21-041 Utilities Repair and Maintenance Contractor Library - RFP

INTRODUCTION

The City of Naples desires to enter into a contractual relationship with vendors capable of providing general underground utilities maintenance, capable of undertaking and completing utility/drainage/street projects of a defined scope and capable of providing a combination of manpower, equipment and materials to perform non-emergency and emergency repairs and new systems for the City of Naples’ water distribution, reclaimed water, sanitary sewer and stormwater systems, including some limited above ground facilities. It is the City’s intent to award to multiple vendors. The general routine maintenance work, capital improvement work and/or emergency repair work will be included under one or more of the areas of work described in Section C below.

No amount of work is or will be guaranteed or implied. The contract(s) to be awarded under this RFP will be annual contracts that will be utilized only in the event that specified projects under $200,000 consisting of new projects, repair, replacement, and maintenance tasks are issued. As such, no compensation will accrue to the CONTRACTOR unless and until the contract is utilized in anticipation of a requested project. Potential CONTRACTORS are solely responsible for their own costs of developing the proposal associated with this RFP.

BACKGROUND

The City of Naples’s 5-year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) and operating budgets includes appropriated funds for the on-going maintenance and repair of the underground utilities systems owned and operated by the City of Naples. The planning approach is formulated in part on the concept of strategic pre-positioning of resources necessary for timely and coordinated efforts for repair and maintenance operations. A copy of the CIP is available at https://www.naplesgov.com/finance/page/capital-improvement-program

SCOPE OF WORK

It is imperative that the City of Naples be prepared for all necessary repair and maintenance services associated with underground utilities and surface drainage in order to maintain an adequate and expected level of service for the residents of the City of Naples.

The City of Naples seeks to establish contractual arrangements with qualified Contractor(s), on an as needed basis, for a three-year period, with the City’s option to renew for two additional one-year periods, to provide underground utilities repair and maintenance services for the City of Naples’ Water Distribution, Reclaim Water, Sanitary Storm and Sewer systems, treatment plants, and above ground utility current City of Naples Standards, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations, American Water Works Association (AWWA), the Florida Administrative (F.A.C.) Code and the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Construction Standards.