1841 - CMC LEVR BT Escape System

Location:	Connecticut
Posted:	Jan 29, 2026
Due:	Feb 11, 2026
Agency:	City of Milford
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	42 - Fire Fighting, Rescue, and Safety Equipment
Solicitation No:	1841
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Legal Notice

Office of the Purchasing Agent

70 West River Street - Milford, CT 06460

Tel (203) 783-3225

INVITATION TO BID

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids

by which the City will purchase

CMC LEVR BT Escape System

(No Substitutes)

will be received in the Purchasing Agent's Office until

3:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 11, 2026

when they will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Specifications are available in the Purchasing Office

or may be downloaded at www.milfordct.us/863/Current-Bids .

The Purchasing Agent reserves the right to reject any or all bids

and to accept any proposal deemed to be in the City's best interests.

Fred Bialka

Purchasing Agent

INSTRUCTIONS

If you download bid packages from the City website at www.milfordct.us/863/Current-Bids it is your responsibility

to insure that you have current information. Click on the “Changes in Bids” icon for any applicable addenda prior to

submitting a bid.

The City is not responsible for data or transmission errors.

Detach the Bid Form and the Drug Free Workplace Certificate and complete by typewriter or in ink - pencil entries

will not be accepted.

If tie bids are received which are equal as to price, quality, and service, a bid received from a business which submits

a drug free workplace certification with the bid form will be given preference in accordance with Milford's Code of

Ordinances, Article V, Division 2.

Sign, seal in an envelope clearly marked CMC LEVR BT Escape System Bid

and mail or hand deliver to:

City of Milford Purchasing Agent

70 West River Street - Milford, CT 06460-3317

Submit one (1) Original Bid and two (2) Copies.

The bid must be in the Purchasing Department no later than the time and date indicated on the Invitation to Bid.

FAXed and E-mailed bids are not acceptable and will not be considered.

Your name and address must appear in the upper left-hand corner and the name of the bid must appear in the lower

left-hand corner of the envelope.

We will not accept or consider bids, withdrawals, or amendments received after the date and time specified.

We are exempt from State sales tax and from Federal excise tax - do not include these taxes in your proposal.

If you believe that a possible conflict of interest may occur should we accept your proposal and award you a contract

or a purchase order, then you must disclose this belief in a statement attached to the back of the Bid Form.

The City of Milford reserves the right to accept or reject any or all options, bids, or proposals; to waive any

technicality in a bid or part thereof submitted, and to accept the bid deemed to be in the best interest of the City of

Milford.

Please direct questions by e-mail to Fred Bialka at fbialka@milfordct.gov .

All questions must be received by 5:00 PM, Thursday, February 5, 2026, to be given consideration.

BID SPECIFICATIONS

CMC LEVR BT Escape System - With TetherEmpty heading.

CMC LEVR part number: 500363NBT

Bid Quantity: 110 systems.

• Flash.G Escape Anchor classified to NFPA standards as Emergency Escape Anchor and Escape Descent

Control Device

• LEVR Descender reeved with 15.2 m. (50 ft.) of 11 mm. Fire Escape Web (UL Classified to NFPA 1983 –

FR Escape Web)

• Reflective Deployment Tether for rapid extraction of the system, removable if not desired

• Personal tether and auto-locking ProTech carabiner for remaining attached to the system

• Auto-locking captive eye carabiner sewn to the tail end for connecting to the victim

Systems must be NFPA 1983 2017 edition compliant.

Do not include the cost of BT Deployment Bags in the unit price for part number 500363NBT.

END OF SPECIFICATIONS

CITY OF MILFORD, CT

BID FORM

The undersigned bidder understands the bid invitation, instructions, specifications, and other requirements, accepts

them as being sufficient for the purpose intended, and agrees to provide the City of Milford with the following in

accordance therewith:

CMC LEVR BT Escape System 500363NBT

(No Substitutes)

Unit Price $____________________________

Grand Total for 110 systems $____________________________

___________________________________________________________________

Grand Total for 110 systems in Words

Estimated Delivery Date ARO:

Add Options

1) Gemtor Class 2 Harness 541 NYC

Quantity of 50

_____________ Days

Unit Price $______________

Bid price must include any and all costs, including, but not limited to, vehicle destination charges, dealer preparation

costs, and documentation fees.

[ ] Check here if exceptions to the specifications are taken. Outline same in an attachment to the back of this form.

*NOTE: Please submit a copy of your current W-9 Form with this Bid (Not a condition of the Bid)

The undersigned bidder certifies that his bid is made independently and without collusion, agreement, understanding,

or planned course of action with any other bidder and that the contents of his bid shall not be disclosed to anyone other

than his employees, agents, or sureties prior to the official bid opening.

Sign here

_______________________________________

Print Name

_______________________________________

Company Name _______________________________________

Address

_______________________________________

Date

Tel

FAX

__________________

___________________

DRUG FREE WORKPLACE CERTIFICATE

(You are NOT required to sign this form – sign it only if it applies to your company )

I hereby certify that this company:

Has a published statement notifying employees that the unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing,

possession, or use of a controlled substance is prohibited in the workplace and that this statement specifies

the actions which will be taken against employees for violations of such prohibition.

Has a written policy informing employees about the dangers of drug abuse in the workplace, the firm's policy

of maintaining a drug free workplace, any available counseling, rehabilitation, and employee assistance programs, and

the penalties which may be imposed upon employees for drug use violations.

Each employee engaged in providing the commodities or contractual services which are being bid was given

a copy of the statements specified in paragraphs 1 and 2, above.

In the statement specified in paragraph 1, the employees have been notified that, as a condition of working

on the commodities or contractual services which are under bid, the employee will abide by the terms of the statement

and will notify the employer of any conviction of, or plea of "guilty", or of "nolo contendere" to any violation of any

controlled substance law of the United States or of any state, for a violation occurring in the workplace no later than

five (5) days after such conviction or plea.

This firm will impose a sanction on or require the satisfactory participation in a drug abuse assistance program

or a rehabilitation program, if such are available in the employee’s community, by any employee who is so convicted.

This firm will make a good faith effort to continue to maintain a drug free workplace.

As the person authorized to sign this statement, I certify that this firm fully complies with the above requirements.

Signature

Company

___________________________________

Date ____________

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