Summary of Specifications:
Date: August 18, 2016. Sealed proposals for SNOW REMOVAL SERVICE FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDED YARD SERVICES PROGRAM – 2016-2017 WINTER SEASON for qualified residents 62 years of age and older and handicapped residents will be received by the City of Rochester Hills at the Purchasing Division, 1000 Rochester Hills Drive, Rochester Hills, Michigan 48309 or through the MITN website until 3:00 P.M. Local time, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2016, at which time and place said proposers names will be publicly read aloud. Proposals received after 3:00 p.m. are considered late and will not be accepted. Such proposals shall be rejected and returned unopened to the proposer. The City of Rochester Hills officially distributes bid/proposal documents from the Purchasing Division or through the Michigan Intergovernmental Trade Network (MITN). Copies of proposal documents obtained from any other source are not considered official copies. The first step to do business with the City is to become a registered vendor by visiting the City website at www.rochesterhills.org, select Business, Purchasing/Bids, Quick Links and Vendor Registration to link to the MITN website. Final proposal results will be posted on the MITN website after award. THE CITY OF ROCHESTER HILLS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY AND ALL PROPOSALS. Businesses owned by women or minorities are strongly encouraged to apply. Please submit proposal on or before the date and time given above to: Keri J. Bright, CPPB, Purchasing Analyst City of Rochester Hills, 1000 Rochester Hills Drive Rochester Hills, Michigan 48309 All proposals (5 copies) must be submitted in a Sealed Envelope marked “RFP – CDBG SNOW REMOVAL” or through the MITN website. Please note if you are submitting proposal through the MITN website, the City of Rochester Hills is capable of accepting documents in .docx, .pdf, .jpg, .tif or rtf formats. Due to security risks associated with some file formats, the following file types are not able to be opened by the City: DOC, DOCM, DOT, XLS, XLSM, XLSB, XLT, PPT, PPTM, RTF. All of these formats can contain malicious code. The City is also not able to open ZIP files at this time. Alternatively you could convert these files to PDF. Proposals shall be in conformance with and subject to the Request for Proposal (RFP) documents. Proposal Form and Vendor Questionnaire must be completed entirely and submitted with Proposal. Any deviation from the specifications must be noted on the proposal. Please log into MITN for full document.