SLED Opportunity · MISSOURI · CITY OF INDEPENDENCE (MO)
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The City of Independence (MO) seeks bids for term and supply contracts to purchase overhead and underground aluminum and copper cable for its municipal utility, Independence Power & Light. Bids must be submitted online by May 28, 2026, with a virtual bid opening scheduled.
Independence Power & Light, (IP&L) a municipally owned utility of the City of Independence, Missouri (City), is seeking term and supply contracts for the purchase of overhead and underground, aluminum and copper cable. Please submit all questions regarding this Invitation to Bid online via www.publicpurchase.com Bids must be submitted online via www.publicpurchase.com. Paper, fax, or email bids will NOT be accepted and will not be returned to sender. There will be a virtual bid opening for this invitation to bid (ITB). The link for this bid opening is: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/210204692526800?p=Mprqx6nzAgXwaJmXQn or Dial in by phone +1 660-631-8082,,95171059# United States, Marshall Find a local number Phone conference ID: 951 710 59# --- QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS --- Q: Hi, I don't understsand - FOB is "free on board" to the destination, but you still want delivery billed collect. That's contradictory. Please clarify this statement. Do you want it FOB or billed collect? Can't be both! thank you. Here's the statement from page 6. The City's freight terms are F.O.B. Destination (delivery point Independence, Missouri), bill receiver for small package shipments (UPS). For shipments over 150 pounds (LTL), the City outsources to a third party freight service. Freight shall be billed as third party collect and shall be shown as a separate line item cost and not included in the cost of the goods. Failure to follow these instructions may result in rejection of the bid. C.O.D shipments will not be accepted. A: No answer provided yet.
SLED stands for State, Local, and Education. These are solicitations issued by state governments, counties, cities, school districts, utilities, and higher education institutions — as opposed to federal agencies.
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