Active SLED Opportunity · FLORIDA · CITY OF GREEN COVE SPRINGS
AI Summary
City of Green Cove Springs seeks contractors for construction of a 10,500 LF 16" force main via directional drilling, pump station modifications, and wastewater facility decommissioning. RFQ due by September 3, 2026. Pre-proposal meeting August 4, 2026.
Constructing approximately 10,500 LF of 16" fusible PVC (or alternate #1 HDPE), force main installed via directional drilling, Pump Station 2 collection system modifications, and limited activities to decommission the South Wastewater Treatment Facility.
See Attachment: Bid Set Specs - DEP SRF Pine Ave FM Extension
Bidders shall submit all inquiries regarding this bid via the City e-Procurement Portal, located at
https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/greencovesprings. Please note the deadline for submitting inquiries. All answers to inquiries will be posted on the City e-Procurement Portal. Bidders may also click “Follow” on this bid to receive an email notification when answers are posted. It is the responsibility of the bidder to check the website for answers to inquiries.
The term “Owner” where used in these documents, refers to the City of Green Cove Springs.
The City 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 City of Green Cove Springs, FL strongly recommends completing your response well ahead of the deadline.
All responses must be presented in the same order as specified in this Proposal. Supporting material may be provided; however, the City’s decision will primarily be based upon a comparison of the information specifically requested. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any and/or all Proposals, and to waive any minor irregularities and technicalities. There is no obligation on the part of the City to award the contract to the lowest proposer and the City reserves the right to award the contract to the lowest responsible proposer submitting a responsible proposal with a resulting negotiated agreement that is most advantageous and in the best interest of the City. The City shall be the sole judge of the Proposal and the resulting negotiated agreement that is in its best interest and its decision shall be final.
All applicable laws and regulations of the State of Florida and ordinances and regulations of the City of Green Cove Springs will apply to any resulting agreement.
There is no expressed or implied obligation for the City of Green Cove Springs to reimburse responding firms for any expenses incurred in preparing proposals in response to this request.
Responses to inquiries which directly affect an interpretation or change to this RFP will be issued in writing by addendum. All information regarding this RFP shall be placed on the e-Procurement Portal, located at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/greencovesprings. Requests for interpretation or changes to this RFP must be received via the City e-Procurement Portal, located at
https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/greencovesprings. All such addenda issued by the City prior to the last date that submittals are required to be received shall be considered part of the RFP, and the Respondent shall be required to consider and acknowledge receipt of such in its response. It is the obligation of the Respondent to make sure that it has received all addenda prior to submission of its response.
Addenda Notification: Bidders are required to register for an account via the City e-Procurement Portal hosted by OpenGov. Once the bidder has completed registration, they will receive addenda notifications to their email by clicking “Follow” on this project. Ultimately, it is the sole responsibility of each bidder to periodically check the site for any addenda at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/greencovesprings.
Only those responses to inquiries, which are made by formal written addenda, shall be binding. Oral and other interpretations or clarifications will be without legal effect and shall not be binding on the City. The Respondent must acknowledge receipt of all addenda in its response, failure to do so will deem the proposal non-respondent.
The proposing firm may withdraw their sealed proposal prior to the scheduled receipt date and time by selecting the "unsubmit proposal" option on the City's e-procurement portal. After being opened, the RFP will be valid for 90 calendar days and may not be withdrawn during that time.
Subject to the City's right to reject bids, and if the bid is reasonably the lowest responsive and responsible, recommendation for award to bidder will be made to the City Council. A contract will only be entered into with responsible bidders, qualified by experience and financial ability to do the work and/or supply service or materials.
The City reserves the right to accept or reject any or all Proposals, to waive irregularities and technicalities, and to request resubmission or additional information. The City reserves the right to award the contract to the most responsible and responsive proposing firm, resulting in an agreement, which is most advantageous to and in the best interest of the City of Green Cove Springs. The City shall be the sole judge of the Proposals and the resulting agreement that is in the best interests, and the City of Green Cove Springs’ decision shall be final.
The contract entered by the City of Green Cove Springs and the Lead Team firm shall consist of this Request for Proposals, any addendum issued including the City’s Standard Addendum to all City Contracts and Agreements document, the submitted proposal by the contractor, any approved change orders issued, all of which shall be referred to collectively as the Contract Documents.
Notwithstanding any provision in this agreement to the contrary, the following public records requirements shall apply:
CONSULTANT, or provider of services hereunder, shall allow public access to all documents, papers, letters, or other material subject to the provisions of Chapter 119, Florida Statutes, made or received by the CONSULTANT in conjunction with this Contract. Specifically, the CONSULTANT must:
(1) Keep and maintain public records that ordinarily and necessarily would be required by the City to perform the services being performed by the CONSULTANT.
(2) Provide the public with access to public records on the same terms and conditions that the City would provide the records and at a cost that does not exceed the cost provided in Chapter 119, Florida Statutes, or as otherwise provided by law.
(3) Ensure that public records that are exempt or confidential and exempt from public records disclosure requirements are not disclosed except as authorized by law.
(4) Meet all requirements for retaining public records and transfer at no cost to the City for all public records in possession of the CONSULTANT upon termination of the contract and destroy any duplicate public records that are exempt or confidential and exempt from public records disclosure requirements. All records stored electronically must be provided to the City in a format that is compatible with the information technology systems of the City.
The CONSULTANT shall promptly provide the City with a copy of any request to inspect or copy public records in possession of the CONSULTANT and shall promptly provide the City a copy of the CONSULTANT’s response to each such request. Failure to grant such public access will be grounds for immediate termination of this Contract by the City.
THIS ARTICLE WILL BE DEEMED TO APPLY TO ALL SERVICE CONTRACTS UNLESS THE CONSULTANT CAN DEMONSTRATE BY CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE THAT IT IS NOT ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE CITY UNDER FLORIDA LAW.
The City of Green Cove Springs shall have the right to terminate at the City’s convenience, with or without cause, any Contract resulting from this RFP by specifying the date of termination in a written notice. In this event, the firm shall be entitled to just and equitable compensation for any satisfactory work completed. All work produced shall become the property of the City of Green Cove Springs.
The City shall require the following or similar indemnification paragraphs to be made part of the contract(s) as entered into with the successful proposer(s):
The City shall be held harmless against all claims for bodily injury, sickness, disease, death or personal injury or damage to property or loss of use resulting therefrom arising out of performance of the agreement or contract, unless such claims are a result of the City’s own negligence.
The City shall also be held harmless against all claims for financial loss with respect to the provision of or failure to provide professional or other services resulting in professional, malpractice, or errors or omissions liability arising out of performance of the agreement or contract, unless such claims are a result of the City’s own negligence.
The successful Proposer selected for the project will be required to procure and maintain during the life of the Contract with the City of Green Cove Springs, Florida insurance of the type and in the minimum amounts listed below:
a. Commercial General Liability
1. General Aggregate $1,000,000
2. Products and Completed Operations Aggregate $1,000,000
3. Personal and Advertising Injury $1,000,000
4. Each Occurrence $1,000,000
5. Fire Damage (any one fire) $ 50,000
6. Medical Expense (any one person) $ 5,000
b. Automobile Liability
1. Any Automobile-Combined bodily injury/property damage, with minimum limits
for all additional coverage $1,000,000 as required by Florida law
c. Workers Compensation/Employers Liability
1. Workers Compensation statutory limits
2. Employers Liability
a. Each Accident $ 100,000
b. Disease-Policy $ 500,000
c. Disease-Each Employee $ 100,000
d. Professional Liability
1. When required by contract-per occurrence $1,000,000
Insurance shall be written by an insurer holding a current certificate of authority pursuant to Chapter 624, Florida Statutes. Prior to commencing any work on the contract, certificates of insurance, approved by the City, evidencing the maintenance of said insurance shall be furnished to the City. The certificates shall provide that no material alteration or cancellation, including expiration and non-renewal, shall be effective until fifteen (15) days after receipt of written notice by the City. All coverages shall name the City as "additional insured". Receipt of certificates or other documents of insurance or policies or copies of policies by the City, or by any of its representatives, which indicate less coverage than required will not constitute a waiver of the successful proposer(s)’ obligation to fulfill the insurance requirements herein.
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I acknowledge I will complete the addendum below upon contract award:
Any other provisions of the Contract or Agreement to which this Standard Addendum is attached to the contrary notwithstanding, the parties specifically agree that the provisions hereinafter set forth will apply exclusively with respect to the matters addressed, whether addressed in said Contract or Agreement or not, and shall be deemed an integral part of said Contract or Agreement as if duly set out therein, having a force and effect of equal or superior dignity, as applicable, with the provisions thereof; provided, that if the provisions of the Contract or Agreement address a particular matter in a manner which results in a lower cost to the City than this Standard Addendum, then such provisions of the Contract or Agreement shall control and supersede the applicable provisions hereof (as used herein, the term “Contractor” means the vendor or other party in the Contract or Agreement providing construction, labor, materials, professional services, and/or equipment to the City thereunder; the term “City” means Green Cove Springs, a municipal corporation of the State of Florida, its City Council, or any other name or label set forth in the Contract or Agreement identifying such entity).
1. All payments for services rendered, or supplies, materials, equipment and the like constructed, delivered, or installed under the Contract or Agreement (the Work) shall be made by the City in accordance with the Local Government Prompt Payment Act (the Act). Upon receipt of a proper statement, invoice or draw request, the City shall have the number of days provided in the Act in which to make payment.
2. Any work or professional services sub-contracted for by the Contractor for which the City has agreed to reimburse the Contractor shall not be marked up but shall be payable by the City only in the exact amount reasonably incurred by the Contractor. No other such sub-contracted services shall be reimbursed.
3. In the event the Contract or Agreement is for professional services, charged on a time basis, the City shall not be billed or invoiced for time spent traveling to and from the Contractor’s offices or other points of dispatch of its sub-contractors, employees, officers, or agents in connection with the services being rendered.
4. The City shall not be liable to reimburse the Contractor for any courier service, telephone, facsimile, or postage charges incurred by the Contractor, except as follows, and then only in the exact amount incurred by the Contractor [if the space below is left blank, then “NONE” is deemed to have been inserted therein]:
5. The City shall not be liable to reimburse the Contractor for any copying expenses incurred by the Contractor, except as follows, and then only at $0.05 per page [if the space below is left blank, then “NONE” is deemed to have been inserted therein]:
6. If and only if travel and per diem expenses are addressed in the Contract or Agreement in a manner which expressly provides for the City to reimburse the Contractor for the same, then the City shall reimburse the Contractor only for those travel and per diem expenses reasonably incurred and only in accordance with the provisions of Section 112.061, Florida Statutes or as otherwise limited by Florida law. In the event the Contractor has need to utilize hotel accommodations or common carrier services, the City shall reimburse the Contractor for his, her, or its reasonable expense incurred thereby provided prior written approval of the City Manager of the City or his or her designee is obtained.
7. With respect to drawings and/or plans prepared on behalf of the City by the Contractor under the Contract or Agreement, unless specifically provided otherwise therein, complete sets of such drawings and/or plans shall be reproduced by the Contractor without cost to the City for all Proposers requesting the same, and five (5) complete sets of such drawings and/or plans shall be reproduced and delivered to the City without cost.
8. With respect to any indemnification by the City provided under the Contract or Agreement, any such indemnification shall be subject to and within the limits set forth in Section 768.28, Florida Statutes, and shall otherwise be limited as provided by law.
9. In that the City is a governmental agency exempt from sales tax, the City shall pay no such taxes, any other provisions of the Contract or Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding. The City shall provide proof of its exempt status upon reasonable request.
10. Any pre-printed provisions of the Contract or Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the same shall not automatically be renewed but shall be renewed only upon subsequent agreement of the parties.
11. The Contractor acknowledges that in the budget for each fiscal year of the City during which the term of the Contract or Agreement is in effect, a limited amount of funds are appropriated which are available to make payments arising under the Contract or Agreement. Any other provisions of the Contract or Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, and pursuant to applicable Florida Statutes, the maximum payment that the City is obligated to make under the Contract or Agreement from the budget of any fiscal year shall not exceed the appropriation for said fiscal year.
CITY OF GREEN COVE SPRINGS CONTRACTOR/FIRM/INDIVIDUAL
By: __________________________________ By:
Mayor (Printed Name) (Printed Name and Title)
By: __________________________________ By:
Mayor (Signature) (Signature)
ATTEST:
By:
Erin West, City Clerk
Under no circumstances shall any prospective proposer, or any person or persons acting for or on behalf of any said prospective proposer, seek to influence or gain the support of any member of the City Council or the City Staff favorable to the interest of any prospective proposer or seek to influence or gain the support of any member of the City Council or City Staff against the interest of any prospective proposer. Any such activities shall result in the exclusion of the prospective proposer from consideration by the City.
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