Dorchester County Sealed Solicitation

Title: Mobile Container Compaction Services

Deadline: 9/9/2022 10:00 AM   (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Status: Awarded

Solicitation Number: IFB 2023-14

Description: The Dorchester County Solid Waste Division has an immediate need and is seeking bids from Contractors for container compaction at five (5) Convenience Sites. The Scope of Work shall include compacting all containers of construction and demolition debris (C&D) and metals. The County reserves the right to award by location (all or a number of locations), resulting in a single award or a multiple award based on the option most advantageous to the County.


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PLANHOLDERS:

Date Company Name
8/18/2022 10:08:02 AM Capital Waste Services
9/7/2022 5:06:43 AM Dodge Data
9/7/2022 1:28:25 PM ConstructConnect
9/7/2022 7:57:33 PM Marshcat Compaction Service
9/14/2022 11:25:05 AM Trifecta Services Company
10/19/2022 5:16:28 AM Deltek
10/27/2022 3:18:55 PM Contractor Services of Kershaw LLC
11/17/2022 2:52:34 PM M2 CONSTRUCTION LLC
2/3/2023 12:19:30 AM Dodge Data & Analytics
1/9/2024 10:36:54 PM PWXPress
3/27/2024 11:35:30 AM Smash My Trash
Addition 1

Posted: 9/6/2022

Type of Addition: Addendum #1

Overview: See attached for answers to Questions submitted by interested Bidders. 

Solicitation #: IFB 2023-14

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Addition 2

Posted: 9/9/2022

Type of Addition: In Review

Overview: Please see attached Unofficial Bid Tabulation

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Addition 3

Posted: 9/13/2022

Type of Addition: Award Information

Overview: This correspondence serves as a Notice of Award of a contract resulting from the above-referenced solicitation to firm, Marshcat, LLC.

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Question 1

Posted: 8/23/2022

Question: 1. Are both, a Payment and Performance Bond required for this Bid and contract award based on the scope of work? Are those 2 separate Bonding requirements? 4. Section 5 of the Sample Contract indicates that surety bonds are “not applicable”. Is this an error in the original IFB required in this bid?

Response: Payment and Performance Bond is not required. Remove Section Two, Item 8 “Security Required.”

Question 2

Posted: 8/23/2022

Question: Does the County allow a provision for the bidder to obtain (Not to exceed) amounts related to inflationary increases in follow on years for inflation cost related to the operation of compaction services. I.E. Fuel, Insurance, Labor, Maintenance, etc.?

Response: Upon written request from the Contractor, prior to annual contract renewal, the contract price may be increased by 3% or the 12-Month Percent Change in CPI category “All items in South Atlantic, all urban consumers, not seasonally adjusted,” whichever percentage is lower

Question 3

Posted: 8/23/2022

Question: When will the Contract Bid Security Bond be returned to the Bidder? I.e. When will the county determine the contract is executed properly? Or is the surety bond held for the entire length of the contract (1 year).

Response: This solicitation does not require a bid bond. Remove Section Two, Item 8 “Security Required.”

Question 4

Posted: 8/23/2022

Question: May a bidder in addition to the bid requested, also make a separate alternative bid with longer than the 1 year term? I.e. a 3 year term with 2 each 1 year extensions.?

Response: The initial term of any contract derived from this solicitation shall be ONE (1) year from the date of contract execution by the County. At the County’s discretion, the contract may be renewed for four (4) additional 1-year terms. If the County elects to renew the contract, the Contractor shall be obligated to renew.

Posted: 9/6/2022

Type of Addition: Addendum #1

Overview: See attached for answers to Questions submitted by interested Bidders. 

Solicitation #: IFB 2023-14

Documents:

Posted: 9/9/2022

Type of Addition: In Review

Overview: Please see attached Unofficial Bid Tabulation

Documents:

Posted: 9/13/2022

Type of Addition: Award Information

Overview: This correspondence serves as a Notice of Award of a contract resulting from the above-referenced solicitation to firm, Marshcat, LLC.

Documents:

Posted: 8/23/2022

Question: 1. Are both, a Payment and Performance Bond required for this Bid and contract award based on the scope of work? Are those 2 separate Bonding requirements? 4. Section 5 of the Sample Contract indicates that surety bonds are “not applicable”. Is this an error in the original IFB required in this bid?

Response: Payment and Performance Bond is not required. Remove Section Two, Item 8 “Security Required.”

Posted: 8/23/2022

Question: Does the County allow a provision for the bidder to obtain (Not to exceed) amounts related to inflationary increases in follow on years for inflation cost related to the operation of compaction services. I.E. Fuel, Insurance, Labor, Maintenance, etc.?

Response: Upon written request from the Contractor, prior to annual contract renewal, the contract price may be increased by 3% or the 12-Month Percent Change in CPI category “All items in South Atlantic, all urban consumers, not seasonally adjusted,” whichever percentage is lower

Posted: 8/23/2022

Question: When will the Contract Bid Security Bond be returned to the Bidder? I.e. When will the county determine the contract is executed properly? Or is the surety bond held for the entire length of the contract (1 year).

Response: This solicitation does not require a bid bond. Remove Section Two, Item 8 “Security Required.”

Posted: 8/23/2022

Question: May a bidder in addition to the bid requested, also make a separate alternative bid with longer than the 1 year term? I.e. a 3 year term with 2 each 1 year extensions.?

Response: The initial term of any contract derived from this solicitation shall be ONE (1) year from the date of contract execution by the County. At the County’s discretion, the contract may be renewed for four (4) additional 1-year terms. If the County elects to renew the contract, the Contractor shall be obligated to renew.