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Local business faces discrimination lawsuit
Police seek witnesses in homicide
Art entries accepted
Battle for Belleville planned
CITY OF ROMULUS REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
RFP 17/18-01 COPIER/PRINTER STANDARDIZATION
& MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
The City of Romulus, Michigan by issuance of this request for proposals (RFP) is seeking the serv-
ices of an experienced and qualified company to provide the needed equipment and mainte-
nance/management services to provide better services to users of the City's existing copiers, print-
ers, and scanners while reducing current printing costs.
(1) Qualified individuals and firms wishing to submit a proposal must use the forms provided by
the City. Proposal forms and specifications may be obtained from the MITN system at
/. Copies of documents obtained from any other source are not considered
official copies. Proposals may be rejected unless made on the forms included with the bidding
documents.
(2) A mandatory pre-bid conference will be held at 10:00 am, August 18, 2017, in the Council
Chambers of Romulus City Hall located to 11111 Wayne Road. In addition to provided clari-
fications to the bid documents, this will be the only opportunity for vendors to view the City's
facilities, existing equipment, staffing and locations of equipment prior to submitting a bid.
(3) Questions must be emailed to
and received prior to 12:00 noon
local time, Tuesday, August 22, 2017.
(4) Clarifications, modifications, or amendments may be made to this solicitation at the discretion
of the City. Any and all addenda issued by the City will be posted on the MITN system. All
interested parties are instructed to view the MITN website regularly for any issued addenda. It
is the responsibility of the bidder to obtain all issued addenda and acknowledge receipt of said
addenda by including a printed copy of each addendum as part of the required documents for
this solicitation and to list the addendum and sign and date the "Acknowledgment of Receipt
Addenda Form: supplied in the RFP documents.
(5) A total of four copies (one marked "Original" and three marked "Copy") of the proposal must
be submitted in a sealed envelope and returned to the
City Clerk's Office
no later than 2:30
P.M., local time, Tuesday, August 29, 2017. Proposals should be addressed using the proposal
label provided in the RFP documents.
(6) At approximately 2:45 p.m. local time following the deadline for submitting bids, all timely
received will be acknowledged as being received.
(7) The City reserves the right to postpone the opening without notification and also reserves the
right to reject all bids and proposals and to waive any minor informality or irregularity in pro-
posals received.
(8) The City reserves the right to reject all proposals and to waive irregularities.
(9) The Proposal is the Company's offer to enter into a Contract pursuant to the terms and condi-
tions specified in the Request for Proposal, its Exhibits, and Addenda. The proposal may not be
withdrawn for and is binding on the Proposer for a period of ninety (90) calendar days after the
date for submitting bids/proposals.
(10) The successful Company will be required to submit proof of all insurance required by the RFP
documents and all required endorsements
(11) For additional information contact Lynn A, Conway, City of Romulus, Purchasing Director, by
calling (734) 955-4568 or by emailing
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CITY OF ROMULUS INVITATION TO BID
ITB 17/18-03 CDBG Project 16-24-03F -
PARKINGAREAASPHALT WORK - WEST SIDE HUNT STREET
The City of Romulus, Michigan is seeking bids from qualified contractors for the replacement of
approximately 6,864 square feet of the west side gravel area of 11120 Hunt Street, Romulus
Michigan with aggregate and MDOT 13A bituminous pavement as required by the bid documents.
(1) Qualified individuals and firms wishing to submit a bid must use the forms provided by the
City. Bid forms and specifications may be obtained from the MITN system at
/. Bids may be rejected unless made on the forms included with the bid-
ding documents. Copies of documents obtained from any other source are not considered offi-
cial copies.
(2) This project is a federally funded Community Development Block Grant project and shall com-
ply with Executive Order 11246 dated 9/24/65 as amended and supplemented and in compli-
ance with the Davis-Bacon regulations and current Wage Rate Determination.
(3) Qualified individuals and firms wishing to submit a bid must use the forms provided by the
City. Bid forms and specifications may be obtained from the MITN system @
. Bids may be rejected unless made on the forms included with the bid-
ding documents.
(4) Clarifications, modifications, or amendments may be made to this solicitation at the discretion
of the City. Any and all addenda issued by the City will be posted on the MITN system. All
interested parties are instructed to view the MITN website regularly for any issued addenda. It
is the responsibility of the bidder to obtain all issued addenda and acknowledge receipt of said
addenda by including a printed copy of each addendum as part of the required documents for
this solicitation and to list the addendum and sign and date the "Acknowledgment of Receipt
Addenda Form: supplied in the bid documents.
(5) For CDBG projects, each bid shall be accompanied by a bid guaranty in the form of a certified
check, bid bond or cashier's check payable to the City of Romulus in an amount at least equal
to five percent (5%) of the amount of the Bid. The guarantee of the successful Bidder shall be
forfeited for failure to execute a contract and bonds within two (2) days after award by action
of the City Council.
(6) A total of two copies (one marked "Original" and one marked "Copy") of the bid must be sub-
mitted in a sealed envelope and returned to the
City Clerk's Office
no later than 2:30 P.M.,
Monday,
August 21, 2017
. Bids should be addressed using the bid package label provided in
the ITB documents.
(7) At approximately 2:45 p.m., local time all timely received bids will be publicly opened and
read.
(8) The CDBG Coordinator will make every effort to utilize small, minority-owned and/or women-
owned business. Such businesses are encouraged to submit a bid and include verification of
this status along with their bid.
(9) Federal regulations for CDBG funded projects require that the awarded contractor and any sub
recipients/sub-contractors performing work under the project are encouraged to use of local
businesses; small, minority, and/or women-owned businesses.
(10) Federal regulations, both CDBG and non-CDBG, make it very clear that sub recipients should
make every effort to use local business firms and contract with small, minority-owned and/or
women-owned businesses in the procurement process.
(11) Contractors must include a completed and notarized copy of their "Certification Regarding
Debarment and Suspension for Wayne County Community Development Block Grant Program
along with their bid. The City cannot award the contract to any company suspended or debarred
or is otherwise excluded from or ineligible for participation in Federal assistance programs
under Executive Order 12549, Debarment & Suspension."
(12) Please be advised that the time frame for the completion of the work is very short. The
City must have received all insurances and bonds and copies of all endorsements required
by the ITB documents and have the contract in place by August 31, 2017 with the award-
ed contractor and all work completed no later than Friday, September 08, 2017.
(13) The City reserves the right to postpone the opening without notification and also reserves the
right to reject all bids and to waive any minor informality or irregularity in bids received.
(14) For additional information contact Lynn A, Conway, City of Romulus, Purchasing Director, by
calling (734) 955-4568 or by emailing
.
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CITY OF ROMULUS INVITATION TO BID
ITB 17/18-02 - Project #0155-17-0040 FIRE STATION SITE
The City of Romulus, is requesting sealed bids for the Fire Station Site development project (ITB
17/18-02). The firm fixed price contract shall include the removing and relocating the existing con-
crete drive at Goddard Road, construction of a 13,250 square foot asphalt parking lot with concrete
curb, concrete sidewalk, and bio-retention area. Solicitation of bids for this project in no way shall
obligate the City to award a contract. No pre-bid meeting is scheduled for this project.
Sealed bids will be received at the office of the City of Romulus Clerk until 2:00 PM local time, on
August 22, 2017. All bids should be clearly addressed:
ITB 17/18-02 - Project #0155-17-0040 Fire Station Site
City of Romulus Clerk's Office
11111 Wayne Road
Romulus, MI 48174
Contract documents for this project shall be on file on and after 2:00 PM, August 7, 2017, at the City
of Romulus Clerk's Office or may also be examined and/or purchased (prepaid, non-refundable
$55.00 for documents and additional $15.00 prepaid, non-refundable charge for mailing) from the
City's Engineer, OHM Advisors, 34000 Plymouth Road, Livonia, MI 48150 or can be downloaded
from the Michigan Inter-governmental Trade Network website:
/. Bid security
in the form of a Certified or Cashier's Check or bid bond for a sum no less than five percent (5%) of
the amount of the bid will be required with each Bid. The City of Romulus reserves the right to
accept or reject any bid, or waive irregularities in bids. No bid may be withdrawn for a period of
ninety (90) calendar days after the scheduled closing time for receipt of the bids. Neither the sub-
mission of nor acceptance of any bid shall constitute a contract between any bidder and the City of
Romulus. No such contract shall exist unless and until all required bonds and proof of insurances
and copies of endorsements have been received by the City and an agreement is signed by author-
ized representatives of the City of Romulus and the successful bidder.
The project is federally funded Community Development Block Grant project and shall comply with
Executive Order 11246 dated 9/24/65 as amended and supplemented and in compliance with the
Davis-Bacon regulations and current Wage Rate Determination. The CDBG Coordinator will make
every effort to utilize small, minority-owned, labor surplus area firms and/or women-owned busi-
nesses. Such businesses are encouraged to submit a bid and include verification of this status along
with their bid. Federal regulations for CDBG funded projects require that the awarded contractor
and any sub recipients/sub-contractors performing work under the project are encouraged to use of
local businesses; small, minority, labor surplus area firms and/or women-owned businesses.
Contractors must include a completed and notarized copy of their "Certification Regarding
Debarment and Suspension for Wayne County Community Development Block Grant Program
along with their bid. The City cannot award the contract to any company suspended or debarred or
is otherwise excluded from or ineligible for participation in Federal assistance programs under
Executive Order 12549, Debarment & Suspension."
Questions regarding the project or the ITB documents should be directed to Marcus McNamara of
OHM Advisors at 734-522-6711 or
.
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The operator of a Tim
Horton's Cafe and Bake Shop in
Romulus has been accused of
violating federal law when he
refused to permit an employee
to wear a skirt instead of pants
in accordance with her religious
beliefs. Attorneys for the U.S.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission (EEOC) filed a fed-
eral lawsuit last week naming
Sleneem Enterprise, LLC as the
defendant.
In the suit, EEOC attorneys
charged that employee Amanda
Corley wore a skirt to work at
the Tim Horton's Romulus loca-
tion instead of the standard uni-
form pants. She did so pursuant
to her Pentecostal Apostolic
faith. When she attempted to
present a letter from her pastor
explaining why she could not
wear pants, management
refused to accept the letter and
informed her she was fired,
according to the court filings.
The conduct alleged violates
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
of 1964 which requires employ-
ers to provide reasonable reli-
gious accommodations to
employees. The EEOC filed suit
(Case No. 2:17-cv-12337 in U.S.
District Court for the Eastern
District of Michigan) after first
attempting to reach a pre-litiga-
tion settlement through a concil-
iation process. The EEOC is
seeking injunctive relief pro-
hibiting Sleneem from discrimi-
nating against other employees
who need religious accommoda-
tions in the future as well as lost
wages, compensatory and puni-
tive damages and other affirma-
tive relief for Corley, according
to a prepared statement.
“Sleneem's refusal to accom-
modate Corley and the decision
to instead fire her were com-
pletely unjustified and unlaw-
ful,” said EEOC Indianapolis
Regional Attorney Kenneth
Bird, whose jurisdiction
includes Michigan. “It would
have been simple to allow Ms.
Corley towear a skirt, andwould
not have negatively impacted
the business in any way.
Employers have an obligation to
provide these types of reason-
able religious accommodations,
and when they fail to, the EEOC
will step in.”
The EEOC's Detroit Field
Office is part of the Indianapolis
District Office, which oversees
Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky
andparts of Ohio.
Michigan State Police inves-
tigators are asking anyone who
may have information about an
Aug. 3 homicide in Inkster to
come forward.
Second District Special
Investigation Section officers
are continuing their investiga-
tion into the fatal shooting
which occurred at approxi-
mately 6:30 p.m. Aug 3. at Fast
Frank's Party Store. on Inkster
Road near New York Street
Aug. 3.
Investigators said that the
preliminary investigation indi-
cated that the victim, Hassan
Ibrahim Tanana, 31, of Inkster,
was shot numerous times dur-
ing an altercation inside the
store with a man described by
witnesses
as
African
American.
"Hassan is very well known
in that neighborhood and espe-
cially to regular customers of
the party store," said State
Police First Lt. Michael Shaw.
"He suffered fromsomemental
disabilities and was known to
sit outside of the store and ask
for spare change to buy pop or
other items inside of the store."
The victim lived in a group
home near the store, located
on Inkster Road near New
York Street.
It is believed that the sus-
pect was involved in a verbal
altercation with Tanana, left
the store and returned later
confronting the victim in the
store and shooting him. The
victim was transported to
Beaumont Hospital Dearborn
where he later died of his
injuries.
The suspect fled the scene
after the shooting in a grey
Dodge Durango, according to
police reports.
"The suspect is also known
to be a regular customer at the
store," Shaw said. "We are hop-
ing that the public will help us
identify the suspect from the
surveillance tape, before he
hurts someone else."
Michigan State Police inves-
tigators are asking anyone who
recognizes the suspect, suspect
vehicle or witnessed the inci-
dent o call the tip line at 855-
642-4847 (855-MICH-TIP).
Entries are now being accepted for the
8th annual Belleville Community Art
Show.
The exhibit will take place Oct. 27
through 29 at the Belleville Yacht Club
(BYC) and is organized by the Belleville
AreaCouncil for theArts.
Entry forms are available at the
Belleville Area District Library, the
Belleville Area Chamber of Commerce,
the Belleville Yacht Club, Garden Fantasy
on Main, the Professional Building,
Sumpter Ace Hardware, Twisted Rooster
and at VanBurenTownshipHall.
There are adult, teen and children's
categories and cashprizes are available.
There is an opening reception for the
show planned for 7-9 p.m. Oct. 27. Public
viewing of the entries and winners will
take place from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. Oct. 28
and from11 a.m. until 4 p.m. Oct. 29.
Entry forms can also be downloaded at
or
For more information, call (734) 357-
8000.
Representatives of Yankee Air
Museum and the Belleville Area Museum
will team up at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1 for
the annual World War II Reenactment,
TheBattle forBelleville.
Military vehicles and re-enactors will
caravan down Belleville Road and
attempt to liberate the local history muse-
um fromNazi troops. Both events lead up
to the Thunder Over Michigan Air Show,
which takes place, Saturday and Sunday,
Sept. 2-3 at theYankeeAirMuseum.
Michigan State Police are hop-
ing the public can identify this
man wanted for questioning in a
recent fatal shooting in Inkster.
