Buffalo City Bids, NY

The successful vendor agrees to begin delivery of salt within two business days of ordering and complete the order within three business days, or within four business days if the ordered quantity exceeds 1,000 tons. The successfulvendor agrees to begin delivery of salt within two 2 business days ofordering and complete the order within three 3 business days.

Payment for material, supplies or equipment shall be made within thirty (30) days after approved completion of contract and the rendition of proper invoice. payment for material, supplies or equipment called for herein shall be made within thirty 30 daysafter approved completion of contract and the rendition of proper invoice to the division of accounting, 65niagara square, room **** city hall, buffalo, new york ****.

Proposals are not considered from bidders in bankruptcy or under a receiver. ordinarily, proposals are not considered from bidders on supplies, material or equipment, if thebidder or manufacturer of same is in bankruptcy, or in the hands of a receiver at the time of tendering aproposal or at the time of entering into a contract, but the director of purchase reserves the right to acceptor reject such proposals in the best interest of the city.

Liquidated damages of $1. 00 per ton per day will be assessed for outstanding tonnage not delivered within the timeframe required. liquidated damages of 1. 00 per ton per day will be assessed by aparticipating municipality on the outstanding tonnage not delivered withinthe timeframe required by these specifications.

Failure to follow instructions may be reason for disqualification. failure to follow instructions may be reason for disqualification.

The bid opening date is October 9, 2026, at 11:30 a. m. bid opening date: october 9, 2026 at 11: 30 a. m.

Highly encouraged to schedule for delivery on or prior to Tuesday, October 6, 2026.

Payment can be submitted only by company check or money order made payable to the city of buffalo, dept. of public works, parks and streets.

Bidders must submit a statement at time of bid indicating that the bidder will work toward a business utilization goal for minority business enterprise of 25 and women business enterprise of 5.

A prebid meeting will be held at the project site, 50 delaware avenue, buffalo ny **** at 11:00am on wednesday september 30, 2026.

any prebid questions regarding the contract documents or project scope should be directed to labellaassociates, d. p. c. attention david preneta at ***@***. *. * no later than end of business day friday, october 2, 2026 at 5: 00 pm local time.

unless complied with, bid will not be accepted.

Each garment shall have a limited lifetime warranty against defects in material and workmanship. each garment shall have a limited lifetime warranty against defects in material and workmanship.

The award will be to the offeror whose proposal the city deems to be in the best interests of the taxpayers, considering multiple factors. while total costs will be considered in the award of this rfp, it is not the only factor to be considered.

The evaluation criteria include the offeror's experience and qualifications, and demonstrated compliance with technical specifications. The evaluation criteria that the city will utilize will be based upon the offeror demonstrating theirproven knowledge, understanding and experience in structural firefighting personal protectiveequipment and ppe lifecycle management

Upon request, the offeror shall provide sample garments for the departments evaluation at no cost to the city. upon request, the offeror shall provide sample garments for the departments evaluation at no cost to the city.

Failure to comply with the instructions of the rfp may cause their proposal to be rejected. failure to comply with the instructions of the rfp may cause their proposal to be rejected.

The evaluation criteria will be based upon the offeror demonstrating their proven knowledge, understanding and experience in cost recovery best and next practices on a macro, mezzo and micro level, and the offerors ability to meet the citys needs. The evaluation criteria that the city will utilize will be based upon the offeror demonstrating their proven knowledge, understanding and experience in cost recovery best and next practices on a macro, mezzo and micro level, and the offerors ability to meet the citys needs.

The successful agency should be knowledgeable and have at least 5 years experience in insurance claims recovery. the successful agency should be knowledgeable and have at least 5 years experience in insurance claims recovery.

Any material misrepresentation made by a party may void their proposal and eliminate the party from further consideration. any material misrepresentation made by a party may void their proposal and eliminate the party from further consideration.