REQUEST A BID PACKAGE Date Issued: November 16, 2020 Bid # 043-41 Sealed proposals from vendors will be received by the Department of Financial Services, Purchasing Division of the Hall County Board of Commissioners, at 2875 Browns Bridge Road, 4th Floor, Gainesville, GA 30504, until 3:00 P.M. legally prevailing time on Thursday, December 3, 2020, for: Scott Air-Pak X3 SCBA Retrofit Hall County Board of Commissioners is hereby soliciting proposal submissions for Scott Air-Pak X3 SCBA Retrofit, to include product and installation services, for use by personnel of the Hall County Fire Services. After the time and in a designated room and place, the names of the Companies submitting proposals will be publicly read. No further information will be read, discussed, or provided until the evaluation of all submittals is completed. No extension of the bidding period will be made other than by a formal written addendum to this IFB. Any proposals received after the date and time listed above will not be accepted. Proposal submittal documents may be obtained by going to our Bids & Proposals website at http://www.hallcounty.org/Bids.aspx, then select the bid titled ‘Scott Air-Pak X3 SCBA Retrofit’, click on ‘Request a Bid Package’, fill out the requested information, click ‘Submit’, and this will send an automatic request to our office. You may also contact us in the Purchasing Division Office at 2875 Browns Bridge Road, 4th Floor, Gainesville, GA 30504, or Phone 770-535-8270 or Fax 770-531-7112, to obtain the information at no charge. This is the only official release site for this request for proposals or any addenda that may be issued for same. Contract, if awarded, will be on a lump sum basis or individual item basis, whichever is in the best interest of the County. No bid may be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days after time has been called on the date of opening. Firms should submit four (4) copies of the bid; one (1) marked as ‘Original’ and three (3) marked as ‘Copy’. Your submittal must have a signature in its “Original” response. Failure to sign your bid in the proper space provided on Part II of Bid will force your bid to be declared as “non-responsive” and not be considered for award. All technical questions should be directed to the Division Chief Donald Petering, Fire Services Quartermaster,
[email protected]. All questions regarding the proposal should be directed in writing to Chuck Pinney, Purchasing Supervisor,
[email protected] no later than 12:00pm, November 30, 2020. The written proposal documents supersede any verbal or written prior communications between the parties. The County reserves the right to retain all proposals submitted and use any idea(s) in a proposal regardless of whether that proposal is selected. The Commissioners reserve the right to reject any or all bids, in whole or part, to waive technicalities and informalities or to select any bidder to complete the described Work. Award of Contract will not be solely based on low bid, but also on quality, references and other subjective criteria as the County may deem necessary and as the County may determine at its sole discretion. The Undersigned Bidder expressly understands that his proposal may be rejected by the County for any reason without liability on part of the County to the Undersigned Bidder. Respectfully, Hall County Board of Commissioners Chuck Pinney, Purchasing Supervisor
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