The Village of Palmetto Bay, Florida is soliciting proposals to restore the Pine Rockland area at Coral Reef Park and to provide and implement a 5-year restoration and maintenance plan. To be considered, all interested parties must request copies of the proposal documents and submit one (1) original, one (1) copy and a CD or flash drive containing a copy of the entire original submission in one (1) sealed package clearly marked with the proposal title. No proposal shall be withdrawn after the opening of the proposal without the consent of the Village for a period of sixty (60) days after the scheduled time of opening and reading proposals. The Village reserves the right to reject any and all proposals or parts thereof, to terminate the process at any time (and recommence it at a later time from the beginning), and to waive any informalities, technicalities and irregularities in the proposal, to disregard all non-conforming, conditional or counter proposals and to award in whole or in part to one or more respondents, or take any other such actions that may be deemed in the best interest of the Village The issuance of this RFP does not constitute an agreement by the Village that any award will actually be issued by the Village. The Village expressly reserves the right at any time to: Waive or correct any defect or informality in any response, proposals, or proposal procedure; Reject any or all submittals; Reissue a Request for Proposals; and Prior to submission deadline for submittals, modify all or any portion of the selection procedures, including deadlines for accepting responses, services to be provided under this RFP, or the requirements for contents or format of the submittals. Proposals received after the deadline will not be considered Proposal must be accompanied by a proposal guaranty in the form of a certified bank check (payable to the Village of Palmetto Bay) or a Proposal Bond (form attached) in the amount of not less than five percent (5%) of the total amount of the proposal, issued by a properly licensed surety company. For contracts not exceeding $50,000.00 a proposal guaranty is not required. Within ten (10) days of the award of contract, the Contractor shall provide the following surety bonds, each in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price, and issued by a properly licensed surety company, listed in the current issue of the Federal Register published by the Department of the Treasury, acceptable to the Village of Palmetto Bay. The bonds should provide that the suretys liability will be co-extensive with the Contractors liability and should contain a provision that the surety waives notice of changes to the contract, including, but not limited to, changes in the times for performance. For contracts not exceeding $50,000.00 performance and maintenance bonds are not required. a. A Performance and One-Year Warranty Bond covering the faithful performance of the contract and a one-year warranty on labor from the date of final acceptance of the work. b. A Labor Payment Bond The method of Contractor Selection has not been Determined at this time.