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Request Code: 6761180
Date: 01/08/16
On behalf of Iowa contractors, vendors and the people of Iowa were hereby
request the bid tabulation for the Demolition of Ten (10) Structures, with a
bid date of 01/07/16.
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CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
PROGRAM
CDBG - FUNDED PROJECT
SPECIFICATIONS
FOR
DEMOLITION AND SITE CLEARANCE
CONTRACT NO: 181-CDBG-DEMO-01-11-16
INVITATION FOR BIDS
The City of Waterloo, Iowa, acting through the Community Development Board will receive bids
for demolition of buildings and structures and site clearance for ten (10) structures known as
Group 181-CDBG-DEM)-01-11-16, until 3:00 P.M. on the 7th day of January, 2016, in the office
of the City Clerk of Waterloo, Iowa. The bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at 4:00 p.m.
on the same date in City Hall in the City of Waterloo.
Contract Documents, including Drawings and Technical Specifications, are on file at the
Community Development Board, Carnegie Annex, Suite 202, 620 Mulberry Street, Waterloo,
Iowa 50703.
Copies of the Contract Documents may be obtained by depositing $15.00 (in cash or by check
payable to the Community Development Board) with the Community Development Director of
the Community Development Board for each set of documents so obtained, and your submission
of a statement of the Bidder's Qualifications and Financial Condition if requested. DEPOSITS
ARE REFUNDABLE if documents are returned within 10 days of the bid opening.
CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA
Date: December 18, 2015 Suzy Schares, City Clerk
SPECIAL NOTICE
TO ALL BIDDERS for Demolition and Site Clearance on City of Waterloo Community
Development Block Grant Program CDBG Demolition Project.
Please read "INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS" and all Contract Documents carefully and see that
all requirements for filing your bid are met.
Checking your bid, before filing, against the following list will assist in preventing minor errors
or omissions which could result in disqualification of your bid because of technicalities.
1. Bid must be SIGNED, and bear the official title of the person signing.
2. Bid must be submitted SEALED in an envelope addressed to:
City of Waterloo
CLERK'S OFFICE
715 Mulberry Street
Waterloo, Iowa 50703
and must be marked in the lower left-hand corner as follows:
BID FOR DEMOLITION AND SITE CLEARANCE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
PROJECT NO. 1 8 1-CDBG-DEMO-01-1 1-1 6
TO BE OPENED: JANUARY 7,2016 AT 4:00 P.M.
3. Sufficient time should be allowed for mailed bids to be delivered by normal Postal
operation. Late bids will not be considered. Bids must be received by 3:00 P.M.,
JANUARY 7,2016 in the CITY OF WATERLOO CLERK'S OFFICE. Bid will
be awarded JANUARY 11,2016 during regular business of the City Council.
4. ALL BLANKS in the Bid Form must be filled in.
5. NO ERRORS IN ITEMIZED UNIT PRICE SCHEDULE. Itemized Unit Price
Schedule must be totaled and the total must agree with the price filled in on BF-1. All
bids must include a bid on all parcels and structures. In this project all parcels constitute
one contract which shall be let to one bidder.
6. QUALIFIED BIDS NOT ACCEPTED: Bid must not be qualified in any way or contain
any reservations not made optional in the Bid Form provided to bidders.
7. YOUR QUOTE should include removal of trees identified along the property line
and stumps for all addresses,where appropriate and applicable.
THIS SPECIAL NOTICE IS ISSUED AS A REMINDER AGAINST COMMON
IRREGULARITIES IN BIDS, AND IS NOT A CONTRACT DOCUMENT.
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS
1. USE OF SEPARATE BID FORMS
These Contract Documents include a complete set of Bidding and Contract Forms which
are for the convenience of bidders and are not to be detached from the Contract
Documents or filled out or executed. Separate copies of Bid Forms and Contract
Documents are included with the document. Each bidder should understand that the
Community Development Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
2. INTERPRETATION OR ADDENDA
No oral interpretation will be made to any bidder as to the meaning of the Contract
Documents or any part thereof. Every request for such an interpretation shall be made in
writing to:
Rudy D. Jones, Director
Community Development Board
620 Mulberry Street, Carnegie Annex
Waterloo, Iowa 50703-5713
Any inquiry received seven or more days prior to the date fixed for the opening of bids
will be given consideration. Every interpretation made to a bidder will be in the form of
an Addendum to the Contract Documents and when issued will be on file in the office of
the Community Development Board at least five days before bids are opened. In addition,
all Addenda will be mailed to each person holding Contract Documents, but it shall be the
bidder's responsibility to make inquiry as to the Addenda issued. All such Addenda shall
become part of the Contract Documents and all bidders shall be bound by such
Addenda,whether or not received by the bidders.
3. INSPECTION OF SITE
Each bidder shall visit the site of the proposed work and fully acquaint her/himself
with the existing conditions there relating to the Demolition and/or Site Clearance
and should inform her/himself as to the facilities involved, the difficulties and the
restrictions attending the performance of the Contract. The bidder shall thoroughly
examine and familiarize her/himself with the Drawings, Technical Specifications, and all
other Contract Documents. The contractor by the execution of the Contract shall in no
way be relieved of any obligation under it due to his/her failure to receive or examine any
form or legal instrument or to visit the site and acquaint her/himself with the conditions
there existing and the City of Waterloo will be justified in rejecting any claim based on
facts regarding which he/she should have been on notice as a result thereof
4. RELEASE OF BUILDINGS: SEQUENCE OF WORK
Bidders are referred to the Pre-Construction Meeting for information regarding the manner
in which the existing buildings will be released and the site made available for Demolition
purposes, and the sequence in which the Demolition work will be preformed.
5. ALTERNATIVE BIDS
Alternative bids will be rejected unless specifically requested.
6. BIDS
A. All Bids must be submitted on forms supplied by the City of Waterloo and shall
be subject to all requirements of the Contract Documents including the
Drawings, and these INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS. All bids must be regular
in every respect and no interlineations, excisions or special conditions shall be
made or included in the Bid Form by the bidder.
B. Bid Documents including the bid, the Non-Collusions Affidavit,Non-Segregated
Facilities, and the Statement of Bidder's Qualifications (if requested) shall be
enclosed in a sealed envelope clearly labeled with the words ("Demolition and
Site Clearance Bid Documents"), project number, name of bidder, and date and
time of bid opening in order to guard against premature opening of the bid.
C. The City of Waterloo may consider as irregular any bid on which there is an
alteration of or departure from the Bid Form hereto attached and at its option
may reject the same.
D. If the Contract is awarded, it will be awarded by the City of Waterloo to a
responsible bidder on the basis of the bid most favorable to the City. The
contract will require the completion of work according to the Contract
Documents and bonding requirements.
E. Each bidder shall include in his/her bid, in the appropriate spaces therefore, the
estimated cost of performing the work of Demolition and Site Clearance
including all items of overhead, and without credit for salvaged materials.
F. Each bidder shall include in his/her bid the following information:
Principals Firm
Names Name
Social Security Numbers Federal Tax/I.D. Number
Home Addresses (including City, City, State and Zip Code
State and Zip Code.)
7. COLLUSIVE AGREEMENTS
A. Each bidder submitting a bid to the City of Waterloo for any portion of the work
contemplated by the documents on which bidding is based shall execute, and attach
thereto, an affidavit substantially in the form herein provided, to the effect that he
has not colluded with any other person, firm, or corporation in regard to any bid
submitted.
B. Before executing any subcontract, the successful bidder shall submit the name of
any for prior approval and an affidavit on the form provided.
8. STATEMENT OF BIDDER'S QUALIFICATIONS
A. Each bidder shall upon request of the City of Waterloo submit on the form
furnished for that purpose, a copy of which is included in the Contract
Documents, a Statement of the Bidder's Qualifications, his demolition
experience, and his organization and equipment available for the work
contemplated; and when specifically requested by the City, a detailed financial
statement. The City of Waterloo shall have the right to take such steps as it
deems necessary to determine the ability of the bidder to perform his obligations
under the Contract, and the bidder shall furnish the City all such information
and data for this purpose as it may request.
Each bidder shall provide a current copy of a Certificate of Insurance with the
Community Development Department prior to submission of bid.
THE RIGHT IS RESERVED TO REJECT ANY BID WHERE AN
INVESTIGATION OF THE AVAILABLE EVIDENCE OR INFORMATION
DOES NOT SATISFY THE CITY THAT THE BIDDER IS QUALIFIED TO
CARRY OUT PROPERLY THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT.
9. CORRECTIONS
Erasures or other changes in the bid must be explained or noted over the signature of the
bidder.
10. TIME FOR RECEIVING BIDS
A. Bids received prior to the time of opening will be securely kept unopened. The
officer whose duty it is to open them will decide when the specified time has
arrived, and no bid received thereafter will be considered; except that when a bid
arrives by mail after the time fixed for opening, but before the reading of other
bids is completed, and it is shown to the satisfaction of the City that the non-arrival
on time was due solely to delay in the mails for which the bidder was not
responsible, such bid will be received and considered. Among the factors to be
considered are: the post-mark date of the bid, the normal delivery time for the
distance in question, based upon local postal deliveries.
B. Bidders are cautioned that, while telegraphic modifications of bids may be
received as provided above, such modifications, if not explicit and if in any sense
subject to misinterpretation, shall make the bid so modified or amended, subject to
rejection.
11. OPENING OF BIDS
At the time and place fixed for the opening of bids,the City will cause to be opened and
publicly read aloud every bid received within the time set for receiving bids, irrespective
of any irregularities therein. Bidders and other persons properly interested may be
present, in person or by representative.
12. WITHDRAWL OF BIDS
Bids may be withdrawn on written or telegraphic request dispatched by the bidder in the
time for delivery in the normal course of business prior to the time fixed for opening;
provided, that written confirmation or any telegraphic withdrawal over the signature of the
bidder is placed in the mail and postmarked prior to the time set for the opening.
13. AWARD OF CONTRACT: REJECTION OF BIDS
A. The entire Contract will be awarded to the lowest qualified responsible bidder
complying with the conditions of the INVITATION FOR BIDS. The City,
however, reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any informality
in bids received whenever such rejection or waiver is in its interest. The bidder to
whom the award is made will be notified at the earliest possible date.
B. The City of Waterloo reserves the right to consider as unqualified to perform the
Contract any bidder who does not habitually perform with his/her own forces the
major portions of the work involved in the Demolition and Site Clearance.
14. EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT: BID BOND
A. The bid must be accompanied by a bid guaranty which shall not be less than five
percent (5%) of the total estimated cost of Demolition and Site Clearance
including all items of overhead and without credit for salvaged materials. At the
option of the bidder, the guaranty may be certified check, bank draft, negotiable
U.S. Government bonds (at par value), or a Bid Bond in the form attached. The
Bid Bond shall be secured by a guaranty or surety company listed in the latest
issue of the U.S. Treasury, Form 570. The amount of such Bid Bond shall be
within the maximum amount specified for such company in said Form 570. No
bid will be considered unless it is accompanied by the required guaranty.
Certified check or bank draft must be payable to the order of the City of Waterloo,
Iowa. Cash deposits will not be accepted. The bid guaranty shall insure the
execution of the Agreement and the furnishing of the surety bond or bonds by the
successful bidder, all as required by the Contract Documents.
SCHEDULE OF DRAWINGS
DEMOLITION AND SITE CLEARANCE
GROUP 181-CDBG-DEMO-01-11-16
201. SCOPE OF DRAWINGS
The contract drawings listed in Section 203 below, indicate primarily only the location, size and
general character of the principal buildings and features within the parcels which have been
acquired by the City of Waterloo, and which are included in work under this contract. Numerous
other items of work of a relatively minor nature will be found in the Technical Specifications, and
it is solely the contractor's responsibility to determine the extent of all work required by the
specifications, but not shown on the drawings, all of which he will be required to perform.
202. INTERPRETATION OF DRAWINGS
If dimensions are shown for buildings they are nominal and approximate, and the contractor shall
verify al].dimensions and materials to his own satisfaction before submitting his bid on the work.
203. SCHEDULE OF DRAWINGS (Exhibit C)
The following map indicates the location of the single structures scheduled for demolition.