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Competitive Bid Reports - C2  B




COMMISSION MEMORANDUM

TO:Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission 
FROM:Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager 
DATE:December  11, 2019
 



SUBJECT:REQUEST FOR APPROVAL TO AWARD A CONTRACT PURSUANT TO INVITATION TO BID (ITB) NO. 2019-140-ND, INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF PARKING LOT LIGHTING.

RECOMMENDATION

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 2019-140-ND, Inspection and Maintenance of Parking Lot Lighting.

BACKGROUND/HISTORY

For approximately five years, the City of Miami Beach has had an agreement for the inspection and maintenance of parking lot lighting. The current contract expires on January 5, 2019. In order to establish a replacement contract, on August 30, 2019, the City issued an Invitation to Bid 2019-140-ND (the “ITB”). The purpose of the ITB is to establish a contact, by means of sealed bids, with a qualified firm(s) to supply all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, labor, transportation, and incidentals necessary to inspect and maintain approximately 600 light fixtures located in various City owned surface parking lots.

ANALYSIS

The ITB was issued on January 5, 2019, with bid opening date of October 4, 2019. The Procurement Department issued bid notices to 298 companies utilizing www.publicpurchase.com and www.bidsync.com websites. 82 prospective bidders accessed the advertised solicitation. The notices resulted in the receipt of four (4) responses from: AGC Electric, Inc. (“AGC”), AUM Construction, Inc. (“AUM”), Enterprise Electrical Contracting, Inc. (“Enterprise”), and R & D Electric, Inc (“R & D”). See Attachment A for a tabulation of bids received.

The ITB stated that the lowest responsive, responsible bidder meeting all terms, conditions, and specifications of the ITB will be recommended for award. In its due diligence, the Procurement Department found that AGC, AUM, Enterprise, and R & D met the requirements of the ITB including:

1. Bidder must be a State of Florida Certified Electrical Contractor or a Miami Dade County Licensed Master Electrician.

AGC, AUM, Enterprise, and R & D are State of Florida Certified Electrical Contractors

2. Bidder must demonstrate experience in parking lot, right of way, or other forms of large-scale lighting projects.

AGC, AUM, Enterprise, and R & D demonstrated experience in parking lot, right of way, or other forms of large-scale lighting projects. However, the bid received by AGC significantly exceeded the City’s cost expectations. Accordingly, R & D has been deemed the lowest responsive and responsible bidder meeting all terms, conditions, and specifications of the ITB, therefore is being recommended as the primary vendor; Enterprise, the second lowest responsive, responsible bidder as the secondary vendor; and AUM, the third lowest responsive, responsible bidder as the tertiary vendor.

R & D Electric, Inc.
For over twelve years, R & D Electric, Inc. has been part of the constant growth and improvement of South Florida by serving various cities, municipalities, highway authorities and agencies in street lighting, traffic signalization and utility work. R & D Electric, Inc., since 2014, provides routine electrical services to the City, including emergency repairs and planned repairs or small projects. To date the City is satisfied with the service being provided.

Enterprise Electrical Contracting, Inc.
Enterprise Electrical Contracting, Inc. is a privately owned, fast growing, full service electrical contracting company licensed to operate in Florida, Miami-Dade County, Broward County and their municipalities. Enterprise Electrical Contracting, Inc., since 2014, inspects and maintains parking lot lights at the various City-owned surface parking lots. References indicate satisfaction with the services provided.

AUM Construction, Inc.
According to the information provided by the firm, AUM has been in business since 2006 and currently serves both Miami-Dade and Broward County. In 2017 AUM was awarded ITB 2017-106-ZD for the Safe Routes to School Construction at Biscayne Elementary School, Nautilus Middle School, North Beach Elementary School, and Feinberg-Fisher K-8 Center and construction was satisfactorily completed in April of 2019.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The funding for this project is as follows:
Account(s)480-0461-000312-00-413-526-00-00-00-62940 480-0461-000342-00-413-526-00-00-00-62940 480-0461-000674-00-422-528-00-00-00-62940 490-0810-000342-29-413-526-00-00-00-62940Amount(s)$914.15 $40,000 $134,000 $127,778.06

CONCLUSION

After considering staff’s recommendation and the bids received, pursuant to ITB 2019-140-ND, I recommend that the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, approve the award of a contract to R & D Electric, Inc., the lowest responsive, responsible bidder as the primary vendor; Enterprise Electrical Contracting, Inc., the second lowest responsive, responsible bidder as the secondary vendor; and AUM Construction, Inc., the third lowest responsive, responsible bidder as the tertiary vendor; and further authorize the City Manager to execute the contracts.

Applicable Area

Citywide
Is this a Resident Right to Know item? Does this item utilize G.O. Bond Funds?
No No 
Legislative Tracking
Property Management/Procurement

ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Attachment A