Rfb # 2025-005 Invitation To Bid For Rock And Gravel

F A N N I N C O U N T Y, T E X A SREQUEST FOR BIDS RFB # 2025-005 INVITATION TO BID FOR ROCK AND GRAVEL SUBMITTAL DEADLINE: TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 2025 BEFORE 3:00PM FANNIN COUNTYPURCHASING AGENT’SOFFICE101 E. SAM RAYBURNDR. SUITE 313BONHAM, TX 75418(903) 583-0054 The enclosed REQUEST FOR BID andaccompanying SPECIFICATIONS are for your convenience in submitting an offer forthe enclosed referenced ROCK & GRAVEL MATERIALS for the County for all Road& Bridge Precincts of Fannin County. The Commissioners Court of Fannin County, TX reservesthe right to accept or reject any/or all bids as it shall deem to be in thebest interest of Fannin County. Receipt of any bid shall under nocircumstances obligate Fannin County to accept the lowest bid. The award of the contract or contractsshall be made to one or more responsible vendor or vendors whose bid isdetermined to be the “Lowest and Best” to Fannin County, resulting from a bidor bids providing the best value considering associated direct and indirectcosts, including transport, maintenance, reliability, life cycle, warranties,and customer service after a sale. Bids shallinclude this RFB and all additional documents submitted. Each bid shallbe placed in a separate sealed envelope, manually signed in ink by a personhaving the authority to bind a vendor to a contract and marked clearly on theoutside as outlined below. SUBMISSIONOF BIDS One (1) original of all bid documents shall be sealedand submitted as vendor's response to: FANNIN COUNTYPURCHASING AGENTJULIE CRISWELL 101 E. SAMRAYBURN DR.SUITE 313BONHAM, TX 75418(903) 583-0054 SEALED BIDS MUSTBE FILED IN THE COUNTY PURCHASING AGENT OFFICE BEFORE 3:00 PM TUESDAY, JUNE 17,2025 Labelenvelope: RFB # 2025-005 ROCK AND GRAVEL SEALED BIDS SHALLBE OPENED AT 3:15 PM TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 2025 IN THE FANNIN COUNTY PURCHASINGAGENT’S OFFICE, 101 E. SAM RAYBURN DR. SUITE 313, BONHAM, TX 75418. Notification for bidding to supply Rockand Gravel for Fannin County has been properly advertised as required by law.Bid forms containing required specifications shall be furnished to persons orfirms requesting the forms from: Email: contact@example.gov Phone: +1 (555) 000-0000 Online: www.co.fannin.tx.us/page/fannin.County.Purchasing SELECTION AND AWARD PROCESSThe Purchasing Agent shall present openedbids received to the Commissioners Court. The Commissioners Court may considerthe pickup and delivery locations of the bidders and the cost to the countydelivering or hauling the material to be purchased. The Commissioners Court may award contract orcontracts for the purchase of road construction material to more than onebidder if each of the selected bidders submits the lowest and best bids for aparticular location or type of material. A contract or contracts may be awarded to one or more bidders who submitthe lowest and best bid or bids for the county. RIGHT OF THE COUNTY TO CANCEL REQUEST FORBID, TO ELECT NOT TO AWARD, TO REJECT SUBMITTALS, AND TO WAIVE INFORMALITIES ORIRREGULARITIES. The county expressly reserves the right tocancel the RFB at any time, to elect not to award contracts cited in the RFB,to reject any or all submittals, to waive any informality or irregularity inany submittal received, and to be the sole judge of the merits of therespective submittals received. NO INDIVIDUAL OF ANYCOUNTY DEPARTMENT HAS THE AUTHORITY TO LEGALLY AND/OR FINANCIALLY COMMIT THECOUNTY TO ANY CONTRACT, AGREEMENT OR PURCHASE ORDER FOR GOODS OR SERVICES,UNLESS SPECIFICALLY SANCTIONED BY THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE REQUEST FOR BID. ADDENDA TO THE REQUEST FOR BID Requests for interpretations and clarifications of the RFB mayonly be made in writing. All requests must be submitted in writing to JulieCriswell, Purchasing Agent, at contact@example.gov. It shall be the responsibility of each vendor, priorto submitting the competitive bid, to check the website to confirm if addendawere issued and to make such addenda a part of the competitive bid. LATE BIDS Bids received in the Purchasing Office aftersubmission deadline shall be returned unopened and will be considered void andunacceptable. Fannin County is notresponsible for lateness of mail, carrier, etc., and time/date stamp in thePurchasing Office shall be the official time of receipt. ALTERING BIDSAny interlineation, alteration, or erasure made beforereceiving time must be initialed by the signer of the proposal, guaranteeingauthenticity. WITHDRAWAL OF BID A bid may not be withdrawn or cancelled by thecontractor for a period of sixty (60) days following the date designated forthe receipt of bid, and contractors so agree upon submittal of their bid. BID OPENING Bids will be received and publicly openedby the Purchasing agent at the location, date, and time stated above. Contractors, their representatives, andinterested persons may be present. Allbids shall be kept on file and available for public inspection after thecontact or contracts is awarded until the first anniversary of the date ofopening. SALES TAX Fannin County, Texas is by statute exempt from thestate sales tax and federal excise tax; therefore, the proposal price shall notinclude taxes. CONFLICT OF INTEREST No public official or Fannin County employee shallhave interest in this contract, in accordance with Vernon, Texas CodesAnnotated, Local Government Codes Title 5, Submitted C, Chapter 171. I. BIDSPECIFICATIONS *GRADATION OF MATERIAL **FILTER BLANKET MATERIAL FOR BEDRIP RAP (LARGE ROCK) GRADATIONOF MATERIAL SIZE PERCENTAGE SIZE PERCENTAGE 1 ½” 100% 4” 100%1” 95– 100% 2” 60 – 90%½” 25– 60% 1” 40 – 70%#3 0– 10% 3/8” 15 – 40%#8 0– 5% #3 0 – 15% FANNIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANYOR ALL PRODUCTS AT ANY TIME THAT THE PRODUCTS DO NOT MEET THE APPROVAL OF THECOMMISSIONERS, COLLECTIVELY OR INDIVIDUALLY. THE CONTRACT EFFECTIVE DATES WILL BE FOR ONE FULL YEAR FROMTHE DATE OF ACCEPTANCE BY THE FANNIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT. ROCK WILL BEPURCHASED BASED ON LOWEST PRICE AVAILABLE. COMPANY NAME ________________________________________ ADDRESS ________________________________________ ________________________________________ PHONE EMAIL SUCCESSFUL BIDDER SHALL defend, indemnifyand hold harmless Fannin County and all its officers, agents and employees fromall suits, actions, or other claims of any character, name and descriptionbrought for or on account of any injuries or damages received or sustained byany person, persons, or property on account of any negligent act or fault ofthe successful bidder, or of any agent, employee, subcontractor or supplier inthe execution of, or performance under, any contract which may result from bidaward. Successful bidder shall pay anyjudgment with cost which may be obtained against Fannin County growing out ofsuch injury or damages. FanninCounty reserves the right to accept and or reject any and all bids. RETURN BID TO: Mail: Fannin CountyPurchasing 101 East SamRayburn, Suite 313 Fannin CountyCourthouse Bonham, TX 75418 Sealed Bids shall be received no later than: 3:00 P.M., Tuesday, June 17, 2025MARK ENVELOPE or SUBJECT LINE: "BID #2025-005 - Rock and Gravel” BID FORM THIS BID FORM IS REQUIRED TOBE SUBMITTED AND SIGNED BY THE INDIVIDUAL THAT IS AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTECONTRACTS FOR THE COMPANY. I, WE,___________________________________ (COMPANY NAME) ___________________________________(ADDRESS) ___________________________________ ___________________________________(PHONE) ___________________________________(FAX) HEREBY AGREE TO DELIVER TOTHE COUNTY OF FANNIN, TEXAS, ROCK & GRAVEL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ATTACHEDSPECIFICATIONS. _______________________________ SIGNATURE _______________________________ PRINTNAME _______________________________ TITLE Bidder Shall Sign and Return Pages 1 through 13 of Bid Package and AllDocumentation Required by the Invitation for Bid. BID AFFIDAVIT Theundersigned certifies that the bid prices contained in this bid have beencarefully reviewed and are submitted as correct and final. The period of acceptance of this bid will beno more than sixty (60) calendar days from the date of the bid opening. STATE OF COUNTY OF BEFORE ME, the undersignedauthority, a Notary Public in and for the State of , on this day personally appeared ,who (name)after being by me duly sworn, diddepose and say: "I, am a (name)duly authorized officer of/agentfor ; (nameof firm)and have been duly authorized to execute the foregoing on behalf of the said . (nameof firm) I hereby certify that the foregoingbid has not been prepared in collusion with any other bidder or other person orpersons engaged in the same line of business prior to the official opening ofthis bid. Further, I certify that thebidder is not now, nor has been for the past six (6) months, directly orindirectly concerned in any pool or agreement or combination, to control theprice of the goods/services bid on, or to influence any person or persons tobid or not to bid thereon." Name and address of bidder: Telephone # by: Title: (printname)Signature: SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me by the above-named on this the day of 20 . NotaryPublic in and for the State of REFERENCESLISTTHREE (3) COMPANIES OR GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES WHERE THESE COMMODITIES HAVE BEENPROVIDED: 1. COMPANYNAME:______________________________________________ ADDRESS:__________________________TELEPHONE NO.:___________ CONTACTPERSON:___________________TITLE:___________________ EMAIL: 2. COMPANYNAME:______________________________________________ ADDRESS:__________________________TELEPHONE NO.:___________ CONTACTPERSON:___________________TITLE:___________________ EMAIL: 3. COMPANYNAME:______________________________________________ ADDRESS:__________________________TELEPHONE NO:____________ CONTACTPERSON:___________________TITLE:___________________ EMAIL: Any questions concerning this bid must be directed inwriting to Julie Criswell, Fannin County Purchasing Agent at contact@example.gov. Comments/Exceptions:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________