The Administration recommends that the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach, Florida approve the City Manager’s recommendation pertaining to bids received, pursuant to ITB 2019-136-AY, Purchase and Delivery of Aggregate, Top Soil, and Sand.

The purpose of the ITB is to establish a contract, by means of sealed bids, with qualified firm(s) for the supply and delivery of aggregate, top soil, and sand required by the City on an as needed basis. All materials supplied to the City under this contract shall meet the requirements of the FDOT Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction, most recent edition.

ITB PROCESS

The ITB was issued on February 28, 2019, with bid opening date of April 1, 2019. The Procurement Department issued bid notices to 2,458 companies utilizing www.publicpurchase.com website. 36 prospective bidders accessed the advertised solicitation. The notices resulted in the receipt of seven (7) responses from: Austin Tupler Trucking, Inc (“Austin Tupler”), Chin Diesel, Inc. (“Chin Diesel”), Florida Superior Sand, Inc. (“Florida Superior Sand”), Pro-Grounds Product, Inc. (“Pro-Grounds”), Soil Tech Distributors, Inc. (“Soil Tech”), Superior Landscaping & Lawn Service Inc. (“Superior Landscaping”), and True Haul, LLC (“True Haul”). See Attachment A for a tabulation of bids received.

Staff has verified that the bids submitted by all seven (7) responses met the requirements of the ITB and can be considered.

In order to assure items are available as necessary, it is in the City's best interest to award a primary, secondary, and tertiary vendor for each item. Accordingly, the lowest responsive and responsible bidders, for each respective item, meeting all terms and conditions of the ITB, are indicated in the table below

Due to the large number of responses, a summary of each top-ranked firm or the firm’s proposal is available upon request.

The Administration recommends that the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach, Florida approve the City Manager’s recommendation pertaining to the bids received. Pursuant to ITB 2019-136-AY for Purchase and Delivery of Aggregate, Top Soil, and Sand.