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 2017-039-JC for Plumbing Services, and further authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the contract.

The purpose of this bid is to establish an agreement, by means of sealed bids, to a qualified plumbing contractor(s) in order to provide the City with various routine plumbing services on a time- and-materials basis, including parts, labor, materials, equipment and supervision; on an “as- needed” basis for emergency and non-emergency repairs; or, participate in a pool of prequalified plumbing contractors for non-emergency or planned repairs and projects.

ITB No. 2017-039-JC, was issued on November 17, 2016, with a bid opening date of December 27, 2016. The Procurement Department issued bid notices to one hundred seventy-three (173) companies utilizing www.publicpurchase.com website, and thirty-three (33) companies via email notification.  Twenty-three (23) prospective bidders accessed the advertised solicitation. There were no addenda issued pursuant to the ITB. The notices resulted in the receipt of two (2) bids from: Pipeline Plumbing Services of Broward, Inc., and Haber & Son’s, Inc. Both bids were deemed to be responsive to the requirements of the ITB. The bid tabulation sheet is attached (Attachment A).

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 verified that the lowest bidder, Pipeline Plumbing Services of Broward, Inc., has met the requirements of the ITB, and the second lowest bidder, Haber and Son’s, Inc., has also met the terms, conditions and specifications of the ITB, including:

Accordingly, for Group 1: Time and Materials Basis, Pipeline Plumbing Services of Broward, Inc., has been deemed the primary lowest responsive bidder, and Haber and Son’s Inc., has been deemed the secondary lowest responsive bidder, meeting all terms, conditions, and specifications of the ITB. No award is recommended for Group 2: Pool of Prequalified Contractors, since only Pipeline Plumbing Services of Broward, Inc., responded to this group.

Pipeline Plumbing Services of Broward, Inc.

Pipeline Plumbing Services of Broward, Inc., is the City’s incumbent plumbing contractor, serving the City of Miami Beach for the last three (3) years. Additionally, Pipeline Plumbing Services of Broward, Inc., has current plumbing contracts with other regional agencies including, the City of Fort Lauderdale, the City of Sunrise, and the City of Pompano Beach.

Haber and Son’s, Inc.

Haber and Son’s, Inc., is a Miami-Dade County plumbing and general contractor, and certified as a Small Business Enterprise Construction Services (SBE/CONS) through Miami-Dade County Small Business Development (SBD).  Haber and Son’s, Inc., has professional plumbing experience servicing the City of Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County and various commercial clients over the past eighteen (18) years.

After considering the bids received and the evaluation of bids by staff, the Administration is recommending award to a primary and secondary bidder as follows: for Group 1: Pipeline Plumbing Services of Broward, Inc., as the primary lowest responsive bidder, and Haber and Son’s, Inc., as the secondary lowest responsive bidder, and further authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the contract.

Grant funding is not anticipated to be used in this project.