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Date: December 22, 2011
The City invites your company to provide a price quotation for the following:
Supply of varying graduations of crushed gravel as per the City of Penticton
Specifications
Prices should be firm for the calendar year of 2012.
Pricing FOB your site for pick up by City as required.
Quotations will be accepted no Later than: 2:00 pm, Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Quotations may be faxed or mailed. Please note that the City will not be held responsible
for transmission problems or other errors that could occur.
To: City Purchasing Department
City of Penticton
616 Okanagan Ave. E.
Penticton, BC V2A 3K6
Fax No. (250) 4902557
Contact information
Thank you for submitting your quotation.
Cathy Ingram
Purchasing Manager
NOTE: Should any potential bidders download this Request for Quotation, it
is the proponent's responsibility to check for Addendas which will be posted
on the City of Penticton's website.
(http://www.penticton.ca/EN/main/business/tendersrfps.html)
City of Penticton – (RFQSupply of Crushed Gravel 2012)
CONDITIONS
1) A qualified quotation is one, which meets both the specifications as outlined in the
enclosed specification section of the quotation document, as well as the Conditions
contained in this Request For Quotation (RFQ). A qualified quotation must also meet
cost expectations of the City for this particular RFQ.
2) The City of Penticton reserves the right to accept any or all Request for Quotations or
parts of Quotations and to waive any informalities, irregularities or technicalities. The
City also reserves the right to award the Contract for such goods or services as the
City deems will best serve its interest. It further reserves the right to award the
Contract on a split order basis, lump sum, or individual item basis, or such other
combination unless otherwise specified by the City or the tenderer.
3) A quotation, which is not qualified, is one, which does not meet the specifications
and/or Conditions and/or exceeds the cost expectations of the City. In the event that
any or all quotations exceed the cost expectations and/or do not conform to
specification, and/or do not meet the conditions, the City reserves the right to reject
any or all quotations and seek and alternative solution of its choosing.
4) The City will decide whether a quotation is qualified by evaluating it based on the
specifications and price, and may opt to have the quotations examined by qualified
engineers to ensure quality and conformity to the specifications. The Purchasing
Department will examine all quotations and recommend which, if any, is in the City's
best interest.
5) The City recognizes that "BEST VALUE” is the essential part of purchasing a product
and/or service and therefore the City may prefer a quotation with a higher quotation
price, if it offers greater value and better serves the City's interests, as determined by
the City, over a quotation with a low price.
6) The City reserves the right to negotiate with the preferred bidder or any bidder on
any details including changes to specifications and price. If specifications require
significant modification, all bidders shall have the opportunity to adjust their
quotations or requote altogether, as determined by the Purchasing Department.
7) The City reserves the right to cancel this RFQ at any time. The City also reserves the
right to reject quotations from bidders who are unable to provide evidence that they
are capable of providing the necessary labour, skills, materials, and equipment to
perform the work. Evidence of such competency and experience must be provided by
the contractor upon request.
8) All goods, equipment, supplies, labour and workmanship associated with this RFQ
must conform to all necessary standards for use in Canada and the Province of
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City of Penticton – (RFQSupply of Crushed Gravel 2012)
British Columbia such as CSA, ULC, ETL, WCB, Canadian Weights and Measures,
Canadian Electrical Codes, etc.
9) All Chemical shipments, if any, must include current MSDS sheets.
10) All information provided to the City is subject to release through Freedom of
Information, unless information is given in confidence, and so, must be
communicated in writing as CONFIDENTIAL.
Note: BEST VALUE is the value placed on service, quality, past performance
and price.
11) Please use the accompanying RFQ Form when submitting your quotation; you may
attach additional sheets to the form if necessary.
12) All quoted prices shall include delivery F.O.B. City Works Yard or other destination
point, as specified by the City and the successful bidder, here named the
“ Contractor” shall bear all risk of loss or damage.
13) The Contractor will guarantee that its quotation will meet the needs of the City.
The Contractor will also guarantee that any goods supplied and/or services rendered
shall be correct. If the goods supplied and/or services rendered by the Contractor
are in any way incorrect or unsuitable, all correction costs shall be borne solely by
the Contractor.
14) Only the Contractor shall be notified, but inquiries are welcome.
15) The Contractor shall notify the City that it possesses the necessary legal patents
and/or has legal permission to manufacture, sell and/or service the product(s) it will
supply.
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City of Penticton – (RFQSupply of Crushed Gravel 2012)
SPECIFICATIONS
Crushed granular aggregate consisting of inert, clean, durable fragments reasonably uniform in
quality, free from an excess of flat, elongated, soft or disintegrated pieces and shall contain at
least 50% by weight of crushed pieces retained on the #4 sieve and above and shall have two
or more surfaces or faces produced by fracture.
Aggregate Charts are attached below.
SIEVE PERCENT BY WEIGHT PASSING
DESIGNATION FOR EACH TYPE OF AGGREGATE
75 mm MINUS 40mm MINUS 19 mm MINUS
75 mm 100
25 mm 50 – 80
0.150 mm 0 – 15
0.075 mm 0 8
40 mm 100
20 mm 60 – 100
9.5 mm 40 – 80
4.75 mm 30 – 60
2.36 mm 20 – 45
1.18 mm 15 – 35
0.600 mm 8 – 30
0.075 mm 2 – 9
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Sieve Designation – Percentage by weight passing for each type of Aggregate – (Cont’d.)
SIEVE PERCENT BY WEIGHT PASSING
DESIGNATION FOR EACH TYPE OF AGGREGATE
75 mm MINUS 40 mm MINUS 19 mm MINUS
19 mm 100
12.5 mm 75 – 100
9.5 mm 60 – 90
4.75 mm 40 – 70
2.36 mm 27 – 55
1.18 mm 16 – 42
0.600 mm 8 – 30
0.300 mm 5 – 20
0.075 mm 2 – 8
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City of Penticton – (RFQSupply of Crushed Gravel 2012)
BID SHEET
REQUEST FOR QUOTATION: Supply of Crushed Gravel for 2012
CLOSING DATE & TIME: 2:00 pm, Tuesday, January 10, 2012
The undersigned Bidder has carefully examined the Conditions, Specifications, and
Drawings (if applicable) for the work requested and will construct or provide the services
required.
This quotation is valid for: days.
NOTE: If you are supplying goods, please include a delivery leadtime schedule with
your submission.
We, the undersigned, having read the City of Penticton specifications, submit the following unit prices for
the supply of crushed gravel for 2012. Submissions of pricing do not guarantee the City will purchase
materials from your company.
FIRM NAME
ADDRESS
PHONE NO. POSTAL CODE
FAX NO. DATE
SIGNATURE OF BIDDER
PRINT NAME
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