The City of Rochester Hills is accepting proposals from qualified and experienced vendors to provide Groundskeeping Materials - Fertilizer, Pesticide, Herbicide, Grass Seed and Related Products. Sealed proposals will be received by the City of Rochester Hills, at the Purchasing Division/Fiscal Team, 1000 Rochester Hills Drive, Rochester Hills, MI 48309 until EXACTLY 3:00 p.m. EST, on Thursday, July 12, 2018 at which time and place the names of proposers will be publicly read aloud.
A non-mandatory pre-proposal conference for the purpose of reviewing the RFP and answering questions regarding the project will be held on Thursday, June 14, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. EST, at the City of Rochester Hills, City Hall Auditorium (Lower Level), 1000 Rochester Hills Drive, Rochester Hills, Michigan 48309.
All correspondence or inquires from interested firms regarding this proposal shall be directed to the attention of Debbie Scully, CPPB, Senior Procurement Analyst, City of Rochester Hills, 1000 Rochester Hills Drive, Rochester Hills, MI 48309, (248) 841-2539, scullyd@rochesterhills.org. All inquires shall submitted by Friday, June 15, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. EST, in order that a written response in the form of an addendum can be processed before the proposals are opened. Inquiries received after that date will not be considered.
The City of Rochester Hills officially distributes 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. Only those vendors who obtain proposal documents from either the Purchasing Division or the MITN System are guaranteed access to receive addendum information, if such information is issued. The first step to do business with the City is to become a registered vendor by visiting the City website at www.rochesterhills.org, click on City Government, Purchasing, Bid Opportunities and link to MITN website. Final proposal results will be posted on the MITN website after award.
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.
THE CITY OF ROCHESTER HILLS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY AND ALL PROPOSALS.
Any deviation from the specifications must be noted on the proposal.
Please submit proposal on or before the date & time given above to: Debbie Scully, CPPB, Senior Procurement Analyst, City of Rochester Hills, 1000 Rochester Hills Drive, Rochester Hills Michigan 48309, phone: 248.841-2539.
All proposals, six (6) total hardcopies, one (1) original, five (5) copies along with two (2) electronic copies of the proposal on CD, disc or flash drive must be submitted in a Sealed Envelope marked “RFP-RH-18-014 – Groundskeeping Materials - Fertilizer, Pesticide, Herbicide, Grass Seed and Related Products.”
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