About this opportunity
AI summaryThe City of Iowa City seeks proposals for citywide cleaning and restoration services to address water damage, water main breaks, and sewer backups. Selected vendors will assess affected sites and provide property owners, occupants, or designated City representatives with detailed service descriptions for proposed cleaning, drying, restoration, and remediation. Eligibility is restricted to onshore United States organizations. Vendors must submit proposals online through the Ion Wave website, while questions must be submitted no later than November 18, 2026. Awarded contracts will run for a three-year period. The City evaluates submissions based on criteria including the vendor's ability, capacity, and skill to deliver the required services, future maintenance capacity, character, integrity, reputation, experience, efficiency, and cost estimates. Finalists may also be required to participate in presentations and interviews scored by an evaluation committee before final contract negotiations.
Buyer and opportunity details
- Client
- City of Iowa City
Minimum qualifications
- Not in arrears or in default to the City of Iowa City upon any debt or contract
- Possession of necessary facilities, pecuniary resources and adequate insurance
- Compliance with City Equal Employment Opportunity policy and antidiscrimination laws
- Compliance with City Contract Compliance for contracts of $25,000 or more
- Compliance with the City Wage Theft Policy for contracts of $25,000 or more
- Provide list of clients for whom similar work has been performed within the last two years
How proposals are evaluated
| Criterion | Weight / scoring |
|---|---|
| The quality, availability, adaptability and life cycle costing of the commodities and/or service | Not specified |
| Guarantees and warranties | Not specified |
| Ability, capacity and skill to provide the commodities and/or service required within the specified time | Not specified |
| Ability to provide future maintenance and service | Not specified |
| Character, integrity, reputation, experience and efficiency | Not specified |
| Quality of performance of previous and/or existing contracts | Not specified |
| Previous and existing compliance with laws and ordinances relating to contracts with the City and to the vendor’s employment practices | Not specified |
| Whether the vendor is in arrears to the City, in debt on a contract or is a defaulter on surety to the City | Not specified |
| Solvency | Not specified |
| Such other relevant information as may be secured by the City | Not specified |
| Cost estimate | Not specified |
Documents to include with your response
- Legal name, address, telephone number, and email of primary contact (signer)
- Written list of deviations (if applicable)
- Description of qualifications, credentials, experience, and resources
- List of client references from the last two years including firm, contact person, address, and phone number
- Samples, catalogs, descriptive literature, or detailed drawings (when required)
- Proposal security of at least 5% (certified check, cashier's check, share draft, or proposal bond, when required)
- Cost proposal (if only one proposal is received and requested by the City)
How to submit
- Method
- Electronic via the Ion Wave website
- Instructions
- Submitted to the Ion Wave website at https://icgov.ionwave.net/Login.aspx; faxed, emailed, shipped, mailed, or hand delivered proposals will not be considered
Contract details
- Insurance and bonding
- Evidence of adequate insurance to comply with terms; proposal bond of minimum 5% when required; performance bond may be required if doubts arise as to solvency or for faithful performance and maintenance