Sealed bids for Car Washes and Detailing Services for City Fleet Vehicles (Bid # 23-017) will be received by The City Clerk of the City of Hoover, Alabama, 100 Municipal Lane, Hoover, Alabama, 35216, no later than 2:00 p.m. CT on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud.

No Bids will be received after the time set forth herein.

Bid Specifications are open to public review and copies may be obtained at the office of The City Clerk, City of Hoover, 100 Municipal Lane, Hoover, Alabama, 35216. Bid Specifications and Bid Proposal Forms are also available for review and download from the City's website at http://www.hooveral.org/bids.aspx .

PLEASE NOTE: Bid Specifications will NOT be mailed to prospective bidders.

Questions regarding this bid should be directed, no later than Friday, June 16, 2023, at 4:00 p.m., to Tina Di Clemente, Purchasing Officer, City of Hoover, Purchasing Department, 100 Municipal Lane, Hoover, Alabama, 35216 via e-mail at bids@hooveralabama.gov For security reasons, you must enable JavaScript to view this E-mail address. . Answers to all questions, clarifications, corrections, and additions to the Bid Specifications will be issued in the form of Addendums to the Specifications which will not be distributed by delivery or mail, but rather, shall only be posted on the City's website by 5:00 p.m. June 19, 2023. It shall be the responsibility of the bidder to frequently visit the City's website to view or download such Addendums, if any are issued.

This Invitation-to-Bid, the Bid Specifications, and the Bid Proposal forms(s) will comprise the total bid package and should be read very carefully. Bidders must provide all information and signatures on the Bid/Proposal form(s) as requested. Bids may be disqualified for non-compliance or may be deemed as non-responsive if required bid documents are not submitted as requested.

Each Bid/Contract award, if made, will be made to the lowest responsive, responsible Bidder as evidenced by the City's receipt of a completed Bid Proposal Form and other documents that have been submitted in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders and in accordance with stipulations within other sections of the Bid Specifications. A purchase order will be issued once the bid is awarded.

The City reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, to waive any formality in any Bid, and to accept any Bid considered advantageous to the City. The City reserves the right to hold the Bids for a period of ninety (90) calendar days after the date of receipt of Bids.

The City of Hoover hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs) will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, gender, religion, age, disability, marital status or national origin in consideration for an award.

The attention of Bidders is called to the provisions of Section 31-13-9, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to Immigration Law compliance and documentation thereof (i.e. participation in the Federal E-Verify program). The successful Bidder will be required to sign a contract that includes the following provision related to Immigration: "By signing this contract, the contracting parties affirm, for the duration of the agreement, that they will not violate federal immigration law or knowingly employ, hire for employment or continue to employ an unauthorized alien within the state of Alabama. Furthermore, a contracting party found to be in violation of this provision shall be deemed in breach of the agreement and shall be responsible for all damages resulting therefrom."