INVITATION TO BID
FIRE STATION 1 WATER INTRUSION REPAIR
PC25-010
CITY OF PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA
Bids for Fire Station 1 Water Intrusion Repair will be received electronically via Bonfire by the
City of Panama City until 2:00 PM CT, on Wednesday, January 29, 2025. At that time, all Bids
received will be publicly opened and read at City Hall Room 010 located at 501 Harrison
Avenue, Panama City, FL 32401.
You may submit bids electronically through the City’s Bonfire Portal at
https://panamacity.bonfirehub.com/portal/?tab=openOpportunities. If you have questions or
need assistance with alternative methods of submission, please contact Johnnie Gallegos at
contact@example.gov.
The estimated cost of the construction project equals or exceeds $250,000. The voluntary site
visit is scheduled for 10:00 AM CT on Tuesday, December 17, 2024, at Fire Station 1, 600 East
Business Highway 98, Panama City, Florida 32401.
The voluntary pre-bid conference is scheduled for 10:00 AM CT, on Wednesday, December 18,
2024 at City Hall, 501 Harrison Avenue, lower level, Room 010 Panama City, Florida, 32401.
The project consists of exterior wall renovations to Fire Station 1 located at 600 East Business
Highway 98, Panama City, Florida 32401 including removal of existing EIFS and curved elements
from the exterior walls, squaring off those previous curved elements, and installation of new
sheathing, vapor barrier and fiber-cement siding. In the event of damaged or missing wall
insulation, new insulation is to be added. At locations where corroded exterior metal wall studs
are found, those are to be removed and replaced.
Alternate 1: Include pre-engineered aluminum awnings over windows and doors on Fire
Station 1.
The project has an expected duration of 180 days.
The work will be awarded in one contract.
The successful bidder will be required to submit a list of subcontractors with the bid package for
approval before award of contract.
The Instructions to Bidders, Bid, Contract Agreement, Drawings, Specifications and forms of Bid
Bond, Performance Bond, Payment Bond and other Contract Documents may be examined at the
following:
City of Panama City, Purchasing Division
501 Harrison Avenue, Room 238
Panama City, FL 32401
All bid documents including Plans, Specifications and Addenda may be obtained by emailing
Johnnie Gallegos at
contact@example.gov. Partial sets of Bidding Documents will not be
available directly from the Issuing Office. Neither Owner nor Architect/Engineer will be
responsible for full or partial sets of Bidding Documents including Addenda, if any, obtained from
sources other than the Issuing Office.
Each Bid must be accompanied by a Bid Bond, prepared on the form of Bid Bond attached to the
Contract Documents or a Surety Company’s Standard Bid Bond, duly executed by the Bidder as
principal and having as surety thereon a surety company licensed to do business in the State of
Florida and listed as a certified company in the latest issue of U.S. Treasury Circular 570, in the
amount of five percent of the Bid.
No bid may be withdrawn within 90 calendar days after the scheduled time for receipt of bids.
All bidders must be licensed and shall comply with all licensing requirements of the State of
Florida. All bidders must comply with all applicable State and Local laws concerning licensing,
registration, and regulation of contractors doing business in the State of Florida. Further,
contractors shall obtain all such occupational licenses and permits as shall be prescribed by law.
The person or affiliate who has been placed on the convicted vendor list following a conviction
for a public entity crime may not submit a bid for a contract to provide any goods or services to
a public entity, may not submit a bid for a contract to a public entity for the construction or repair
of a public building or public work, may not submit bids for leases of real property to a public
entity, may not be awarded a contract or perform work as a contractor, supplier, subcontractor,
or consultant under a contract with any public entity, and may no transact business with any
public entity in excess of the threshold amount provided in Section 287.017, for Category Two
for a period of 36 months from the date of being placed on the convicted vendor list.
Contractor must ensure employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against
because of their race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
The City of Panama City reserves the right to accept any Bids deemed to be in the best interest
of the City, to waive any minor irregularities, scrivener’s errors, minor omissions, minor
deviations, and/or technicalities in any Bids, or to reject any or all Bids and re-advertise for new
Bids, in accordance with the applicable sections of the Florida Statutes, the City Charter and
City code, and this Invitation to Bid (ITB). The responsibility for submitting a Bid before the
stated time and date is solely and strictly that of the Responsive Bidder. The City is not
responsible for any delayed, late, lost, misdelivered, or non-delivered Bids, no matter the cause.
The City shall not be liable for any costs incurred by any bidder in connection with its response
to this ITB. The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive any informality in any
bid, to solicit and re-advertise for new Bid submittals or to abandon the project in its entirety.
The successful Bidder for this Contract will be required to furnish a satisfactory Performance
Bond and Payment Bond each in the amount of 100 percent of the Bid.
City of Panama City, Florida
Purchasing Division
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