Floor Covering for Various Rockdale County Locations

Rockdale County is requesting Competitive Sealed Proposals for the Floor Covering for Various Rockdale County Facilities. Instructions for preparation and submission of a proposal are contained in this packet. Proposals must be typed or printed in ink. Rockdale County provides equal opportunity for all businesses and does not discriminate against any person or business because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap or veterans status. This policy ensures all segments of the business community have access to supplying the goods and services needed by Rockdale County. Technical Proposal: Two (2) hard copies, one (1) original hard copy, and one Flash Drive in Adobe PDF format will be required for review purposes. (Original must be clearly marked "Original" and the Copies clearly marked "Copies."). Flash Drives that are blank or have incorrect information on them will not be acceptable and may be justification for disqualification. Check your Flash Drive(s) to ensure that they have the appropriate material on it before submitting. Price Proposal: Two (2) hard copies of the price proposal form are required to be submitted in a separate sealed envelope labeled "Proposal Form". The Contract Term will be for two (2) years with the option to renew two (2) additional years renewable each year for a twelve-month term. Because this contract contains two (2) renewal periods and the price of materials is subject to change from year to year, it is appropriate to allow the Contractor to offer price increases prior to the renewal of the contract for the following year. Therefore, 90 days prior to the end of the contract, the Contractor will advise the County in writing of their desire to renew the contract and will provide the County with an updated price list (this should be the same price list from the original bid with any necessary additions that became evident during the previous year's operations). The County will review the price increases and if necessary, negotiate with the Contractor to finalize pricing. Once both parties have agreed to the contract extension pricing, the County will prepare an Amendment to the original contract outlining the extension period, the new pricing that has been approved by both parties, and any other changes to the contract that become necessary to improve the operational effectiveness of the Agreement. All questions and requests for clarifications concerning this RFP must be submitted to the Purchasing Division via email to meagan.porchrockdalecountygaslov . It shall be the proposer's responsibility to seek clarification as early as possible prior to the due date and time. Written responses from the County to the questions it receives will be in an addendum. Questions or requests for clarifications received after this deadline will not receive a response. The Rockdale County Board of Commissioners adopted a Local Vendor Preference Policy on March 26, 2013. The policy will apply to all qualified Invitations to Bids and Request for Proposals after May 1, 2013. The Local Vendor Preference Policy allows Rockdale County vendors to get an extra 5 points on the evaluation criteria scoring for Request for Proposal. The Policy will give the local bidder the opportunity to match the price of a non-local vendor's bid price if they are low and within 5% of the low bidder's price on Invitation to Bids.

Division 01 -	General Requirements.
Division 10 -	Specialties.
Division 11 -	Equipment.