Sidewalk Snowplowing, 2022-23 Initial Season

It is the intention of the City of Rochester to enter into contracts with competent and responsive contractors for plowing the City of Rochester's residential sidewalk routes in the manner described herein. General Requirements - FOB Destination Award Requirements - All or None Award - Reserve Rights to Award by Line Item Bonding Requirements - Bid Bond 1000 $ - Performance Bond 1000 $ Delivery Point FOB Destination Purchase Type Duration: 1 year Option: EXTENSIONS Question Acceptance Deadline 07/22/2022 10:00 AM EDT If award of the contract is based upon award by total bid, or by group, or by item. Refer to Section 3 in the Bid Document. The City reserves the right to determine its lowest best value offer based upon total bid, group and per item prices offered. Award will be made to the best value bidder, by route. The City will award as many routes as possible to those contractors using tractor type plows (four tires as opposed to a track vehicle) that are capable of plowing thirty (30) inches or more of snow from one storm.These tractor type vehicles shall be capable of plowing snow of the aforementioned depth without riding over the top of the snow. A bidder will be awarded no more routes than the limit set forth on the proposal by the bidder. If a bidder is low on more routes than allowed by the self-imposed limit, selection of the routes to be awarded will be made by the Purchasing Agent in the best interest of the City of Rochester. The City reserves the right to reject any individual bid, by route or in total, where the price bid is deemed excessive. A bidder may bid either a tractor or a non-tractor type of equipment, per route. However, a bidder may only submit a bid for one (1) type of equipment for route. Bidders may not bid two types of equipment per route. If two types of equipment are bid on a route, the bid for that route will be declared informal and will not be accepted. If the City receives bids on a route for both a tractor and a non-tractor type of sidewalk plow, the City may award to the contractor who bids a tractor type plow, if that bid is within 15% of the low bidder with a track type plow. At the discretion of the Purchasing Agent and/or the Commissioner of Environmental Services, the City reserves the right to reject any or all bids for any route.

Division 31 -	Earthwork, Earthwork Methods.
Division 32 -	Exterior Improvements, Operation and Maintenance of Exterior Improvements, Bases, Ballasts, and Paving, Flexible Paving, Asphalt Paving, Rigid Paving, Concrete Paving, Curbs, Gutters, Sidewalks, and Driveways.
Division 34 -	Transportation, Operation and Maintenance of Transportation.