Furnish and Deliver Road Fill/Stabilizing Materials

The Nassau County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) is seeking bids from qualified vendors to furnish and deliver A3 Sand, A-2-4 Soil, Clay, Topsoil, and various sizes of steel slag on an as needed basis. No purchases are guaranteed. Materials shall be delivered to the following two (2) locations upon request: 1. Hilliard Yard 37356 Pea Farm Road Hilliard, FL 32046 2. Yulee Yard 86200 Gene Lasserre Boulevard Yulee, FL 32097 Type of Award - Lump Sum The initial term of the Contract resulting from this solicitation shall terminate on September 30, 2024. Option to Renew for four (4) additional years on a year-by-year basis: Prior to, or upon completion, of that initial term, the County shall have the option to renew this contract for an additional four (4) year period, on a year-to-year basis. The vendor shall maintain, for the entirety of the stated additional period (s), the same prices, terms, and conditions included within the originally awarded contract. Continuation of the contract beyond the initial period, and any option subsequently exercised, is in the sole discretion of the County. It is the vendor's responsibility to request any pricing adjustment under this provision. For any adjustment to commence on the first day of any exercised option period, the vendor's request for adjustment should be submitted ninety (90) calendar days prior to the expiration of the then current contract term. The vendors(s) adjustment request should not be in excess of the relevant pricing index change. If no adjustment request is received from the vendor(s), the County will assume that the vendor(s) has agreed that the optional term may be exercised without pricing adjustment. Any adjustment request received after the commencement of a new option period may not be considered. The County reserves the right to negotiate lower pricing for the additional term(s) based on market research information or other factors that influence price. The County reserves the right to apply any reduction in pricing for the additional term(s) based on the downward movement of the applicable index. Question Deadline 09/15/2023 at 4:00 PM ET. Questions from vendors must be received via electronically. Questions received will be formatted by the Procurement department and issued to all interested parties in the form of an addendum. Oral questions and/or answers are not authorized outside of a Pre-Bid Conference setting (if applicable), and the County will not entertain any verbal communications regarding this or any other solicitation. All questions regarding this solicitation must be received by the date and time specified on the first page of this solicitation. Questions received after this date will not be reviewed. A certified check may be used in lieu of a Bid Bond and shall be payable to the Nassau County. A Bidder submitting a response that is valued at One Hundred Thousand Dollars and 00/100 ($100,000.00) or more must submit a Bid Bond payable to the County for five percent (5.0%) of the total amount of the response in order for their submittal to be considered responsive If awarded a contract for a project totaling one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) or more, the Awarded Bidder(s), within ten (10) calendar days of the Contract execution, must provide an acceptable Performance Bond and Payment Bond, each in the amount of one hundred percent (100.0%) of the Contract, and issued by a corporate surety licensed to do business in the State of Florida and Nassau County, for the faithful performance of the work outlined in the enclosed Technical Specifications/Scope of Work. Method of Award: Award shall be made to the lowest, responsive, and responsible bidder, and meets all requirements of the bid specifications. The County reserves the right to issue multiple awards. The County reserves the right to reject any or all bids, with or without cause, without recourse, or to waive technicalities or to accept bids which, in its sole judgment, best serve the interests of the County. Response to this solicitation is considered an operational cost of the Bidder and shall not be passed on to or borne by the County. The County also reserves the right to reject the response of a Bidder who has previously failed to perform properly, completely, on-time and/or on-cost, contracts of a similar nature, or that are not, in the County's sole discretion, in a position to perform the contract. Any cause including, but not limited to, the following may be considered as sufficient for the disqualification of a Bidder and the rejection of its submittal: (a) Submission of more than one bid for the same work by an individual, firm, partnership, or corporation under the same or different names, (b) Evidence of collusion among Bidders, or previous participation in collusive bidding or proposing on work for the County, (c) Any material misrepresentation, (d) Uncompleted work for which the Bidder is committed by contract which, in the judgment of the County, might hinder or prevent the prompt completion of the work under this contract if awarded to Bidder, (e) Violations of the Cone of Silence as provided for herein, (f) Actual or potential conflict of interest as provided for in Section 112.313(3), Florida Statutes, or (g) Conviction for a public entity crime as provided for in Section 287.133, Florida Statutes. The County will provide a contract for the successful Bidder's execution. The award of a contract does not constitute an order nor a Notice to Proceed. Before any services can be performed, the successful Bidder must receive written authorization from the County. Award will be made without further negotiation based upon competitive bids; therefore only "best and final pricing" should be submitted in response to this solicitation.

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