RFI - IDIQ - McDuffie Conveyor Belts

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Alabama Port Authority Request for Information Response –(RFI) Project Name Project No. To: RFP - IDIQ - McDuffie Conveyor Belts Procurement Task No. N/A Prospective Bidders / Offerors RFI: No. 01 Date: 8/19/2026 The following RFI’s / APA Responses are presented for your information regarding this RFP. The solicitation is not amended in any way or form. All terms and conditions of this RFP remain unchanged. Item RFI / APA Response RFI-1: Will APA choose and announce Base Year, Year 1, Year 2, etc. winners when the 1. bidding is complete in September 2026? APA-Response #1: Yes, upon completion of the RFP’s defined proposal evaluation and multiple awards selection, and final contract award process, the Alabama Port Authority (APA), will announce all selected contract awardees. 2. RFI-2: Can the winners be different companies or will you choose the same company for Base Year and every year they quoted beyond? APA-Response #2: Dependent upon the evaluated competitiveness amongst the Lowest Priced -Technically Acceptable - offers received; both possible scenarios exist. The APA reserves the right to make a single award from this RFP, or different companies could receive an APA contract award, which is why the RFP includes a Multiple Award provision. When the final overall analysis is completed, the APA will determine how many awards, (one or multiple), is most advantageous and in the best interest of the APA. Please review Page(s) 5, and 28, of the posted RFP, which establishes the APA’s evaluation process, and contract award selection process. Also, to be clear regarding this RFI’s partial statement, “Base Year and every year they quoted beyond?” Please note, Page 5 - Paragraph (b) Options., states in part; “The APA will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement.” Also, page 27 – Paragraph 8 PRICING SCHEDULE, states in part; “Offerors shall submit their pricing; either for All Line Item(s) within the entire Schedule,” (or All Line Items for a stated width / size). Therefore, any submitted offer that fails to comply with the requirement to propose fair and reasonable pricing for All contract term period line items, for the width size they choose, shall be considered non-responsive, and eliminated from any award consideration. 3. RFI-3: We can provide higher discounts, the longer the length of belt. Right now, you are asking us to quote 1010 ft-1100 ft.