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Advertisement for Bidders

Sealed proposals will be received by the Paulding County Department of Finance, 240

Constitution Boulevard, Dallas, Georgia 30132 until:

10:30 A.M., Friday, July 26, 2024

For the Project known as:

Paulding County Board of Commissioners

PAULDING COUNTY WEATHER STATION INSTALLATION PROJECT

PROJECT NO.: FEMA HMGP 4501-0055

Bid No. : 25002-1502

Proposals will be opened and read aloud at the 2nd floor Conference room, 240 Constitution

Boulevard, Dallas, Georgia 30132 at 10:00 AM EST. Proposals received after the designated time will not be considered. The OWNER of the project is the Paulding County Board of

Commissioners. The Engineer/Architect for the project is the Paulding County Department of

Transportation.

The approximate extent and character of the Work is generally described as follows:

Installation of four (4) weather station units on existing poles, at the locations shown below:

Site

Locations Addresses

Latitude and

Longitude

Site 1 Bill Carruth Parkway and Nebo Road

33.8611, -84.7781 Hiram, Georgia 30141

Site 2 East Paulding Drive and Dallas Acworth Highway

33.9583, -84.7891 Dallas, Georgia 30157

Site 3 Us 278 and Poplar Springs Road

33.8844, -84.7324 Hiram, Georgia 30141

Site 4 US 278 and Buchanan Street

33.9151, -84.8572 Dallas, Georgia 30132

Bidders shall inform themselves concerning Georgia Laws and comply with same.

Bidding Documents are available for review by prospective bidders at the Paulding County

Purchasing Department, located at 240 Constitution Boulevard, Dallas, Georgia 30132, 2nd floor, telephone number: 770-443-7512 x 240. Questions regarding the bid process should be directed to this same office. Questions regarding the plans or specifications should be directed to

Derrick Baxter at the Department of Transportation, 770-445-4759.

All Bids must be on the BID PROPOSAL UNIT PRICE FORM furnished with the Plans and

Contract documents. The project has an anticipated start date 45 days after bid opening. The

Completion Date of this project is February 5, 2025.

Each Bid must be accompanied by a Bid Bond with good and sufficient surety or sureties approved by the owner for faithful acceptance of the contract, payable to, in favor of, and for the protection of the OWNER in an amount equivalent to five percent (5%) of the total amount payable by the terms of the contract or, in lieu thereof, in the form of a certified check, cashier’s check, or cash in an equal amount.

The successful bidder will be required to furnish payment and performance bonds with the executed Agreement meeting the requirements of the Contract Documents and executed on the forms attached to the Agreement. The terms and time for payment are set forth in the Agreement.

Requests for payments are due by the FIFTH (5th) of the month for payment by the TWENTIETH

(20th).

Surety and insurance companies must have an AM Best rating of A-6 or greater, be listed in the

Federal Registry of Companies holding Certificates of Authority and Acceptable Sureties on

Federal Bonds, be licensed by the Georgia Insurance Department and the Georgia Secretary of

State to do business in the State of Georgia.

All Bids will remain subject to acceptance for 60 days after the day of the bid opening, but

OWNER may, in its sole discretion, release any Bid and return the Bid security prior to that date.

Owner reserves the right to award bids in whole, or in part, by the type of work to be performed, as defined by the plans and specifications for this project.

Each bid must be submitted in a SEALED ENVELOPE, addressed to the OWNER. Each sealed envelope containing a Bid must be plainly marked on the outside as, PAULDING COUNTY WEATHER STATION INSTALLATION PROJECT

PROJECT NO.: FEMA HMGP 4501-0055

Bid No. : 25002-1502

If bid is forwarded by mail, the sealed envelope containing the Bid must be enclosed in a separate mailing envelope to the attention of the OWNER at the address previously given.

All work performed for this project will be in accordance with Georgia Department of

Transportation Standard Specification for Construction of Roads and Bridges, Current Edition, attached modifications and special provisions.

The OWNER reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, to waive formalities and re-advertise.

Tara Goldin, Purchasing Division Manager

Paulding County Department of Transportation

Jose Pagan-Otero

Traffic Operations Division Manager

240 Constitution Boulevard

Dallas, Georgia 30132