Stormwater Pond and Primary Canal Cleaning and Restoration Services

A Bid, Payment and Performance Bond are a requirement of the IFB when the bid/contract amount exceeds $100,000. Firms shall attach an electronic copy of their bid bond for responsiveness. Submission of the bid bond, along with a certified and effectively dated copy of the power of attorney, shall be completed and signed by all required parties and submitted on the form provided in the solicitation. Submittal of a bid bond less than 10% of the total estimated Contract amount for the first Contract year, shall result in the bid being deemed non-responsive. If Bid security is required by Paragraph h. of this Section, submission of an electronic Bid Bond completed and signed by all required parties and submitted on the form provided in Exhibit 1 to the Bid Proposal (Part D), or in the alternative, a Certified Check, or a Cashier's Check shall be required to accompany each bid proposal in a stated dollar amount of not less than ten (10%) percent of the sum of the computed total amount of the Bidder's Base Bid proposal. Submittal of a Bid Bond less than 10% of the bid sum shall result in rejection of the bid. Failure to submit the Bid Bond on the form provided in Exhibit 1 to the Bid Proposal (Part D) shall result in rejection of the bid. When the contract amount exceeds $100,000, a Performance Bond and a Payment Bond issued in a sum equal to one hundred (100%) percent of the total estimated Contract amount for the first Contract year by a Surety company considered satisfactory by the County according to the criteria in Section 19 will be required from the successful Bidder for purposes of insuring the faithful performance of the obligations imposed by the resulting Contract and for purposes of protecting the County from lawsuits for non-payment of debts as might be incurred during the successful Bidder's performance under such Contract. The Performance Bond and the Payment Bond forms will be included in the Contract Documents and said forms must be properly executed by the Surety company and successful Bidder within ten (10) days after receipt of notification from the County of its award of the Contract. Within (10) ten days after the exercise of an option period, the Contractor shall provide Consent of Surety to renewal of the option period at the option period prices accompanied by a power of attorney according to the criteria in Section 19. The Contractor shall record the payment and performance bonds in Orange County public records as required by Florida Statutes, Chapter 255.05. Before commencing the work the Contractor shall provide to the Manager of the Procurement Division a certified copy of the recorded bonds. No payment will be made to the contractor until the contractor has provided a copy of the recorded bonds. Effective August 11, 2020, the Board of County Commissioners approved a change to the M/WBE Ordinance, removing the sliding scale from all construction formal solicitation opportunities. All bidders, for construction and professional services formal solicitations, are required to successfully demonstrate Good Faith Effort, or they shall be deemed non-responsive by the Procurement Manager. If you have any questions regarding this change, please submit them to the assigned Contracting Agent identified in the Invitation for Bids document. To ensure that your bid is responsive, you are urged to request clarification or guidance on any issues involving this solicitation before submission of your response. Your point-of-contact for this solicitation is Michelle Black at Michelle.Black@ocfl.net and 407/836-0911. Bids will be publicly opened in accordance with the public notice. Public Openings are held each Wednesday at 9:30am and Friday at 9:30am. A public opening of responses will be conducted at the next posted Procurement Public Meeting following the submission deadline. In the event of a County Holiday or unforeseen delay, responses shall remain sealed until the next public meeting. Firms will be able to attend the public opening virtually, see the following instructions: Visit: https://ocfl.webex.com/ocfl/j.phpMTID=m59bb20319c748f1e60a933cf59c7125b Meeting number: 286 177 361 Password: Go2Meeting Join by phone Option 1: 1-408-792-6300 Access code: 286 177 361 Join by phone Option 2: 1-617-315-0740 Access code: 286 177 361 Join by phone Option 3: 1-602-666-0783 Access code: 286 177 361 The physical meeting location is: 400 E. South Street, 2nd Floor, Orlando, Florida 32801

Division 31 -	Earthwork, Erosion and Sedimentation Controls.
Division 33 -	Utilities, Storm Drainage Utilities, Ponds and Reservoirs.
Division 35 -	Waterway and Marine Construction, Shoreline Protection, Waterway Construction and Equipment.