Invitation to Bid
The County of Gonzales will receive bids for Gonzales County Radio Communications System Improvements GLO Contract No. 22-085-052-D305 until 2:00 pm on April 15, 2024, at the County Judge’s Office, 414 St. Joseph Street, Gonzales, Texas 78629. Bids must be addressed to: The Gonzales County Commissioners Court. The bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at the County Judge’s Office on April 15, 2024, at 2:00 pm at 414 St. JosephStreet, Gonzales, Texas 78629.
The project consists of a P25 Phase 2 standards-based 700/800 MHz trunked radio system to provide greater county-wide communications coverage and message capacity. Components include: 3 new towers, 2 new shelters and 3 emergency backup generators, trunked radio network with geographically-redundant central control systems, interface with, or replacement of existing dispatch console equipment, and redundant IP-based microwave backhaul.
Bid and Contract documents, including Drawings and Technical Specifications are on file and available for inspection at the County of Gonzales, Gonzales County Commissioners Court, County Judge’s Office, 414 St. Joseph Street, Gonzales, Texas. A pre-bid conference will be held on March 26, 2024, at the Gonzales Sheriff’s Office Tower Site at 11:00 am at 202 FM 532, Gonzales Texas 78629. The pre-bid conference is not mandatory.
Electronic copies of the Bid/Contract documents including drawings and technical specifications may be obtained at no charge via the internet at: http://www.civcastusa.com/. The project can be located on civcastusa.com by the bid date, the state (Texas) or the City/County (Fulton/Aransas County). Bidders will be required to register through CivCastUSA. There is no charge for registering or downloading the plans. Hard copies of plans may also be purchased through CivCastUSA at the bidder's expense.
A bid bond in the amount of 5 percent of the bid issued by an acceptable surety shall be submitted with each bid [for those contracts that exceed $100,000]. A certified check or bank draft payable to County of Gonzales or negotiable U.S. Government Bonds (as par value) may be submitted in lieu of the Bid Bond.
The project to be constructed will be financed with assistance from the General Land Office (GLO) under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant - Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) program and is subject to all applicable Federal and State laws and regulations. Attention is called to the fact that not less than, the federally determined prevailing Davis-Bacon and Related Acts wage rate, as issued by the Department of Labor and contained in the contract documents, must be paid on this project. In addition, the successful bidder must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.
All contractors and subcontractors must be cleared (not suspended or debarred) prior to any formal action authorizing the award of a contract to the contractor. Minority Business Enterprises, Small Business Enterprises, Women Business Enterprises, and labor surplus area firms are encouraged to submit bids.
The County of Gonzales reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any informalities in
the bidding. Bids may be held by the County of Gonzales for a period not to exceed 90 days from
the date of the bid opening for the purpose of reviewing the bids and investigating the bidder’s
qualifications prior to the contract award.
Honorable Patrick C. Davis, Gonzales County Judge March 14, 2024
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