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Home My WebLink AboutNOTICE TO BIDDERS STATE 'OF IOWA, NO IGb to BluueNS U.S.HIGHWAY RE INTER- Black Hawk County CHANGE HA GEAEAIMPROVEENTS CITY OF WATERLOO,IOWA STATE OF IOWA-Sealed bids will be I do solemnly swear that the annexed copy of received on June 16,2009,by the Iowa Department of transportation at the Of- - fice.of Contracts In Ames,Iowa until 10 12$3 5 2$ o'clock A.M.,C.T.,for the construction of NOTICE TO BIDDERS U.S. HIGHWAY 63/U new sidewalks,recreational trails,traffic, signal modifications and median modifi- notice was published in the WATERLOO/CEDAR FALLS COURIER -, cationsatiheu.5.ume interchange in the Cary of Waterloo,Iowa. The project a daily newspaper printed in WATERLOO, consists of approximately 1,290 square Black Hawk County, Iowa, for 1 issues reaoon ltrP is,modifications odea)dewsltoaetec- yards of trails,concrete sidewalks d wa to two rec- commencing on 05/26/2009, in the issues of ficsigsan incidental newer modifi- cations and Ira idanlatorm s / / Plans,specifications and proposal forms 05 26 2009 for the work may be seen and secured at of said newspaper, and that the annexed rate of the Office of Contracts,Iowa Depart- ment of Transportation,800 Lincoln advertisingis the regular legal rate of said Way,Ames,Iowa until noon on the day g g previous to the letting. newspaper, and that the following b is a correct Mailed bids are to e sent to the Iowa Department of Transportation,Office of bill for publishing said notice. Contracts, Iowa Sattwillbeavaila 800 Lincoln 6leattheOf- fice of Contracts the day previous to the letting and the day:of the letting for the Printer's Bill $67.04 dropping off of bids during regular busi- ness hours 7:30 a.m.to 4:30 p.m. The Iowa set of Transportation (DOT)useses the the Bid Express website }'},�(/ (www bidscom)as an official depository ( for electronic bid efor submittal.The Iowa DOT will ensure that this electronic bid depository is available ter a two-hour pe- riod prior to the deadline for submission Signed of bids.In the case of disruption of na- tional the tional communications or loss of servic- es by www.bide.com'during this two-hour period,the Iowa DOTwill delaythe dead- line for bid submissions to ensure the ability of potential bidders to submit bids. Subscribed and sworn to before me this Instructions will be communicated topo- tential bidders. Opening and reading of the bids will be 4/C day of 9-.__ yr(` JI performed at the Iowa Department of Transportation:Ames,Iowa after 10;30 A.M.an the same date such bids are, • scheduled to be'received,unless other- wise specified Sy the Iowa Department of rt x\ All ptopbs mustbe filed on the forms 1%411,1561.47.-) he t y b furnished he Iowa Department of Trans d by t acts Office,seals and pleb*matted.Proposalsrovideontaln- Notary Public in th in e forms furishedwll be d rejected.The Iowa Department of Transportation re- served right to valve technicalities and to reetaay Mall bids. A ProposalGuaranlee not less than the Received of amount as set forth in the proposal form shall be filed with each proposal. The Proposal Guarantee shall be In the form of a certified check or credit union certi- the sum of Dollars fled share draft,cashiers check,money order or bank draft drawn on a.solvent in full for publication of the above invoice. bank or credit union.Certified checks or credit union certified share drafts shall bear an endorsement signed by a re- sponsible official of such bank or credit union as to the amount certified.Cash- NotarySeal: lees checks,money orders orbank drafts shall be made payable either to the Con- beano Authority or to the bidder and, where where made payable to the bidder,shall contain an unqualified endorsement to the Contracting Authority signed by the bidder or the bidder's authorized agent. A properly completed Contractor's Bid DEBBIE S.ARBUCKLE Bona(Form No.650001),or a properly COMMISSION NO.174858 completed Contractor's Annual Bid Bond (Form No.650043),both available from COfy1MIS�I- IRES .the Iowa Department of Transportation. /�-_' !'Q a��„ Office of Contracts,maybe used in lieu of that specified above. The contracting authority will issue an exemption certificate for the purchase or use of building materials,supplies',and equipment will be used in the perfor- mance of thehe construction contract,as provided by Iowa Code Sections 4ailure(16),422.42(17)and 422.47t endfi(5). Failure to execute a contract and file an acceptable Performance Bond and Cer- tificate of Insurance within 30 days of the date of the approval for awarding the contract,as herein provided,will be just and sufficient cause for the denial of the award and the forfeiture of the proposal guarantee. The Iowa Department of Transportation (or other approved contracting authority) hereby notifies all bidders that It will af- firmatively ensure that in any contract entered Into pursuant to this advertise- ment,disadvantaged business enter- prises 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 or- igin in consideration for an award. On Federal Aid projects,where disad- vantagedbusiness enterprise goals have been established,the bidder is re- quired to complete and form 102115 with the bid documents.On all projects without goals,the contractor I. must show that affirmative actions have beer made to seek out and consider die- • advantaged business enterprises as po- tential sub-contractors. Details of the project,for which bids are to be taken will be available to potential • bidders and suppliers three(3)weeks prior to the letting dales at the following locations: -Posted on the Internet at wwwbidx.comllowa Available In the Iowa Department of Transportation's-Weekly Letting Report" -Available by calling the Office of Con- tracts of the Iowa Department of Trans- portation at 515-239-1414. Minimum wage rates for all Federal Aid projects have been predetermined by • the Secretary of Labor and are set forth In the specifications. All Federal Aid projects are subject to the • Work Hours Act of 1962,P.L.87-581 and Implementing regulations, By virtue of statutory authority,a prefer- ence will be given to products and provi- sions grown and coal produced within the State of Iowa. IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF CONTRACTS TELEPHONE:515-239-1414 Published by authority of the Cltyof Wa- terloo,Iowa. By: NANCY ECKERT,City Clerk