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WILLOW WALK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS - STREET LIGHTS
MANATEE COUNTY, FLORIDA
The Willow Walk Community Development District (“District”) hereby requests proposals (“RFP”) from firms to provide street lights (“Street Lights”) for streets within the Willow Walk community, including both delivery and installation of the street lights as well as operations and maintenance services in connection therewith. The District is a special purpose unit of local government established under Chapter 190 of the Florida Statutes for the purpose of financing, acquiring, constructing, installing, operating and maintaining community infrastructure improvements for the Willow Walk community. The District is requesting proposals from suppliers who are able to manufacture and deliver, and operate and maintain, the Street Lights, which will be installed in phases. Proposers will be required to hold pricing through the course of the installation.
To be eligible to submit a proposal, and in addition to any other requirements set forth in the project manual (“Project Manual”), an interested firm must hold all required local, state and federal licenses in good standing and be authorized to do business in the County and the State of Florida. The Project Manual, consisting of the instructions to proposers, contract, and other materials, will be available for public inspection and may be obtained via e-mail from the District Manager at [email protected]. Proposers must request the Project Manual via e-mail and shall provide contact information in the e-mail. The District reserves the right in its sole discretion to make changes to the Project Manual up until the time of the bid opening, and to provide notice of such changes only to those proposers who have requested a Project Manual and provided contact information.
Each firm desiring to submit a proposal for the project must, no later than AUGUST 13, 2021 at 12:00 p.m., submit: (1) an email copy of the firm's proposal to [email protected], and (2) the original copy to “Willow Walk Community Development District, c/o Taylor Nielsen, 3434 Colwell Ave., Suite 200, Tampa, Florida 33614.” It is anticipated that the proposals will be publicly opened at that time, though the proposals otherwise may be maintained on a confidential basis throughout the procurement process and to the extent permitted by Florida law. Additionally, and as further described in the Project Manual, each proposer shall supply a bid bond or cashier's check made payable to the District and in the amount of $25,000 with its proposal. The emailed proposals shall be marked in the headline of the email: “RESPONSE TO WILLOW WALK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS - STREET LIGHTS.” The District reserves the right to return unopened to the proposer any proposals received after the time and date stipulated above. Each proposal shall remain binding for a minimum of one hundred twenty (120) days after the proposal opening.
Proposals will be evaluated in accordance with the criteria included in the Project Manual. The District reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, make modifications to the work, award the contract in whole or in part with or without cause, provide for the delivery of the project in phases, and waive minor or technical irregularities in any proposal, as it deems appropriate, and if the District determines in its discretion that it is in the District's best interests to do so. Any protest of the Project Manual, including, but not limited to the terms and specifications, must be filed with the District within 72 hours of pickup of the Project Manual, together with a protest bond in a form acceptable to the District and in the amount of $50,000. In the event the protest is successful, the protest bond shall be refunded to the protestor. In the event the protest is unsuccessful, the protest bond shall be applied towards the District's costs, expenses and attorney's fees associated with hearing and defending the protest. Failure to timely file a protest, or failure to timely post a protest bond, will result in a waiver of proceedings under Chapter 190, Florida Statutes, and other law. Additional requirements for filing a protest can be found in the District's Rules of Procedure, which are available upon request.
Any and all questions relative to this Request for Proposals or the project shall be directed in writing by e-mail only to Taylor Nielsen, District Manager, at [email protected], and Jere Earlywine, District Counsel, at [email protected]. No phone inquiries please.
District Manager
Willow Walk Community
Development District
August 6, 2021 21-00959M