BID - Elevator & Escalator Maintenance 2006

The document is a solicitation for bids for elevator and escalator maintenance services at an airport. The document provides instructions and guidelines for potential offerors to submit their bids. It includes information on offer delivery responsibility, the requirement for descriptive literature to accompany each bid, the ownership of submitted documents by the City of El Paso, the possibility of submitting alternate offers, the process for requesting changes or clarifications to the solicitation, the acknowledgment of solicitation amendments, and the acceptance or rejection of bids by the City. The document also specifies the time and place of bid opening, provides information on offers from nonresidents and rounding of bids, clarifies the determination of tie bids, and provides contact information for inquiries about bid results. Additionally, the document includes instructions for pricing bids based on discounts or markups from the manufacturer's price list. The document emphasizes the importance of properly identifying the bid package and states that failure to respond to three consecutive solicitations will result in removal from the mailing list. Time of delivery is also highlighted as being of the essence.