St. Charles County is seeking bids for Criminal Justice Center Renovation Special Inspection & Testing. The vendor must guarantee the bid prices for a period of Ninety (90) days. The county reserves the right to terminate the contract for any violation, by the successful bidder, of any term or condition of the contract by giving thirty (30) days written notice stating the reasons therefore and giving the party time to remedy any deficiencies. St. Charles County reserves the right to accept and/or reject any and all bids. Any questions or clarifications concerning this Request for Bid must be submitted in writing via Email (preferred), mail or fax to: Donna Clayton Finance Department, St. Charles County Government 201 North Second St St. Charles, Missouri 63301 Fax: (636)949-7589 dclayton@sccmo.org. For questions or inquiries concerning the specifications please contact: Christine Ramsdell, Director of Facilities Management St. Charles County Government 300 North Second Street St. Charles, Missouri 63301 cramsdell@sccmo.org All questions must be received no later than 3:00 PM on 10/2/2024. Any question received after this deadline may not be answered. St. Charles County reserves the right to reject any and all bids or parts of a bid and waive technicalities, and to adjust quantities. All bids will be considered final. No additions, deletions, corrections, or adjustments will be accepted after the time of bid opening. All delivery costs or charges must be included in the F.O.B. destination bid price. City, County and State of Missouri Sales Tax and Federal Taxes are not applicable to sales made to St. Charles County and must be excluded. The contract shall be effective for the approximate thirty (30) month period from the date of the notice of award. Draft of the proposed contract is provided in Exhibit B. The electronic version of this bid/RFP is available upon request. The document was entered into WORD for Microsoft Windows. The Purchasing Office does not guarantee the completeness and accuracy of any information provided on the electronic version. Therefore, respondents are cautioned that the hard copy of this bid/RFP on file in the Purchasing Office governs in the event of a discrepancy between the information contained in or on the electronic version and that which is on the hard copy. Vendors are required to clearly identify any deviations from the specifications in this document. An authorized officer of the company submitting the bid must sign all bids, in blue ink. Vendors must submit two [2] signed copies of their bid; one is to be an original and so marked. All prices and notations must be in blue ink or typewritten on the attached form. Mistakes must be crossed out, corrections typed adjacent and must be initialed in blue ink by the person signing the bid. St. Charles County will not award any bid to an individual or business having any outstanding amounts due from a prior Contract or business relationship with the County or who owes any amount(s) for delinquent Federal, State or Local taxes, fees and licenses. Sealed proposals received after the designated time of the receipt of the sealed proposals will be considered as "No Bid" and "Void" and will not be opened. The successful bidder is specifically denied the right of using, in any form or medium, the names of St. Charles County or any other public agency within St. Charles County Government for public advertising unless express written permission is granted. All bidders must possess the necessary and appropriate business and/or professional licenses in their field. Award will be made to the low responsive, responsible bidder, or to the offeror whose proposal is most advantageous to the County, price and other factors considered including geographic location. When payments are to be made to the County, award will be made to the most advantageous offer. County reserves the right to accept any item or group of items offered, unless the bidder qualifies his bid by specific limitations. The bid can be on an "all or none" basis if wording in the bid so states and if all items solicited are included in the bid. The proposal for this Contract shall be based upon the required payment by the Bidder for wages for each craft or type of workmen required to execute the Contract as determined by the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations of Missouri, pursuant to Sections 290.210 to 290.340, RSMo. For those projects with a total cost greater than $75,000.00, a schedule of such prevailing hourly rate of wages as determined by the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations of Missouri, pursuant to said statutory provisions and made a part of this Contract, Annual Wage Order #31 effective April 17, 2024, shall be used.