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County of Riverside Request for Quote # PUARC -1200 <br />Purchasing & Fleet Services Closing Date: 10/11/2011 @1:30 P.M. <br />INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS <br />I. Vendor Registration — Unless stated elsewhere in this document, vendor must register online at www.Purchasing.eo.riversidecaus and <br />htto:/ /http: / /www.L)ublicourchase.com/ /with all current Vendor information, to be registered on the County's database. <br />II. For all RFQ's Riverside County's Purchasing website will post a letter of notification on its website, and will provide a direct link to PublicPurchase.com. <br />III. Format - Use the electronic format provided by PublicPurehase.eom. If submitting more than one bid, separate the bid documents. <br />IV. Prieioa/Deliverv/Terms/Tax - All pricing shall be quoted F.O.B, destination, (e.g., cash terms less than 20 days should be considered net) excluding <br />applicable tax, which is a separate line item. The County reserves the right to designate method of freight. The County pays California Sales Tax and is <br />exempt from Federal excise tax. In the event of an extension error, the unit price shall prevail. <br />V. Other Terms and Conditions - The terms and conditions as indicated in this document and /or attached are hereby included with full force and like effect as <br />if set forth herein. Copies of the applicable Terms and Conditions may be obtained by contacting Riverside County Purchasing at the number shown above <br />and requesting a copy be faxed or mailed to you. <br />VI. Period of Firm Pricing - Unless stated otherwise elsewhere in this document, prices shall be firm for 90 days after the closing date, and prior to an award <br />being made. <br />VII. Specification /Changes - Wherever brand names are used, the words "or equal' shall be considered to appear and be a part of the specification, If you are <br />quoting another make or model, cross out our nomenclature and insert yours. If no make or model is stipulated, insert yours. Attach applicable specifications <br />and/or brochures, Variations in manufacturers, design, etc, may be acceptable, bidders are encouraged to offer them as alternatives; however, the County <br />reserves the right to reject those alternatives as non- responsive. <br />VIII. Recycled Material - Wherever possible, the County of Riverside is looking for items made 'from, or containing in part, recycled material. Bidders are <br />encouraged to bid items containing recycled material as an alternative for the items specified; however, the County reserves the right to reject those <br />alternatives as non- responsive. <br />IX. Method of Award - The County reserves the right to reject any or all offers, to waive any discrepancy or technicality and to split or make the award in any <br />manner determined by the County to be most advantageous to the County. The County recognizes that prices are only one of several criteria to be used in <br />judging an offer and the County is not legally bound to accept the lowest offer. <br />X. Return of Bid /Closing Date/Return to - The bid response shall be submitted electronically to PublicPumhase.com by 1:30 p.m. on the closing date listed <br />above. Bid responses not received by County Purchasing by the closing date and time indicated above will not be accepted. The County will not be <br />responsible for and will not except late bids due to slow interact connection, or incomplete transmissions. <br />XI Local Preference - The County of Riverside has adopted a local preference program for those bidders located within the County of Riverside. A five percent <br />(5 %) price preference may be applied to the total bid price during evaluation of the bid responses, To qualify as a local business, the business must have <br />fxed offices within the geographical boundaries of Riverside County and must credit all sales taxes paid resulting from this RFQ to that Riverside County <br />location. or <br />XIL Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Preference - The County of Riverside has implemented a Disabled Veteran Owned Business preference policy. A <br />three percent (3 %) preference shall be applied to the total bid price of all quotes /bids /proposals received by the County from certified disabled veterans <br />owned businesses. If the bid is submitted by a non- Disabled Veteran owned business, but lists subcontractors that are identified and qualified as Disabled <br />Owned Business, the total bid price will be adjusted by 3% of the value of that subcontractor's portion of the bid <br />IF CHECKED, THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS HEREBY MADE PART OF THIS RFQ <br />X APPENDIX "A" —PLANS/DRAWINGS —SAMPLES X EXHIBITS (A) X ATTACHMENT (Product List) <br />4116 -110 Special Conditions /Response _#116 -130 Equipment Information Sheet <br />X 4116 -260 Local Business Qualification Affidavit #116 -310 Boilerplate, Contract <br />IF CHECKED, THE FOLLOWING GENERAL CONDITIONS ARE INCLUDED WITH FULL FORCE <br />AND LIKE EFFECT AS IF SET FORTH HEREIN <br />X #116 -200 General Conditions X #116 -210 General Conditions Materials and /or Services <br />_4116 -230 General Conditions - Equipment _ #116 -220 General Conditions - Public Works <br />9116 -240 General Conditions - Personal /Professional Service <br />To access any of these General Conditions go to www .nurchasing.co.riverside.ea.us, located in Vendor Registration /Bidding Opportunities. <br />If an addendum is issued for this procurement, it will be the vendor's responsibility to retrieve all <br />applicable addendum(s) from the Public Purchase website. <br />Form 9 116 -101 RFQ Public Purchase Revision 04/12/11 <br />