Active SLED Opportunity · FLORIDA · PINELLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Pinellas County School District invites sealed bids for park and playground equipment. Bids due April 28, 2026, via e-Procurement portal. Compliance with state educational facility requirements and submission of product samples required. Contact Tyler Marcum for details.
The Pinellas County School District (District) is soliciting sealed electronic bids in response to Park & Playground Equipment. Bids are due before 4:00 pm on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. Bids may be received up to but not later than, the date and time listed above, via the District e-Procurement Portal located at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/PCSB. The District e-Procurement Portal Clock is the official clock for the determination of all deadline dates and times. Without exception, responses will not be accepted after the submission deadline regardless of any technical difficulties such as poor internet connections. The Pinellas County School District Purchasing Department strongly recommends completing your response well ahead of the deadline.
Pinellas County Schools has partnered with OpenGov Procurement which provides government agencies and their suppliers with a comprehensive and easy to use web-based eProcurement system. Registered suppliers receive automatic notification and transmittal of bid solicitations, and there is no charge to register and subscribe to receive PCS solicitation notifications. Please visit https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/pcsb to register and subscribe.
Once you have downloaded bid documents from an OpenGov notification you will automatically receive an e-mail notifying you when any addenda are issued or questions posted have been answered. If you obtain our solicitation documents from any other source, we cannot guarantee that you will automatically receive subsequent notifications of addendums. To assure that you are automatically notified, you must visit the above website and download the bid document. The District will not be responsible if you fail to receive any and all addendums if you obtain the original bid document from another source.
The district will give consideration to prices established by the State of Florida Department of Management Services, Division of Purchasing through its contracts and negotiated agreement price schedules.
The procurement contact for this solicitation is Tyler Marcum and can be reached at marcumt@pcsb.org.
Submit Electronic Responses via the District e-Procurement Portal:
https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/PCSB
The Owner shall be defined as the School Board of Pinellas County, Florida, acting through its Superintendent or those persons designated by the Superintendent to act on the Superintendent's behalf. The words OWNER, BAORD, SCHOOL BOARD or PINELLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS may be used interchangeably.
All Pinellas County school projects are subject to State Requirements for Educational Facilities (SREF) compliance. https://www.fldoe.org/finance/edual-facilities/sref/
Bidders that accept Visa/Mastercard payments can be enrolled in the District’s ePayments program for faster payment turnaround. Interested parties can contact the Districts purchasing card provider, JP Morgan, for enrollment in the program at sua.supplier.support@jpmchase.com, or by phone at 877-263-5184. Unless exception to this condition is indicated in the answer provided here, the Bidders, by submitting a bid, agrees to accept the purchasing card as an acceptable form of payment and may not add additional service fees or handling charges to purchases made with the purchasing card.
Are you able to accept credit card payments at this time?
Contractor must provide to School Board evidence of compliance with Florida law regarding E-Verify. Evidence may consist of, but is not limited to, providing notice of Contractor’s E-Verify number coupled with an affidavit that all of Contractor’s Subcontractors similarly comply with the law.
Pursuant to Section 448.095, F.S., the Contractor is required to be registered with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s E-Verify system prior to entering into a contract with the Pinellas County School Board. The Contractor shall use the E-Verify system to verify the employment eligibility of all new employees hired by the Contractor during the contract term. The Contractor shall include an express provision in all of its subcontracts requiring subcontractors, who perform work or provide services pursuant to the contract, to use the E-Verify system to verify the employment eligibility of all new employees hired by the subcontractor during the contract term. For more information on this process, please refer to United States Citizenship and Immigration Service site at:
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis
Only those employees determined eligible to work within the United States shall be employed under this contract.
By submission of a bid in response to this solicitation, the Contractor affirms that all employees in the above categories shall undergo e-verification before placement on this contract. Evidence may consist of, but is not limited to, providing notice of Contractor’s E-Verify number coupled with an affidavit that all of Contractor’s Subcontractors similarly comply with the law.
A public employer, contractor, or subcontractor who has a good faith belief that a person or entity with which it is contracting has knowingly violated Section 448.09(1), Florida Statutes is obligated to terminate the contract with the person or entity pursuant to Section 448.095(2)(c)1, Florida Statutes. If the Pinellas County School Board terminates the contract for the foregoing reason, the contractor may not be awarded a public contract for at least one (1) year after the date on which the contract was terminated, and the contractor will be liable for any additional costs incurred by the Pinellas County School Board as a result of the termination of the contract.
Please upload any applicable product illustrations or specifications or catalog information here.
Have you sent in your samples for them to be received by the District prior to the due date and time of bids?
Please upload confirmation of your submittal of samples using the label specified by the District. If you have confirmation of delivery already available you are encouraged to upload that here along with your sample label.
Is your bid based on an alternative product or model? And if so, have you sent in samples of the alternative product you are bidding with for them to be received by the District prior to the due date and time of bids?
If you are not bidding based on an alternative product or model then simply select "No" for this question.
Please upload confirmation of your submittal of samples using the label specified by the District. If you have confirmation of delivery already available you are encouraged to upload that here along with your sample label.
Samples have been requested as part of this Bid. Please upload confirmation of your submittal of samples using the label specified by the District. If you have confirmation of delivery already available you are encouraged to upload that here along with your sample label.
Please upload any applicable warranty information for the products and/or services in your submittal.
Please review all forms in this section.
Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.
Please download the below documents.
Submit proof of your bid security here. This may be a scan of a completed bid bond and associated pages, or proof of delivery of an alternative form of bid security to the proper district location. If not applicable to your bid, simply upload the instructions provided here and note why requirements do not apply to your submittal.
Please download the below instructions and then upload your Certificate of Insurance.
Please download this form and provide a list of subcontractors that you intend to sub any portion of this project to in accordance with Florida Statute F.S.255.0515 and SREF 4.2 (d) (3). Upload the form here when completed.
Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.
Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.
Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.
Please upload information regarding the proposed work schedule here. This includes frequency of service or delivery of goods and overall workplan for performing work under the scope of this contract.
Upload Contractor's License
Provide evidence of five (5) years as the same business, legal entity as outlines in the Special Conditions Section of this Invitation to Bid. Please upload documentation here.
Provide documented evidence of experience as outlined in the Special Conditions section of this Invitation to Bid. Please upload documentation here.
For any additional information requested or required by any of your previously provided answers please upload that additional documentation here.
The Bidders, by submitting a bid here, certifies that its bid is made without previous understanding, agreement, or connection with any person, firm or corporation making a bid for the same item(s), and is in all respects fair, without outside control, collusion, fraud, or otherwise illegal action.
Bidder hereby certifies that all information provided within this submittal is accurate to the best of their knowledge and acknowledges that they have provided proof of their authority to submit a bid on behalf of the stated Company name committing them to the information contained within said submittal.
A bid submitted here obligates the Bidders to all terms, conditions and specifications stated in this bid document, unless exceptions are taken and clearly stated in the Bidder’s bid documents.
Bids somehow received after the stated submittal deadline will not be accepted.
Select yes or no
Enter start date of contract
Enter end date of contract
Is there a renewal option for the contract resulting from this solicitation once the initial term has expired?
What is the duration or period of time that the renewal will be valid for?
NOTE: State the term using written and (numeric) values as well as the unit of duration (months, years, etc.)
EXAMPLE
two (2) years
Will there be a pre-bid conference for this solicitation?
Will the pre-bid conference for this particular solicitation be mandatory or will it be non-mandatory/optional?
What is the estimated or approximate value of the contract likely to result from this solicitation? If there is a yearly amount, be sure to state "/year" after the amount.
EXAMPLE 1 (contract total):
$50,000
EXAMPLE 2 (contract total per year):
$50,000/year
Select the option which applies to this particular solicitation regarding product samples.
How many days will bidders have to furnish samples after a request has been made in writing?
NOTE: Be sure to state both written and numeric value
EXAMPLE:
five (5)
Will this bid result in work being performed by the contractor on District property?
NOTE: A "Yes" answer here includes the insurance specifications for contractors attachment.
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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