The City of Pittsburgh, Office of Management & Budget, on behalf of the Department of Mobility & Infrastructure, is soliciting bids for Reflective Sheeting for Signs. Question Deadline 11/14/2023 at 3:00 PM ET, All questions shall be submitted via electronically . Period of Contract November 31, 2023 through December 1, 2025 with two, one-year options to renew. If no bid bond or substitute is required and bidder fails or refuses to execute the required documents within thirty (30) days after award by City, bidder shall pay to the City the difference in the amount specified in bidder's bid and the amount City shall pay to fulfill the specifications. The successful bidder may be required to furnish a performance and/or payment bond with suitable reasonable requirements guaranteeing performance of the contract, with sufficient surety in the amount of one hundred (100) percent of the amount of the contract, within thirty (30) days after the contract has been awarded, unless the Purchasing Officer shall prescribe a shorter period. Upon failure to furnish any required bond within such time, the previous award shall be void and the contract may be awarded to the next lowest responsible bidder meeting the specifications. The City reserves the right to request clarification of any bid before bid award. The City of Pittsburgh is committed to the ideal of providing all citizens an equal opportunity to participate in City and its Authorities' contracting opportunities. It is therefore the City's goal to encourage increased participation of women and minority groups in all City contracts. The City requires that all respondents demonstrate good faith efforts to obtain the participation of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises (MBE's) and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (WBE's) in work to be performed under City contracts. T It is also the City's goal to encourage participation by veteran-owned and LGBTQIA+ small businesses in all contracts. The City of Pittsburgh shall have an annual goal of not less than five (5) percent participation by veteran-owned small businesses and not less than three (3) percent participation by LGBTQIA+ businesses in all contracts. The City reserves the right to reject, for any reason, any or all bids if it is in the best interest(s) of the City to do so. A certificate evidencing the following minimum insurance must be provided when award is made, unless otherwise specified: A. GENERAL LIABILITY Single limit of Bodily Injury and Property Damage Combined: $500,000.00 each occurrence. $1,000,000.00 aggregate. B. CITY OF PITTSBURGH must be listed as "Additional Insured' on the insurance certificate on all policies except those in which no additional insured is permitted (e.g., some professional liability)