request for letters of interest - Broward Sheriff's Office

REQUEST FOR LETTERS OF INTERESTRLI # 849012Pursuant to the Broward Sheriff's Office Procurement Code, the Broward Sheriff's Office invites qualified firmsto submit Letters of Interest and Statements of Qualifications and Experience for consideration to provideservices on the following project:Sewerage Grinding SystemSECTION ONE:1. SCOPE: The scope of services is for a Sewerage Grinding System, including, but not limited to therequirements as discussed in Attachment “A” – RLI Scope of Services/Requirements.2. AWARD: Award will be made to the firm that, in BSO’s sole discretion, meets our requirements and ismost qualified to provide a “Sewerage Grinding System”. Special conditions and scope of subsequentagreement(s) may vary as best serves BSO.3. SELECTION/NEGOTIATION PROCESS: This is a two-step RLI process. It is anticipated, but notrequired, that the RLI process will proceed in the following manner: The Executive Director ofAdministration of the Broward Sheriff’s Office has appointed a Selection Committee (SC). Oralpresentations may be held with responsive/responsible short-listed firms or all responsive/responsibleproposers at BSO's sole discretion. Proposers selected for oral presentations agree to be available ondates specified by BSO. Failure to do so may result in removal of your proposal from consideration.BSO also reserves the right to communicate or meet with select vendors at any time to gather additionalinformation to thoroughly evaluate proposals. Pricing will be requested in a separate sealed envelopeand will be publicly opened after the oral presentations or at any time during the evaluation process asmay be in BSO’s best interest. Pricing will be posted on the BSO web site. BSO reserves the right towaive irregularities and/or reject all proposals or portions of proposal(s) as may be in BSO's bestinterest. The SC will be responsible for recommending the most qualified firm(s) with whom to beginnegotiation of an agreement(s) for this project or to recommend rejection of all proposals or portions ofproposal(s).4. CONE OF SILENCE: This project is under a “Cone of Silence” starting with the issue date of this RLIthrough contract signing. See Section One, paragraph 5 for request for information and/or clarificationsregarding this RLI. Any violation of this provision may result in the associated firm being removedfrom consideration at BSO’s sole discretion.