Water Education Government Bids & RFPs

The bid due date is April 27, 2026, at 2:00 p. m. EDT. All bids must be received by the purchasing department before the bid due date as specified. Late bids will not be considered.

The bid notice states that payment terms are net 30.

In determination of award, the qualifications of the bidder, the conformity with the specifications of articles or services to be supplied, and the delivery time will be considered.

The qualifications of the bidder will be considered in the determination of award.

In the event of default, the college may cancel the contract or purchase order and procure the articles or services from other sources, and place the bidder defaulting on the disapproved list for a period of not less than six months.

The public opening will be held electronically at 2:30pm EDT via a Zoom link, and attendance is optional.

Samples of items, when required, must be furnished free of expense and must be received on or before bid opening time and date.

The bid notice does not explicitly state a delivery deadline for the watercraft and trailer. It mentions that the contractor shall present the vessel and applicable equipment complete, installed, fully operational, and ready to use, dropped shipped to Honolulu.

The bid notice states that offers made by vendors without compliant status [within Hawaii Compliance Express] will be deemed nonresponsive and will not be accepted. This implies that compliant status is a mandatory requirement for award.

The bid notice states that he awarded offeror must have compliant status listed within Hawaii Compliance Express at the time of award.

The period of performance for this contract is from May 1, 2026, to July 31, 2026. The delivery date for the well pump replacement is specified as 07/31/2026.

Payment requests shall be submitted electronically through the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Internet Payment Platform (IPP). The bid notice states, The contractor shall use the IPP website to register access and use IPP for submitting requests for payment.

The government will award a firm fixed-price purchase order resulting from this solicitation to the responsible quoter whose quote conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the government, price and other factors considered.

The prospective vendor shall assume the government has no prior knowledge of its capabilities and experience and will base its evaluation on the information presented in each quote. The contractor shall provide the company's qualifications and ability to provide the requirements listed herein, with appropriate and specific documentation supporting claims of recent organizational and staff capability to support this requirement.

The RFP due date is April 24, 2026, at 2:00 PM EST. Supplier assumes all responsibility for delivery to the location given on or before the due date and time.

The criteria for award includes, but is not limited to, the range of capabilities, combination of vendor recommendations, price, and deliverable timeline.

By submitting a proposal, the supplier acknowledges that they are not debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, nor voluntarily excluded from covered transactions by any federal department or agency.

The college reserves the right to request samples prior to contract award.

The deadline to submit questions is April 14, 2026, by 2:00 PM EST.