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CITY OF GREENVILLE
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
INVITATION FOR BIDS
IFB NO. 23-3820
RHETT STREET SEWER UPGRADES
DUE: NOVEMBER 17, 2022
2:00 PM
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CITY OF GREENVILLE
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
INVITATION FOR BIDS
IFB NO. 23-3820
BIDS will be received by the Purchasing Division, Greenville, South Carolina until 2:00 p.m. ET,
November 17, 2022 and promptly thereafter all bids that have been duly received will be opened
and read aloud via WebEx Teleconference:
Rhett Street Sewer Upgrades
SUBMITTAL:
All bids must be received NO LATER THAN 2:00 p.m. ET,
November 17, 2022
TO SUBMIT BID:
Click here
Bids will not be opened until 2pm. Contractors MUST
confirm receipt prior to 2pm by sending an inquiry to the
email address below.
WEBEX TELECONFERENCE: Contractors wishing to attend the bid opening should call:
1-415-655-0002
Meeting Access Code: 2340 734 7655
DEADLINE FOR QUESTIONS
OR CLARIFICATIONS:
2:00 p.m. ET, November 9, 2022
E-MAIL:
mdiaz@greenvillesc.gov
PRE-BID CONFERENCE:
November 2, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. in front of City Hall, 206 S.
Main St., Greenville, SC 29601 – NON-MANDATORY.
Any revisions to this Invitation for Bid will be issued and distributed as an addendum. All
addenda, additional communications, responses to questions, etc. pertaining to the Invitation for
Bids will be posted on the City of Greenville website at: http://www.greenvillesc.gov/bids.aspx.
All bidders should consult this website for updates before submitting bids.
DEADLINE ENFORCED
Bids received after the time and date set for receipt of bids WILL NOT be accepted. It
is the bidder’s responsibility to ensure timely delivery of their bid. Telephone or
facsimile bids will not be accepted.
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From time to time, the Purchasing Division may have to release written changes to a solicitation
due to an inadvertent error or omission on the part of the City or to an inquiry from an interested
vendor during the question phase of the solicitation. No changes to the published terms and
conditions, scope of work, minimum requirements, or insurance and bonding requirements will be
considered unless they are submitted in compliance with the deadline for the questions or
clarification phase of the solicitation. Any changes to the published terms and conditions, scope
of work, minimum requirements, or insurance and bonding requirements will be published in a
formal, written addendum. The City is not obligated to make any changes to the published
solicitation based on an inquiry from a vendor. The City will not consider “red-line” amendments
to any contract with the successful bidder, as all requests for changes must be posed in the question
phase and accepted in a formal addendum. The City reserves the right to negotiate with the
successful bidder in order to comply with budgetary allocations.
Any offer submitted as a result of this solicitation shall be binding on the bidder for SIXTY (60)
CALENDAR DAYS FOLLOWING THE BID OPENING DATE. Any bid for which the
offeror specifies a shorter acceptance period may be rejected.
No bid will be accepted from a contractor who is not currently licensed, as applicable, by the
South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation Contractors’ License
Board, in accordance with Title 40, Chapter 11 of the Code of Law of South Carolina, and
does not have a current South Carolina General Contractor’s License. Requirements may
be obtained at www.llr.state.sc.us. If this requirement is not met, your bid will be
disqualified and rejected.
If the bidder discovers any ambiguity, conflict, discrepancy, omission or other errors in the IFB,
bidder shall immediately notify the City of such error in writing and request modification or
clarification of the document. The bidder is responsible for clarifying any ambiguity, conflict,
discrepancy, omission, or other error in the IFB, or it shall be deemed waived.
Proprietary and/or Confidential Information
Your bid is a public document under the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act (FOIA),
except as to information that may be exempt from disclosure under the FOIA in the City’s sole
discretion. If you cannot agree to this standard, please do not submit your bid.
All information that you desire to be treated as confidential and/or proprietary must be CLEARLY
AND SPECIFICALLY identified, and each page containing confidential and/or proprietary
information, in whole or in part, must be stamped and/or denoted as CONFIDENTIAL, in bold,
in a font of at least 12-point type, in the upper right-hand corner of the page. All information not
so noted and identified may be disclosed by the City. Blanket-type identification by designating
whole pages or sections as containing confidential and/or proprietary information will not ensure
confidentiality.
This Invitation for Bids is being issued by the City of Greenville Purchasing Division. Direct all
questions or request for clarification of this IFB in writing to the e-mail address shown on page
one (1) of this invitation.
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Current E-mail Address Required
All bids submitted shall include a current e-mail address. Once selected, Notice of Intent to Award
shall be posted on the City’s website; and Notice of Intent to Award, and notices of non-award,
shall be sent to all bidders via e-mail. No hard copy notices will be sent via regular mail.
During the performance of the contract, the contractor shall comply with any and all applicable
federal, state or local laws, rules, and regulations relating to a drug-free workplace.
Bidders are specifically directed not to contact any other City personnel for meetings, conferences,
or technical discussions related to this request unless otherwise stated in this IFB. Failure to adhere
to this policy may be grounds for rejection of your bid.
Required Affidavits
Firms submitting bids are required to include all affidavits found at the end of this Invitation for
Bids. If any of the affidavits are not applicable, N/A is an acceptable response.
Protest of Solicitation or Award
Solicitation – Section 2.6. A. of the City of Greenville Procurement Policy allows any prospective
bidder, offeror, contractor who is aggrieved in connection with the solicitation of a contract to
protest to the Purchasing Administrator within ten (10) calendar days of the date of issuance of the
Invitation for Bids or Request for Proposals or other solicitation documents, whichever is
applicable, or any amendment thereto. Any protest shall be in writing, submitted to the Purchasing
Administrator, as stated above, and shall set forth the grounds of protest and the relief requested
with enough particularity to give notice of the issues to be decided.
Award – Section 2.6. B. of the City of Greenville Procurement Policy allows any actual bidder,
offeror, contractor who is aggrieved in connection with the intended award or award of a contract
to protest to the City Manager within ten (10) calendar days of the date the notification of award
is posted in accordance with this policy. Any protest shall be in writing, submitted to the City
Manager, as stated above, and shall set forth the grounds of protest and the relief requested with
enough particularity to give notice of the issues to be decided.
The words “Bidder”, “Offeror”, “Proposer”, “Vendor”, and “Contractor” are used interchangeably
throughout this IFB, and are used in place of the person, firm, or corporation submitting a bid.
Dated at Greenville, South Carolina this 18 day of October 2022.
BY:
Maribel Diaz, CPPB, Lead Buyer
City of Greenville, SC
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Reviewed By:
Director of Engineering Services
City Engineer
Risk Manager
Legal Department
OMB Director
Purchasing Administrator
10/19/2022
Date
10/18/2022
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10/19/2022
Date
10/18/2022
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10/19/2022
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10/19/2022
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Revised 11.2020
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