Emergency Debris and Disaster Recovery Services

The City of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, is soliciting sealed proposals from qualified and experienced firms and consultants to provide emergency debris and disaster recovery services, in accordance with the terms, conditions, and specifications in this Request for Proposals. Proposers must demonstrate they possesses the relevant experience, ability, and have the adequate resources to perform the services at the high level of service required by the City.

The City of Palm Beach Gardens seeks proposals from qualified firms to provide comprehensive Emergency Debris Management Planning and disaster recovery services. Services may include, but are not limited to, the planning, management, collection, removal, transportation, processing, volume reduction, recycling, and lawful disposal of large volumes of disaster-generated debris from public property and public rights-of-way. The purpose of these services is to promptly eliminate or reduce threats to life, public health, safety, and welfare; restore access to public facilities and transportation networks; support the restoration of essential public services; and facilitate the City’s timely economic and community recovery following a natural or man-made disaster.

The selected Contractor(s) will be expected to work collaboratively with the City and, when directed, utilize a combination of Contractor and City forces to accomplish debris management activities throughout the City. The Contractor(s) shall be prepared to mobilize resources rapidly upon activation and to operate continuously, as necessary, for the duration of the emergency recovery effort.

The contract(s) awarded pursuant to this Request for Proposals shall be contingency-based contracts and shall be activated only when the City determines that emergency debris management or disaster recovery services are required. No minimum quantity of work, volume of debris, expenditure, or compensation is guaranteed to any Contractor.

**Proposals must be submitted through the e-procurement platform** at https://procurement.opengov.com/signup. Any proposals delivered to City Hall in response to this solicitation will not be accepted or acknowledged.

At the deadline, all responses will be downloaded from the e-procurement platform and publicly announced at a Virtual Bid Opening. The link for the Virtual Bid Opening can be found at www.pbgfl.gov/procurement.

The City intends to award the contract to the responsive and responsible Proposer(s) whose proposals receive the highest overall scores from the Selection Committee and with whom the City can successfully negotiate and execute an Agreement. The City may award up to three (3) contracts/agreements under this solicitation.

The contract shall remain in effect for five (5) years. The City reserves the right to renew the contract for five (5) additional years.

The completed and notarized *Incorporation Affidavit* must be uploaded and submitted with your proposal.

• Commercial General Liability: Minimum: $1,000,000 per occurrence / $2,000,000 aggregate
• Professional Liability (Errors & Omissions): Minimum: $1,000,000 per claim / $2,000,000 aggregate
• Automobile Liability (If Applicable): Minimum limit: $1,000,000 combined single limit
• Proposers shall have a minimum A.M. Best rating of A- or better and a financial size category of VII at the time the proposal is submitted to the City.