The Houston City College (HCC) is seeking proposals for ice machine cleaning, repairs, and preventative maintenance services. The contract term is anticipated to be two years with the option to renew for three additional one-year terms. A non-mandatory pre-proposal conference will be held on December 2, 2025. Proposals must be submitted electronically through the Bonfire portal by January 6, 2026. The awarded vendor shall deliver an order within five business days after receipt of an approved HCC purchase order. Parties making deliveries or performing services at the HCC sites, must carry public liability, property damage and worker compensation insurance. The contractor must familiarize himself/herself with the project by thorough personal examination of the proposed worksites. The contractor shall be required to schedule service dates with appointed HCC personnel. The contractor shall be required to maintain a staff adequate to complete required service calls. Bidders should include any travel time to the various HCC campuses for services provided in their costs. The estimated quantities stored here are not a guarantee of actual quantities, as HCC does not guarantee any particular demand, during the term of this contract.
The bid notice states that he awarded vendor shall deliver an order within five 5 business days after receipt of an approved hcc purchase order po.
The bid notice states that pursuant to texas law, payment terms shall be net thirty 30 days.
The bid notice states that he contractor warrants that all services performed under this contract will, at the time of acceptance, be free from defect in workmanship and conform to the requirements of this contract.
The bid notice states that award of a contract, if awarded, will be made to the proposer who a submits a responsive proposal b is a responsible proposer and c offers the best value to hcc, price and other factors considered.
The bid notice states that in order for a proposer to be eligible to be awarded the contract, the proposal must be responsive to the solicitation and hcc must be able to determine that the proposer is responsible and has the resources and capacity to perform the resulting contract satisfactorily.
The bid notice states that a non mandatory preproposal conference will be held at a time and location as indicated in the solicitation schedule above.
The deadline to receive written questions inquiries is December 9, 2025, by 5:00 PM local time.
The bid notice states that hcc estimates the annual contract spend to be one hundred and ninety thousand dollars 190, 000.