Bidders must submit and upload their complete proposal to the Hawaii eprocurement system (hiepro) before the bid opening date. Additional confidential documents should be uploaded separately. The contract will be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder whose proposal complies with all requirements. The successful bidder must maintain an office and baseyard facility on the island of Oahu. The contract period is for 12 months, with an option to extend for four additional 12-month periods. A price escalation of 2% will be applied for each extension. The contractor is responsible for all hauling and disposal fees, and must comply with all applicable federal, state, city, and county laws, ordinances, rules, and regulations. The contractor must submit a certificate for performance of services, and comply with labor and compensation requirements, including prevailing minimum wage rates. The contractor must also provide proof of insurance coverage (workers compensation, auto liability, and commercial general liability). The state reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and to waive any defects. The state reserves the right to cancel the award of any contract any time before the execution of said contract by all parties without any liability to the successful bidder or any other bidder. The contractor shall bill the state monthly, and submit certified copies of the payrolls with the monthly invoice within seven days after the end of the month. The invoice shall include specific information about the services performed, quantities, unit prices, and deductions. The state reserves the right to verify compliance with all requirements prior to final payment.
Bidders shall submit and upload the complete proposal to hiepro prior to the bid opening date and time. Proposals received after said due date and time shall not be considered.
The contractor shall bill the state monthly. All monthly payments are approximate only and shall be subject to correction at any time before or in the final estimate and payment.
The awarding of the contract will be made to the lowest and responsive and responsible bidder to the total amount in the proposal schedule.
The prospective bidder must meet the following qualifications: the contractor and maintenance staff shall have the required confined space training and certification that meets or exceeds U. S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR), Hawaii Occupational Safety and Health Division (HIOSH) standards. The contractor shall have experience and is familiar with working on state highways and be knowledgeable with highway layout references mile post, stationing, offset, etc. to locate the inventoried drainage features. The contractor shall be experienced in furnishing any required traffic control in accordance with current Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) standards. The contractor shall have all the required equipment handheld tools, utility trucks, etc. necessary to perform all of the maintenance procedures specified in this document. The contractor shall have the required business and tax licenses to conduct business in the state of Hawaii. The contractor shall satisfy the office and baseyard requirements as specified in special provisions section 3. 1, award of the contracts.
The contractor shall be charged the following liquidated damages: a. the contractor shall work in a manner to have all traffic control devices removed promptly at the end of each scheduled workday. Failure to comply with this requirement shall result in damages sustained by the state. As reasoned above, liquidated damages of **** for every one-to-fifteen-minute increment that a lane is not open to the public, as required by these specifications. The maximum amount per day shall be ten 10 times the one-to-fifteen-minute increment. b. the contractor shall be charged liquidated damages of of 1 of the contract price of the specific bid item per working day for failing to complete the cleaning in accordance with the schedule. The engineer shall prepare a written report with substantiating evidence and shall notify the contractor in writing signed letter for failure to complete work in accordance with the schedule.
The total estimated monetary value is $100,****.