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The Shelby County Government is seeking proposals from qualified companies to provide physical testing for new hires. Proposals are due December 10, 2025, at 4:00 PM CST. Vendors must submit both printed and digital formats, including an Excel file with required information. A 20% LOSB goal will be applied. Questions must be submitted by December 1, 2025, at 12:00 PM CST. The initial contract term will begin immediately upon execution of the contract through June 30, 2026, with the option to renew for two 2 additional one-year periods. The county may reproduce any of the proposers proposal and supporting documents for internal use or for any other purpose required by law. The final authority to award a contract rests solely with the shelby county purchasing department. Proposals submitted hereunder will be firm for at least ninety 90 calendar days from the due date unless otherwise qualified. The successful vendors will be expected to enter into a contract incorporating the following terms and conditions, and such additional terms and conditions standard to services of this type. The vendor warrants that it has not employed or retained any company or person other than a bona fide employee working solely for the vendor, to solicit or secure this contract, and that it has not paid or agreed to pay any company or person, other than a bona fide employee working solely for the vendor any fee, commission, percentage, brokerage fee, gift, or any other consideration contingent upon or resulting from the award or making of this contract. For breach or violation of this warranty, the county will have the right to recover the full amount of such fee, commission, percentage, brokerage fee, gift, or other consideration. The vendor warrants to the county that all services shall be performed in accordance with acceptable standards in the industry applicable to the services. The vendor shall correct, at its sole cost and expense, any work reasonably deemed to be unsatisfactory by the county. The vendor warrants to the county that all services shall be in strict compliance with the terms of this contract, and all applicable governmental laws, rules and regulations. The vendor shall provide services pursuant to this contract in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth within the shelby county request for proposal as well as the response of the vendor, thereto, all of which are maintained on file within the shelby county purchasing department and incorporated herein by reference. The contractor shall utilize losbs as sources of supplies, equipment, construction, and services. The vendor shall indemnify, defend, save and hold harmless the county, and its elected officials, officers, employees, agents, assigns, and instrumentalities from and against any and all claims, liability, losses or damages. The vendor shall purchase and maintain, in a company or companies authorized to do business in the state of tennessee, such insurance as will protect the county from claims which may arise out of or result from the vendors operations under the contract, whether such operations are performed by himself or by any subcontractors or by anyone directly or indirectly employed by any of them, or by anyone for whose acts the vendor or subcontractor may be liable. The vendor will maintain throughout the life of this contract insurance, through insurers rated a or better by a. m. best, in the following minimum requirements: 1 commercial general liability insurance limit of not less than 1, 000, 000 limit per occurrence bodily injury and property damage1, 000, 000 personal and advertising injury2, 000, 000 general aggregate2, 000, 000 productscompleted operations aggregate. shelby county government, its elected officials, appointees, employees and members of boards, agencies, and commissions shall be named as additional insureds. the insurance shall include coverage for the following: a premisesoperations b productscompleted operations c contractual liab
The proposal submission deadline is 4: 00pm cst on wednesday, december 10, 2025.
The vendor warrants that all services shall be performed in accordance with acceptable standards in the industry applicable to the services.
The selection will also score on professional and technical completeness, per the scorecard attached to this bid.
To be considered responsive, proposers must meet all minimum proposer requirements outlined in section ii of this rfp, per their completed scorecard digital file submitted with the proposal.
Bidders may protest the award by submitting their protest in writing to the administrator of purchasing within wo 2 calendar weeks of the award selection.