NOTICE TO BIDDERS
JURISDICTION OF CITY OF MONTICELLO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the City of Monticello on the proposed contract documents (plans, specifications, and form of contract) and estimated cost for the improvement at its meeting at 6:00, P.M. on November 1, 2021, in said City Hall Council Chambers, 200 East First Street, Monticello, Iowa 52310 for the East 7th Street Utility Improvements.
Electronic bids for the work comprising each improvement as stated below must be filed before 11:00, A.M. local time. Bids shall be submitted electronically via the QuestCDN VirtuBid system. No alternate electronic bid submittals or paper bids will be accepted. Bids will not be able to be electronically submitted after the deadline. Refer to the Instructions to Bidders for additional information.
Electronic proposals will be opened and bids tabulated at 11:00, A.M. on November 18, 2021. The bid opening will be conducted virtually via Microsoft Teams and teleconference. At the time for the opening of bids you may enter the virtual bid opening meeting by clicking on the following URL: tinyurl.com/38cwr28r. You may also phone in to the bid opening by calling 515-598-4967 and entering the conference code #740 232 655. The bid results will be read aloud and posted in the Teams meeting. Results will be considered by the City of Monticello City Council at its meeting on December 6, 2021.
Work on the improvement shall be commenced immediately upon approval of the contract by the Council, and be completed as stated below.
Electronic contract documents are available at no cost by clicking on the “Bids” link at www.snyder-associates.com and choosing the East 7th Street Utility Improvements Project on the left. Project information, engineer’s cost opinion, and planholder information is also available at no cost at this website. Plans may be examined at this site without providing log in information, but downloads require the user to register for a free membership at QuestCDN.com. Downloading electronic contract documents is strongly encouraged, but hard copies of the project documents may be obtained from Snyder & Associates, Inc. 5005 Bowling Street SW, Suite A, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52404 at no cost. Those desiring to obtain hard copies must make an appointment to pick up the documents by calling 319-362-9394. No drop-ins will be allowed.
By virtue of statutory authority, preference will be given to products and provisions grown and coal produced within the State of Iowa, and to Iowa domestic labor, to the extent lawfully required under Iowa statutes.
In accordance with Iowa statutes, a resident bidder shall be allowed a preference as against a nonresident bidder from a state or foreign country if that state or foreign country gives or requires any preference to bidders from that state or foreign country, including but not limited to any preference to bidders, the imposition of any type of labor force preference, or any other form of preferential treatment to bidders or laborers from that state or foreign country. The preference allowed shall be equal to the preference given or required by the state or foreign country in which the nonresident bidder is a resident. In the instance of a resident labor force preference, a nonresident bidder shall apply the same resident labor force preference to a public improvement in this state as would be required in the construction of a public improvement by the state or foreign country in which the nonresident bidder is a resident.
General Nature of the Public Improvement
The EAST 7TH STREET UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS project includes reconstruction of approximately 500 SY of pavement, 500 LF of water main, 120 LF of sanitary sewer, 65 LF of storm sewer, 310 LF of sanitary pipe lining, along East 7th Street, from Cedar Street to North Sycamore Street in Monticello, Iowa. The utility improvements project generally includes utility improvements, associated pavements, sidewalk reconstruction, water main, sanitary sewer, and storm sewer construction. The Engineer’s Opinion of Probable Construction cost for the project is $260,000.
Each bidder shall accompany its bid with bid security as defined in Iowa Code Section 26.8, as security that the successful bidder will enter into a contract for the work bid upon and will furnish after the award of contract a corporate surety bond, in a form acceptable to the Jurisdiction, for the faithful performance of the contract, in an amount equal to 100% of the amount of the contract. The bidder’s security shall be in the amount fixed in the Instruction to Bidders and shall be in the form of a cashier’s check or a certified check drawn on an FDIC insured bank in Iowa or on an FDIC insured bank chartered under the laws of the United States; or a certified share draft drawn on a credit union in Iowa or chartered under the laws of the United States; or a bid bond on the form provided in the contract documents with corporate surety satisfactory to the Jurisdiction. The bid shall contain no condition except as provided in the specifications.
The City of Monticello reserves the right to defer acceptance of any bid for a period of sixty (60) calendar days after receipt of bids and no bid may be withdrawn during this period.
Each successful bidder will be required to furnish a corporate surety bond in an amount equal to 100% of its contract price. Said bond shall be issued by a responsible surety approved by the City of Monticello and shall guarantee the faithful performance of the contract and the terms and conditions therein contained and shall guarantee the prompt payment of all material and labor, and protect and save harmless the City of Monticello from claims and damages of any kind caused by the operations of the contract and shall also guarantee the maintenance of the improvement caused by failures in materials and construction for a period of two years from and after acceptance of the contract. The guaranteed maintenance period for new paving shall be four years.
The City of Monticello, in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office of the Secretary, Part 21, Nondiscrimination in Federally-assisted programs of the Department of Transportation issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for an award.
Contractor shall fully complete the project no later than May 31, 2022. Contractor shall fully complete work in Stage 2 within 10 working days, to which working day count will commence when Stage 2 traffic control is installed and traffic is detoured. Should the contractor fail to complete the work in this timeframe, liquidated damages of $1000 per calendar day will be assessed for work not completed within the designated contract term.
The City of Monticello does hereby reserve the right to reject any or all bids, to waive informalities, and to enter into such contract, or contracts, as it shall deem to be in the best interest of the jurisdiction.
This Notice is given by authority of the City of Monticello City Council
Dated this 18th day of October, 2021.
City of Monticello, Jones County, Iowa
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Posted to https://www.mbionline.com website and http://ci.monticello.ia.us and statewide services on the 19th day of October, 2021.