Safety Shoes and Boots

The City of Florissant is seeking bids from qualified bidders to provide safety shoes and boots to approximately 50 employees through a subsidy/allowance employee footwear program. The selected bidder should have a wide selection of safety footwear offerings that meet safety standards at a fair price, conveniently located retail locations, onsite mobile retail options, and be able to accommodate detailed billing that works with the City's employee safety footwear allowance program. Key requirements include: * Providing safety shoes and boots that meet or exceed ASTM F-2413-18 Impact & Compression Standards * Offering a wide range of sizes, including special sizes * Having a mobile retail unit equipped with personnel capable of fitting and sizing employees * Having a store location in St. Louis County, St. Louis City, or St. Charles County * Being able to coordinate billing and allowance tracking with the City * Providing a catalog price list with expiration dates * Having proper controls to ensure proper tracking and purchase authorization for employees Some of the key evaluation criteria include: • Catalog pricing (40% of total score) • Catalog variety (15% of total score) • Boot truck (15% of total score) • Brick and mortar locations (15% of total score) • References (15% of total score) The contract shall run for a 1-year period, effective April 1, 2026, through March 30, 2027, with the option to renew for 2 additional one-year contract periods if agreeable to both the City and the vendor. • The City reserves the right to award this bid to more than one footwear vendor • The City offers eligible employees a $200 safety footwear allowance every fiscal year • The contractor must have proper controls to ensure proper tracking and purchase authorization for employees • The contractor must be able to coordinate billing and allowance tracking with the City