Kent County Bids, RI

Delivery is required if over 50 miles from Scituate town line.

Consideration in the awarding of the contract will be given to price, experience and competence of the bidder, the nature and size of the bidders organization, and quality of similar projects it has performed and completed in the past and a determination by the town that the company has the ability to complete the work.

The company has the ability to complete the work. and a determination by the town that the company has the ability to complete the work.

Incomplete bid forms may be cause for disqualification of the bid. Bids that are renumbered or resequenced may be cause for rejection if all information cannot be easily found and identified.

Completion date is 16 weeks from the date of equipment delivery. School summer vacation runs from June 15 to August 26, 2026. Coordination must be made with the district to plan for outages of each building. Long weekends, holidays breaks, and second shift are options to consider completing this work.

Payment will be made by the school district after presentation of a vendors invoice, which must be submitted subsequent to delivery andor performance of the work or services.

Whenever, within one year of the final acceptance of the apparatus, equipment, supplies, materials, work or services by the school district, the contractor is notified in writing by the school district that any item of apparatus, equipment, supplies, material, andor workmanship has proven defective or is not meeting the specification requirements, the bidder shall immediately replace, repair or otherwise correct, as the school district may determine, the defect or deficiency without cost to the school district.

It is the intention of the school district to award the project to the bid of the lowest responsive and responsible bidder kind, quality and materials being equal, provided the bid has been submitted in accordance with the requirements of this rfp. References and prior work performed for chariho regional school district will be used in the bid evaluation process. MBE/WBE participation compliance with 15% MBE participation is part of the selection criteria.

The bidder shall submit the following data with the proposal: 1. The successful bidder must, upon request, furnish evidence of financial responsibility. 2. A list of other installations of similar equipment specified herein, which the school district may easily visit for inspection. 3. A plan, with elevations, showing any variations in design, arrangement, sizes and the like which bidder proposes to furnish as different from those called for in the specifications. 4. Cuts of each item proposed as alternate equipment to that specified, with a list of any variation from specified methods and details of construction and from specified designs.

The school district may, subject to the following provisions, by written notice of default to the contractor, terminate the whole or any part of this contract in any one of the following circumstances: 1. if the contractor fails to make delivery of the supplies or to perform the services within the time specified herein or any extensions thereof or if the contractor fails to perform any of the other provisions of this contract, or fails to make progress such as to endanger performance of this contract in accordance with its terms and in either of these two circumstances does not remedy such failure within a period of 10 days after receipt of notice from the director of administration and finance specifying such failure.

This project requires a mandatory prebid site visit on june 17, 2026 at 10:00 am at chariho career tech center 459 switch road, wood river junction, ri ****.

The school district reserves the right to require any bidder to submit a sample either before or after the awarding of the bid to ascertain whether or not the product will be suitable for the purpose for which it is to be used.

No bid will be considered from any person whose performance on any previous contract with the school district has been unsatisfactory in the opinion of the school district. Under R. I. Gen. Laws ****, all contractors associated with this bid shall undergo a national and state criminal background check. The contractor shall ensure that no person who has any disqualifying information as that term is defined in R. I. Gen. Laws **** shall work on the bid.

The vendor must provide evaluation and translation of transcripts in less than 5 days. vendor must store completed evaluations, original documents translations in a secure digital format

Cash discounts based on preferable payment terms will not be considered. In determining the lowest responsive evaluated bid proposal, cash discounts based on preferable payment terms will not be considered.

The award will be made to the lowest cost, technically acceptable proposals. The award will then be made to the lowest cost, technically acceptable proposals.

The vendor must be a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services and provide 24/7 customer service. he vendor must be a member of the national association of credential evaluation services the vendor must provide 247 customer service.

Failure to deliver within the time quoted or failure to meet specifications may result in default. Failure to deliver within the time quoted or failure to meet specifications may result in default in accordance with the general specifications.

Bidders must provide a sample evaluation report for a student who completed high school coursework in Guatemala. provide a sample evaluation report for a student who completed high school course work in guatemala

Questions concerning this solicitation should be emailed by June 17, 2026, by 4:30 PM. Questions concerning this solicitation should be emailed to ***@***. *. * are due by june 17, 2026 by 4:30 pm.

Bid proposals not present in the purchasing department at the time of opening will be deemed late and not considered. Bid proposals that are not present in the providence public schools purchasing department at the time of opening for whatever cause will be deemed to be late and will not be considered.

Submittals are due by 12:00 PM Eastern Time on Thursday, June 25, 2026.

Selection will be based on overall qualifications and experience (20%), water facilities operations approach (20%), water facilities repair and maintenance approach (15%), regulatory compliance history (5%), financial capacity (10%), and cost proposal (30%).

Proposers must have at least 10 years of experience in providing full-service public-private contracts for operation, maintenance, and management of similar water treatment facilities and have existing contracts in effect for at least 5 years. They must also demonstrate financial stability and the ability to furnish specific insurance and performance bonds.

The operator assumes all responsibility, including penalties for violations, where the operator is deemed at fault for non-compliant and cost-effective water facilities operations, maintenance, and management.

Failure to disclose potential conflicts of interest may result in proposal rejection. Inclusion of cost information in the technical proposal may also lead to rejection.

The entire work must be completed and ready for use not later than 730 calendar days after the date the contractor receives the notice to proceed.

Payment will be made by USCG Finance Center. Electronic submission of payment requests is required via the Invoice Processing Platform (IPP).

The contract incorporates FAR **** Warranty of Construction.

The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is **** Residential Remodelers with a small business size standard of $45. 0 million.

The contract includes clauses related to liquidated damages for violations of overtime compensation requirements.

Bidders are urged to visit the site and take steps necessary to ascertain the nature and location of the work. See Section L for site visit information.

Questions are due by June 18, 2026, 4:00 PM local time.

Bidders offering less than 60 calendar days for acceptance will not be considered and will be rejected. Failure to submit a schedule may result in withholding progress payments.

The magnitude of construction range of this project is estimated to be between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000.