Uniform Rental and Laundering Services

CITY OF BOSTON/COUNTY OF SUFFOLK

POLICE DEPARTMENT

INVITATION FOR SEALED BIDS FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF THE FOLLOWING SERVICES:

Uniform Rental and Laundering Services and rental of floor mats for the Boston Police Department

contact information

Brenda Harmon

Bpdcontracts@pd.boston.gov

617-343-4428

The City of Boston (the City)/the County of Suffolk (the County), acting by its Police Commissioner (the Official), invites sealed bids for the performance of the work generally described above, and particularly set forth in the Invitation For Bids, which may be obtained from the City’s website and Supplier Portal (www.cityofboston.gov/procurement), commencing at 9:00 AM on Monday, March 16, 2020.

Invitations For Bids shall be available until the time of bid opening. Bid packages and specifications will be available electronically for downloading commencing on Monday, March 16, 2020 at 9:00 AM. To access details for this specific bid event, and to respond through electronic format, please visit the City of Boston Supplier Portal and access Event EV00007794.

All bids, which must include insurance certificates, and all completed contract documents, shall be filed electronically no later than Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at 12:00 Noon, Boston time, at the Office of the Official, Police Headquarters, Contracts Unit, Room N359, 1 Schroeder Plaza, Boston, MA 02120-2014.

The services above described for the three (3) year term of this contract are an estimated amount of the services to be procured. Bidders are further notified that they shall submit prices for, and bid prices shall be compared on the basis of, the entire period of performance. Bidders are hereby notified that the Official shall cancel the contract if funds are not appropriated in any fiscal year.

Bids shall be opened electronically by the Official on Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at 12:00 Noon, at Boston Police Headquarters, Contracts Unit, 3rd Floor, 1 Schroeder Plaza, Boston, MA 02120-2014. The award of any contract shall be subject to the approval of the Mayor of Boston.

The maximum time for bid acceptance by the City after the opening of the bids shall be ninety (90) days. The City/County and the Official reserve the right to reject any or all bids, or any item or items thereof and to award a contract as the Official deems to be in the best interest of the City.

William G. Gross, Police Commissioner

Awarded