Annual Return Line Cleaning (Three (3) Year Multiyear Contract)

The DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management (DWM) is soliciting bids from qualified contractors to provide sanitary sewer cleaning, manhole cleaning, debris removal, and other related maintenance services throughout the County's wastewater collection system.

The scope of services shall include the cleaning and maintenance of sanitary sewer lines and manholes; the removal and disposal of debris; and flow control; traffic control; site restoration; reporting and documentation; and other related services necessary to ensure the safe, efficient, and reliable operation of the County's wastewater infrastructure.

Percentage of LSBE Participation Required

20% of Total Award

For all qualified sealed solicitations, the Director of Purchasing and Contracting, DeKalb County Government, shall determine if the bidder/proposer has included written documentation showing that at least twenty percent (20%) of the total contract award will be performed by a certified LSBE. This written documentation shall be in the form of a notarized *Schedule of LSBE Participation* (*Exhibit A*). For all contracts, a signed letter of intent from all certified LSBEs describing the work, material, equipment and/or services to be performed or provided by the LSBE(s) and the agreed upon percentage shall be due with the bid or proposal documents and included with *Exhibit A*.

Prime Contractors failing to meet the LSBE benchmark must document and demonstrate Good Faith Efforts in accordance with the attached *Checklist for Good Faith Efforts* portion of *Exhibit A*. Failure to achieve the LSBE benchmark or demonstrate good faith efforts shall result in a bid or proposal being rejected. Prime Contractors that fail to attend the **mandatory** LSBE meeting in person or via video conference shall mean that the Prime Contractor has not demonstrated sufficient good faith efforts and its bid or proposal if submitted, shall be deemed non-responsive without any further review.

Upon award, Prime Contractors are required to submit a report detailing LSBE Sub-Contractor usage with each request for payment and not less than on a monthly basis. Prime Contractors shall ensure that all LSBE sub-contractors have been paid within seven (7) days of the Prime's receipt of payment from the County.