Aluminum Structural Plate Pipe Arch with Headwalls

For internal State agency processing, including tabulation of bids, provide your company's eVP (Electronic Vendor Portal) Number. Pursuant to G.S. 132-1.10(b) this identification number shall not be released to the public. This page will be removed and shredded, or otherwise kept confidential, before the procurement file is made available for public inspection. This page shall be filled out and returned with your bid. Failure to do so shall be sufficient cause to reject your bid. For your bid to be considered, your company (you) must be a North Carolina registered vendor in good standing. You must enter the vendor number assigned through eVP (Electronic Vendor Portal). If you do not have a vendor number, register at website. Sealed, mailed responses ONLY will be accepted for this solicitation. Bids will be publicly opened: September 20, 2022, at 2:00 PM ET. The purpose of this Invitation for Bids is to obtain pricing from vendors to furnish and deliver Aluminum Structural Plate Pipe Arch with Headwalls to Division 9 Bridge Maintenance project site location & award an Agency contract (one-time purchase). Bids shall be submitted in accordance with the terms and conditions of this IFB and any addenda issued hereto. Upon review of the IFB documents, Vendors may have questions to clarify or interpret the IFB in order to submit the best bid possible. To accommodate the Bid Questions process, Vendors shall submit any such questions by the "Submit Written Questions" date and time provided in the IFB SCHEDULE Section above, unless modified by Addendum. Written questions shall be e-mailed to dmccleese@ncdot.gov by the date and time specified above. Vendors will enter "IFB # 54- DM-12050263 Questions" as the subject for the email. North Carolina G.S. 143-52 provides a general list of criteria the State shall use to award contracts, as supplemented by the additional criteria herein. The Goods or Services being procured shall dictate the application and order of criteria; however, all award decisions shall be in the State's best interest. All responsive bids will be reviewed, and award or awards will be based on the responsive bid(s) offering the lowest price that meets the specifications set out herein. While the intent of this IFB is to award a Contract(s) to a single Vendor for all line items the State reserves the right to make separate awards to different Vendors for one or more-line items, to not award one or more-line items or to cancel this IFB in its entirety without awarding a Contract, if it is considered to be most advantageous to the State to do so. If a Vendor selected for award is determined by the State to be a non-resident of North Carolina, all responsive bids will be reviewed to determine if any of them were submitted by a North Carolina resident Vendor who requested an opportunity to match the price of the winning bid, pursuant to Executive Order #50 and G.S. 143-59 (for more information, please refer to ATTACHMENT H: VENDOR REQUEST FOR EXECUTIVE ORDER #50 PRICE MATCHING. If such bid(s) are identified, the State will then determine whether any such bid falls within the pricematch range, and, if so, make a Contract award in accordance with the process that implements G.S. 143-59 and Executive Order #50. The State reserves the right to waive any minor informality or technicality in bids received. The specific items and any specifications that the Purchasing Agency is seeking are listed below. Items offered by the Vendor must meet or exceed the listed Specifications. Aluminum Structural Plate Pipe Arch with Headwalls conforming to in compliance with NCDOT, Division of Highways Roads and Structures Specifications dated January 2018, and any addenda thereto. All pipe(s) must be inspected and approved by a NCDOT Materials & Test inspector and stamped. For a list of approved manufacturers go to website.

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