Pump Stations Landscape Enhancements

QUESTIONS DUE DATE: Friday, July 14, 2023 TIME: 2:00 pm The City of Coral Gables, Florida ("City") is soliciting quotes for the purchase and installation of plant materials at various pump stations on right of way sites throughout the City, to include three (3) months of maintenance and watering for plant establishment. Award of this project will be made to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder, who bids on all items, and whose bid offers the lowest total price when all items are added in the aggregate. Failure to bid on all items may render your bid as non-responsive. The City in it's sole discretion will determine if the pricing received is reasonable and if it is in the best interest of the City to move forward with the award. The work will be completed within one hundred and eighty (180) calendar days from the Notice to Proceed. Ninety (90) calendar days for complete installations and ninety (90) calendar days for watering and maintenance for establishment. INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS: Insurance coverage is required for this project. Please refer to Exhibit 5 - Insurance Requirements. VALIDITY: The bidder agrees that the prices quoted shall remain fixed for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of offer. AGREEMENT EXECUTION: The Bidder(s) selected to provide the goods(s) and/or service(s) requested herein (the "Successful Bidder") shall be required to execute an Agreement ("Agreement" / "Contract") with the City in substantially the same form as the Agreement included as part of this Request for Quotation. By submitting a Response, the Bidder agrees to be bound to and execute the Agreement for this solicitation without diminishing the foregoing, the Bidder may request clarifications to the City for interpretation purposes only. Failure of the Successful Bidder to execute a contract within thirty (30) days after the notification of award may, at the City's sole discretion, constitute a default. However, the Agreement must be executed no later than one hundred twenty (120) days, based upon the requirements set forth in the Request for Quotation through action taken by the City Commission at a duly authorized meeting. If the Bidder first awarded the Agreement fails to enter into the contract as herein provided, the award may be declared null and void, and the Agreement awarded to the next most responsible, responsive Bidder, or re-advertised, as determined by the City.

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