REQUEST FOR BIDS TO SUPPLY HIDALGO COUNTY with bids

REQUEST FOR BIDS
TO SUPPLY HIDALGO COUNTY with bids for Las Milpas Road Drainage, Bridge, and Traffic Signal Installation Project in Precinct 2.
Packets may be obtained by calling the Hidalgo County Purchasing Department at (956) 318-2626 or by email to jaime.cortez@co.hidalgo.tx.us.
A BIDDER’S BOND from a reliable surety company licensed to operate in the State of Texas or Certified Cashier’s Check, payable without recourse to the County of Hidalgo, for the amount of not less than 5% of the total proposal shall accompany the submittal as a guaranty that, if awarded the contract, the Vendor will enter into a contract with the County of Hidalgo. Payment and Performance Bonds shall be executed except in the event of a single payment contract with the County of Hidalgo in lieu of Performance Bond. In the event the total amount proposed is $25,000 or less, the successful vendor has the option to enter into a single payment contract with the County of Hidalgo in lieu of a Payment and Performance Bond.
PRE-BID CONFERENCE is scheduled for Wednesday, March 23, 2022, at 3:00 P.M. at HIDALGO COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING PURCHASING DEPARTMENT CONFERENCE ROOM, 2812 S Business Hwy 281, EDINBURG, TEXAS 78539.
UPON SUBMITTING BIDS, offers are required to properly identify (handwritten, typed, or printed) sealed envelope and/or packet as follows: Offeror’s name and address in the upper left-hand corner of the sealed envelope and/or package and RFB No.: 2022-0094-04-05-JDC Las Milpas Road Drainage, Bridge, and Traffic Signal Installation Project in Precinct 2 in the lower left-hand corner of sealed envelope and/or packet. OVERNIGHT MAIL MUST ALSO BE PROPERLY LABELED ON THE OUTSIDE OF EXPRESS ENVELOPE OR PACKAGE
The bid must contain one (1) original (pages one-sided), and two (2) USB’s in PDF format and be addressed for delivery to:
Eduardo Belmarez, MBA, CPM, Hidalgo County Purchasing Director
Hidalgo County Purchasing Department
US Postal Mail/Courier Address Physical Location:
2812 S. Business Hwy 281 2802 S. Business Hwy 281
Hidalgo County Administration Building Hidalgo County Administration Building
Edinburg, Texas 78539 (Southeast of Canton Rd & Business 281)
Edinburg, Texas, 78539
Bids will be accepted until 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, at which time they will be opened in the Hidalgo County Purchasing Department Conference Room at Physical Location: 2802 S. Business Hwy 281, Hidalgo County Administration Building, Edinburg, Texas 78539. NO FACSIMILES OR LATE ARRIVALS WILL BE ACCEPTED. ANY BID RECEIVED AFTER THAT TIME WILL NOT BE OPENED AND WILL BE RETURNED.
No less than, the federally determined prevailing (Davis-Bacon and Related Acts) wage rate, as issued and contained in the contract documents, must be paid on this project. In addition, the successful offeror must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin (if applicable).
HIDALGO COUNTY reserves the right to refuse and reject any/all bids and to waive any/all formalities or technicalities, or to accept the bid considered the best and most advantageous to the County.
Typewritten RFI’s shall be e-mailed to jaime.cortez@co.hidalgo.tx.us. RFI’s will not be answered by phone. NO HANDWRITTEN RFI will be processed/answered. All inquiries shall be forwarded by 5:00 p.m. Friday, March 25, 2022. Responses to said inquiries will be sent to all applicants via email by no later than Tuesday, March 29, 2022. Inquiries beyond this date will not be responded to.
BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONER’S COURT OF HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS, on this 8TH DAY OF March, 2022
EDUARDO BELMAREZ, MBA, CPM
HIDALGO COUNTY PURCHASING DIRECTOR
REPORT ROAD HAZARDS @ 1-866-HCR-SAFE OR 1-866-427-7233

Click here to view the public notice as it appeared in print.