HomeMy WebLinkAbout22- Affidavit of Publication - Request for Proposals for Bozeman PRV Phase 1 UPgrade AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION BOZEMAN PRV PHASE 1 and to all subcontracts.
UPGRADE
STATE OF MONTANA, REQUEST FOR As such, each entity submit-
COUNTY OF GALLATIN PROPOSALS ling under this notice shall in-
clude aprovision wherein the
CITY OF BOZEMAN submitting entity, or entities,
I, Margo Haft, Legal Specialist being first duly sworn, depose OCTOBER 2022 affirms to writing it will not race,
g g p g Y p criminate on the basis of race,
and saythat I am the principal clerk of the publisher of the NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- color, religion, creed, sex,
P p p EN that the City of Bozeman age, marital status, national
Bozeman Dail Chronicle a newspaper in general CirCUla- (City) is requesting proposals origin, or because of actual or
Yg from qualified engineering perceived sexual orientation,
lion, Bozeman, Gallatin Count , Montana; that I know consulting firms to perform a gender identity or disability
Y condition assessment on the and which also recognizes the
from m personal knowledge that the Legal# 105770 BOZ- City's existing twenty-three eventual contract will contain
}'p pressure
g g pressure reducing valves aprovision prohibiting discrim-
(PRV) throughout the distri- ination as described above
EMAN PRV PHASE 1 UPGRADE REQUEST bution system, then design, and that this prohibition on
bid, and oversee mechanical discrimination shall apply to
a printed copy of which is hereto annexed,was published in and structural upgrades to the the hiring and treatment of the
PRVs in order to improve op- submitting entity's employees
the entire issue of said newspaper for: 2 erational safety, ease, and ef- and to all subcontracts.
ficiency as well as reduce the
likelihood of failure. In addition, pursuant to C�
Commission Resolution 5169,
The complete Request for the entity awarded a contract
Insertion(s) in the following issues: 10/30/22, 11/13/22 Proposals packet is available under this project and any
for download on the City's subcontractors must abide by
website the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and
Section 39-3-104, MCA (the
All proposals must be pro- Montana Equal Pay Act), and
vided as a single, search- affirm it will abide by the above
able PDF document file and and that it has visited the State
be submitted digitally as an of Montana Equal Pay for
Total Cost: $160.00 email attachment to the RFP Equal Work "best practices"
Recipient email address be- website, or equivalent "best
low. Respondents are advised practices publication"and has
that Recipient's email attach- read the material.
ment size limit is 25MB and
that only one PDF file will be Failure to comply with these
allowed per response. The non-discrimination and equal
subject line of the transmit- pay provisions is cause for the
tal email shall clearly identify City to disqualify the firm from
the RFP title, company name selection.
and due date/time. File sizes
greater than 25MB in size may Any administrative questions
be uploaded to Microsoft One- regarding RFP transmittal
Drive upon special arrange- procedures or noticing mate-
ment of the Recipient;howev- rials shall be directed to: Mike
Subscribed and sworn b M Haft before me on: er, it is the respondent's sole Maas, City Clerk, (406) 582-
Yar go responsibility to ensure the file 2321,mmaas@bozeman.net.
On 14th day of November, in the year of 2022 upload is completed, and that
the Recipient is separately no- Any and all questions or clar-
tified via email of same, prior ifications relating to the RFP
to the given deadline. scope of services, submittal
contents, evaluation criteria,
The deadline to submit the or selection procedures shall
RFP response is Friday. No- be directed solely and ex
vember 18th at 2:00 p.m elusively in writing to: Griffin
( MST.It is the sole responsibil- Nielsen, Water Resource En-
ity of the responding individual gineer, gnielsen @bozeman.
to ensure their email transmit- net. The respondent,and any
tal is digitally timestamped as of its associating parties,shall
Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at being sent to the Recipient's not contact other City staff in
Bozeman, Montana email address prior to the pre- the preparation of its response
scribed closing time as late to this RFP.
submittals will not be accept-
ed. Emailed questions or clarifi-
cations will be accepted until
RFP Recipient Email Ad- Monday, November 14th,
dress:agenda@bozeman.net 2022 at 11:59 p.m. MST af-
I--` ter which time the questions
L E O NA R D BROWNY NON-DISCRIMINATION& will be compiled, anonymized
andJo; Fio �Roa NOTARY PUBLIC for the EQUAL PAY response�ondthet City'sosted RFP
�= State of Montana The City of Bozeman is an web a e. Further questions
Nornr;in� = Y P 9
-,t SFAL ,t- Residing at Equal Opportunity Employer, will not be entertained after the
Bozeman, Montana question period has elapsed.
0rnno� My Commission Expires Discrimination in the per-
Ally 22, 202-4 formance of any agreement The City reserves the right to
_ awarded under this RFP on amend or modify any element
the basis of race, color, reli- of this RFP by issuance of an
gion, creed, sex, age, mari- addendum at any time prior
tat status, national origin, or to the given submittal dead-
actual or perceived sexual line. Any addenda that may
orientation, gender identity be issued for this RFP will
or disability is prohibited.This be individually noticed on the
prohibition shall apply to the City's RFP webpage. It is the
AD#299269 hiring and treatment of the respondent's responsibility
awarded entity's employees to determine if any addenda
AD#299269
have been issued.
DATED at Bozeman, Mon-
tana, this 30th day of October
2022.
Mike Maas
City Clerk
City of Bozeman
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