award of the successful bidder.
Questions regarding this Request for Proposals shall be submitted to Laura Hammer, Grant Administrator, City of Fellsmere, 22 S. Orange Street, Fellsmere, FL 32948 or by email to [email protected]. Questions must be received in writing no later than August 20, 2024.  Answers to all questions received will be posted at https://www.cityoffellsmere.org/rfps by no later than August 27, 2024.
All responses shall be submitted in compliance with the requirements of the Request for Proposals.
The City of Fellsmere is an Equal Opportunity Employer. WBE/MBE firms are encouraged to respond to this Request for Proposals.
The City reserves the right to delay reviewing the responses for up to sixty (60) days after the response opening, to waive information in any response, or to reject any or all responses in whole or in part with or without cause that, in its judgment, will serve the best interests of the City.
Dated: July 19, 2024
            /s/ Andy Shelton, Public Works Director