17999000 _ Airport Apron _ Feb 2025 Legal Ad.pdf

Jackson County Government - Invitation to Bid # 17999000 for Jackson County Airport West Apron Pavement Rehabilitation

Sealed bids will be received by the Jackson County Airport Authority at the Jackson County Government Finance Department by Kenneth Morris, Purchasing Manager, 4965 Jackson Parkway, Jefferson, GA, 30549 on Friday, February 28th, 2025, until 10:00 AM EST at which time all bids received will be publicly opened and read aloud for the improvements to the Airport as listed herein. Bids received after the bid opening will not be accepted.

Bids must be sealed envelopes with the bidder’s name, full mailing address, and General Contractor License Number shown as the return address. Sealed envelopes shall be marked as follows:

“BID ENCLOSED – West Apron Pavement Rehabilitation, Jackson County Airport, Jefferson, Georgia.

Project No. 017999000.” All submittals shall contain three (3) hard copies and one (1) electronic PDF on a storage device containing all information requested and mailed or hand delivered prior to the bid opening date and time to:

Jackson County Finance Department Kenneth Morris, Purchasing Manager 4965 Jackson Parkway Jefferson, GA, 30549

Please note that bids will only be considered by those bidders and subcontractors currently pre-qualified with the Georgia Department of Transportation. Bids will be required to remain open for acceptance or rejection for one-hundred and twenty (120) calendar days after the date of opening of bids.

A non-mandatory Prebid meeting is being held on this project to discuss as a minimum, the following items: material requirements; submittals; Quality Control/Quality Assurance requirements; the construction safety and phasing plan including airport access and staging areas; and unique airfield paving construction requirements. The non-mandatory Prebid meeting will be held in the Terminal Conference Room at the Jackson County Airport on Monday, February 17th, 2025 at 2:00 PM EST.

Questions must be submitted in writing to Rebecca Collins Rebecca.Collins@kimley-horn.com and Airport Manager, Tom Strong, tstrong@jacksoncountygov.com via e-mail by 5:00 p.m. EST on Friday February 21, 2025 in order to be considered.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The work consists of furnishing all labor, equipment, and materials and performing all work in strict accordance with the plans and specifications for:

WEST APRON PAVEMENT REHABILITATION

The location of the work is at the Jackson County Airport, Jefferson, Georgia.

Prospective bidders should read the following instructions carefully before submitting their bids. For each item on the bid form there is a space provided for the price to be shown in numerals and words. All notations must be in ink. Totals read at the opening of bids are not guaranteed to be correct and no final award of contract will be made until the bid and extensions have been verified. Submittals received after the deadline will not be accepted or considered. Facsimile or e-mail submittals will not be accepted or considered. The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, to waive technicalities and informalities, and readvertise.

A Bidder's bond must be executed on the form furnished by the Owner, and the required bond, cash, cashier's check, or certified check must accompany each proposal, in the amount of 5% of the total amount of the proposal. A 100% performance bond and a 100% payment bond will be required of the Contractor at time of contract execution. A Georgia Resident Agent must countersign all bonds from a surety company authorized by law to do business in this State pursuant to a current certificate of authority to transact surety business by the Commissioner of Insurance; no bond shall be approved unless the surety is on the United States Department of Treasury’s list of approved bond sureties.

The successful bidder will be required to provide the Owner with the affidavit required by OCGA 36-91- 21 (e) Competitive Award Requirements.

All work under the contract shall be completed within SIXTY (60) Calendar Days from the issuance of the notice to proceed.

Liquidated Damages: Liquidated damages for delays in completion will be Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per calendar day.

Payment will be made monthly on completed work. Retainage will be held by the Owner to a maximum of ten percent (10%) of each progress payment.

Copies of the plans, specifications, and bid forms may be on file at the following locations:

the Document Processing Center, Construct Connect:

o 3825 Edwards Rd., Suite 800, Cincinnati, Ohio 45209 and the Airport location or Sponsor’s Office:

o 500 Sky Harbor Way, Jefferson, GA 30549

They may be examined at these offices without charge.

Bidder may request a complete electronic copy of the Bidding Documents and join the Plan Holders List by email to the Engineer: Rebecca Collins at Rebecca.Collins@kimley-horn.com

No prints or sets of drawings will be issued by the Owner. Cost of reproduction for printing shall be paid by the Bidder. All Bidders must be on the plan holders list in order to be considered for work on the project. Addenda and additional information will only be provided to those contractors on the plan holders list.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO BIDDERS

The following regulations and requirements apply to this project:

Buy American Preferences (Title 49 USC, Chapter 501) All acquired steel and manufactured products installed under the AIP assisted project must be produced in the United States.

Foreign Trade Restriction: Denial of Public Works contracts to suppliers of goods and services of countries that deny procurement market access to US contractors (DOT Reg. 49 CFR Part 30)

Government wide debarment and suspension and government wide requirements for drug free workplace. (DOT Regulation 49 CFR Part 29)

Davis-Bacon Act (DOL Regulation 29 CFR Part 5)

Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Employment Opportunity (Executive Order 11246 and DOL Regulation 41 CFR Part 60)

DBE OBLIGATION: The bidder shall make good faith efforts, as defined in Appendix A of 49 CFR Part 26, Regulations of the Office of the Secretary of Transportation, to subcontract 9.91% percent of the dollar value of the prime contract to small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (DBE). In the event that the bidder for this solicitation qualifies as a DBE, the contract goal shall be deemed to have been met. Individuals who are rebuttably presumed to be socially and economically disadvantaged including: women, African American, Hispanics, and Native Americans, Asian-Pacific Americans, and Asian-Indian Americans. The apparent successful competitor will be required to submit, with the bid, information concerning the DBE’s that will participate in this contract. The information will include the name and address of each DBE, a description of the work to be performed by each named firm, and the dollar value of the contract. If the bidder fails to achieve the contract goal stated herein, it will be required to provide, with the bid, documentation demonstrating that it made good faith efforts in attempting to do so. A bid that fails to meet these requirements will be considered nonresponsive.

Contractor and Subcontractor must state affirmatively that the firm has registered with and is participating in a federal work authorization program in accordance with the applicability provisions and deadlines established in O.C.G.A. 13-10-91.

Title VI Solicitation Notice: The Jackson County Airport Authority, Jackson County, Georgia, in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C.

§§ 2000d to 2000d-4) and the Regulations, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full and fair 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. The bidder must have at his disposal the necessary equipment to put on the project when notice is given to begin work and to do the work within the time specified. The proposal of any bidder will be rejected if the award of the work for which the proposal is submitted, may, in the judgment of the Owner, affect the workmanship, financing or progress of other work awarded to the bidder in the same letting or other work which the bidder may have under contract.