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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET <br />PURCHASING DIVISION <br />DATE: April 24, 2023 <br />TO: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />THROUGH: John A. Titkanich, Jr., County Administrator <br />Kristin Daniels, Director - Office of Management and Budget <br />FROM: Jennifer Hyde, Purchasing Manager <br />SUBJECT: Rejection of Bids - 2023020 for Fiber Optic Engineering, Design, <br />Material, Supplies, and Installation <br />BACKGROUND: <br />On September 20, 2022, the Board approved the final one-year extension to the agreement <br />with Gerelcom for Fiber Optic materials and services, awarded under bid 2021003. An <br />extension to the agreement with Precision Contracting Services, Inc. from the same bid <br />was not requested by staff, as the vendor was requesting significant increases to pricing. <br />Because it is more effective and efficient to have multiple firms available to perform this <br />work, new bids were solicited for firm, fixed pricing for the procurement, installation, <br />integration, repair and support services for the County's enterprise network system. The <br />new bid also reflected substantial changes to the unit items of work requested. <br />BID RESULTS: <br />Advertising Date: February 3, 2023 <br />Bid Opening Date: February 28, 2023 <br />DemandStar Broadcast to: 6og Subscribers <br />Bid Documents Requested by: 12 Firms <br />Replies: 3 Firms <br />ca` <br />Gerelcom, Inc. Port St. Lucie <br />Mastec North America, Inc. Coral Gables <br />Precision Contracting Services, Inc. Jupiter <br />DISCUSSION: <br />The Information Technology Department has become dissatisfied with responsiveness and <br />contract compliance of Gerelcom, and does not consider the vendor responsible to provide <br />the work as needed. <br />Mastec does not have FDOT certification required in the bid, to ensure appropriate <br />maintenance of traffic during work, and therefore is considered non-responsive to the <br />requirements of the bid. <br />35 <br />