The Emmet County is soliciting proposals for a towable continuous friction meter. The deadline for submitting written questions is March 26, 2026, and the proposal due date is April 13, 2026. Hardcopy submissions are required. The county will evaluate proposals based on initial and ongoing costs, quality of work, conformity with specifications, and warranty. The selected vendor must indemnify the county. The county reserves the right to reject any or all proposals. The vendor must certify that it is not an Iran-linked business. The county is tax-exempt. Three hard copies of the bid must be submitted by the deadline.
The bid notice states that the proposal due date [is] april 13, 2026 @2: 00 pm est.
The bid notice states that the evaluation criteria includes warranty, service contracts, industry standards and references.
The bid notice states that the evaluation criteriasubmittals will be evaluated and ranked to determine the best value to the county based on the following criteria: a. initial and ongoing costs for the project b. quality of the work c. conformity with specifications and suitability to the requirements of the county d. warranty, service contracts, industry standards and referencesthe purpose of this competitive rfp is to promote a fair, most efficient means to obtain the best value to emmetcounty, i. e. , the proposal offering the best value, which shall be assessed in accordance with the evaluation criteriaset forth in this rfp.
The bid notice states that proposing bidders may be asked to participate in an interview to further discuss qualifications and to answer questions from the committee.
The bid notice states that if a person or entity falsely certifies that it is not an iran linked business as defined by publicact 517 of ****, it will be responsible for civil penalties of not more than 250, **** or two timesthe amount of the contract for which the false certification was made, whichever is greater, plus costs of investigation and reasonable attorney fees incurred, as more fully set forth insection 5 of act no. 517, public acts of ****.
The deadline to submit written questions is March 26, 2026 @3:00 PM EST.
