Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority
1000 Trade Drive
PO Box 80001
RDU Airport, NC 27623
www.RDU.com
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP)
for
Sewer Line Cleaning Rebid
RFP No. 554-2025-0092 Rebid
** General Provisions **
DIRECT ALL INQUIRIES TO:
Jordan Hales
Procurement & Contract Specialist I
Jordan.Hales@RDU.com
Table of Contents
SECTION I REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) GENERAL INFORMATION ............................................... 3
A. Terms and Conditions ...................................................................................................................... 3
B. Request for Acknowledgment ......................................................................................................... 3
C. Definitions ........................................................................................................................................ 4
D. Ethics & Objectivity .......................................................................................................................... 4
E. Public Record .................................................................................................................................... 6
SECTION II RFP General Information...................................................................................................... 6
A. Pre-Proposal and Questions ............................................................................................................ 6
B. Withdrawals and Modifications ...................................................................................................... 7
C. Addenda, Clarifications, Amendments, Modifications, Withdrawals and Waivers ...................... 7
D. Submittal of Proposals ..................................................................................................................... 8
E. Reservation of Rights – Additional Offeror Information ................................................................ 9
F. Taxes ............................................................................................................................................... 10
G. Rejection of Proposals and RFP Cancelation ................................................................................. 10
SECTION III RESERVED ........................................................................................................................... 10
SECTION IV APPROPRIATIONS............................................................................................................... 10
SECTION V INDEFINITE DELIVERY/INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT ............................................... 11
SECTION VI NON-EXCLUSIVENESS OF CONTRACT................................................................................. 11
SECTION VII FIXED PRICING .................................................................................................................... 11
SECTION VIII RESERVED ....................................................................................................................... 11
SECTION IX CIVIL RIGHTS – GENERAL .................................................................................................... 11
SECTION X RESERVED ........................................................................................................................... 12
SECTION XI RESERVED ........................................................................................................................... 12
SECTION XII OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT OF 1970......................................................... 12
SECTION I REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) GENERAL INFORMATION
A. Terms and Conditions
The Services will be governed by an agreement (the “Agreement”), which is available as
separate downloadable document Agreement and attached hereto this RFP.
Each Offeror shall provide any other applicable contract terms and conditions that Offeror
will ask the Authority to agree upon. Any such other proposed terms and conditions should
either be built into or be incorporated by reference into the Agreement. The Authority will
entertain exceptions and additional provisions, but Offerors are cautioned that the Authority
has a limited ability and willingness to agree to modifications to the standard Authority
Agreement. The Authority will compare and contrast the terms and conditions proposals
submitted by qualified Offerors at the same time it evaluates the cost proposals of qualified
Offerors. At the conclusion of this evaluation, the Authority may elect to award the contract
to the Offeror whose aggregate proposal the Authority determines to be most advantageous
to the Authority. The Authority may enter into contract negotiations with one or more
qualified Offerors in an effort to reach mutually agreeable contract terms and conditions if
the Authority is not satisfied with the terms and conditions proposed by the applicable
Offeror(s). The Authority is not obligated to negotiate with all qualified Offerors. The
Authority reserves the right to eliminate from further consideration any Offeror that submits
a cost proposal or a terms and conditions proposal that is not advantageous to the Authority.
This procurement shall be conducted in accordance with all applicable Federal and State laws
and regulations, and the policies and procedures of the Authority, as those may be amended
from time to time.
The Offeror shall declare that the proposal is not made in connection with any other bidder
submitting a proposal for the same goods and/or services, except if the proposal is submitted
by a consortium of contractors, and is in all respects fair and without collusion or fraud. This
declaration is made by executing Form C of the Required Forms.
B. Request for Acknowledgment
Offerors shall thoroughly examine and become familiar with this RFP, including forms,
attachments, and any addenda that may be issued. The failure or the neglect of an Offeror to
receive or examine any RFP document shall in no way relieve it from any obligation with
respect to its Proposal or the obligations that flow from being the selected Contractor. No
claim based upon a lack of knowledge or understanding of any document or its contents shall
be allowed.
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C. Definitions
1. “Authority” shall mean the RALEIGH-DURHAM AIRPORT AUTHORITY, a public body
chartered by the General Assembly of North Carolina under Chapter 168 of the 1939
Session Laws, as amended.
2. “Award” shall mean acceptance of a particular Contractor's Bid or Proposal resulting
in an Agreement.
3. “Best and Final Offer” or “BAFO” shall mean a formal document that is used to finalize
negotiations with a Contractor.
4. “Best Value Procurement” is terminology used for the method that considers factors
other than only price, such as quality and expertise, when selecting vendors or
Contractors.
5. “Contract Administrator” shall mean the Authority representative who shall be the
direct liaison between the Contractor and the Authority for this Agreement.
6. “Contractor” shall mean the Contractor that will provide the goods and/or
professional services to the Authority.
D. “Small Business” or “SB” is a business entity which has been certified by an approved
agency as a small business, as defined by the Small Business Administration size standards
found in 13 CFR Part 121, that is at least fifty-one percent (51%) owned and controlled by
one or more socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, as defined in the
Authority’s Minority and Women-Owned Small Business Program.
1. “Offeror” is a company, firm, corporation, partnership, individual, etc., submitting a
response to a solicitation.
2. “Request for Proposals” or “RFP” is this formal solicitation document used in
negotiated procurements which seeks Proposals from responsive, responsible
Contractors.
3. “Term” shall refer to the length of time the Agreement will be valid.
4. “Term Contract” is an Agreement which explicitly states a fixed duration that the
contract will be in effect. The Parties are obligated to adhere to the terms and
conditions within the contract until the expiration, or end date, of the contract.
5. “Third Party” means any person or entity other than the Authority, the Contractor, or
the Contractor’s authorized subcontractors and includes without limitation any
governmental unit, insurance carrier, private enterprise, or individual.
E. Ethics & Objectivity
It is inappropriate for Offerors competing for this contract, including their agents and
potential sub-consultants, to lobby Authority Board members or staff during the entire
selection process, from the date the solicitation is issued through the date on which the
Authority acts on the staff recommendation regarding the selected firm. Accordingly,
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potential respondents (including sub-contractors) interested in this engagement are
instructed not to conduct activities of any nature that may be perceived as attempts to
promote themselves or influence the outcome of the selection process.
The Authority is interested in maximizing the opportunities for firms to compete for roles in
the subject contract and to submit proposals offering the highest qualified teams.
Accordingly, the Authority discourages firms interested in being selected for this engagement
from entering into formal or informal agreements that limit subcontracting opportunities by
other firms or result in exclusive subcontracting arrangements with other firms.
From the date that this RFP is issued until the selection and the announcement, Offerors shall
contact ONLY the Authority’s Point of Contact with respect to any facet of this procurement.
Proposing Offerors shall not contact any Authority Board Member, Officer, employee, agent
or selection committee member with respect to this procurement. Violation of this provision
may result in the disqualification of the Offeror’s Proposal.
CERTIFICATION REGARDING LOBBYING
The Bidder or Offeror certifies by signing and submitting this bid or proposal, to the best of
his or her knowledge and belief, that:
(1) No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid, by or on behalf of the
Bidder or Offeror, to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or
employee of an agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or
an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with the awarding of any Federal
contract, the making of any Federal grant, the making of any Federal loan, the entering
into of any cooperative agreement, and the extension, continuation, renewal,
amendment, or modification of any Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative
agreement.
(2) If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to any
person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency,
a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member
of Congress in connection with this Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative
agreement, the undersigned shall complete and submit Standard Form-LLL, “Disclosure
Form to Report Lobbying,” in accordance with its instructions.
The undersigned shall require that the language of this certification be included in the award
documents for all sub-awards at all tiers (including subcontracts, subgrants, and contracts
under grants, loans, and cooperative agreements) and that all sub-recipients shall certify and
disclose accordingly.
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This is the opportunity summary page. It provides an overview of this opportunity and a preview of the attached documentation.