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Project No. PCG3152-24033

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDDERS

Sealed proposals will be received by the City of Griffin, 100 S. Hill Street, Griffin, Georgia, 30223, until: 2:00 PM, local time, Thursday, September 4, 2025 for the Project known as:

City of Griffin

Kincaid and Hamilton Intersection Realignment and

East College Street Sidewalk

Bid #26-001 at which time and place the proposals will be publicly opened and read aloud. Proposals received after the designated time will not be considered. The OWNER of the project is the City of Griffin.

The ENGINEER for the project is LJA Engineering, Inc.

A Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting will be held at 10:00 am on Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at the project site located at 801 East College Street, Griffin, Georgia 30224. All attendees will be required to sign in, and the resultant list will denote those allowed to submit a Bid for the project. After an initial presentation by the Engineer, bidders will be allowed to tour the site and become familiar with the existing conditions.

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

Project A – Hamilton Boulevard Realignment

The project consists of the demolition and relocation of approximately 386 linear feet of 24-foot-wide local street along with milling and new overlay of the remaining 1,259 linear feet of existing roadway. The street construction includes asphalt paving and concrete curb and gutter.

Utility work on the project includes replacement of the existing 18-inch storm pipe system and two catch basins and installation of approximately 1,661 linear feet of 12” C900 PVC water main and related appurtenances. A new 5-foot-wide sidewalk is to be constructed on the relocated section of the street and along the remainder of the existing street totaling 1,435 linear feet. A Contech steel pedestrian bridge with concrete abutments will be constructed for a sidewalk creek crossing.

Project B – Hamilton Boulevard Overlay

The project also consists of approximately 1,440 square yards of milling and paving on Hamilton Boulevard east of Memorial Drive to the City of Griffin city limits. The milling and paving includes thermoplastic striping and minor concrete work at driveways.

Project C – E. College Street Sidewalk

The project consists of the installation of approximately 2,450 linear feet of 5-foot-wide sidewalk and related grading. The construction driveway will require modifications on College Street and removal of shrubs and trees.

Bidding Documents/Project Manual must be obtained by prospective Bidders at the Issuing Office:

LJA Engineering, Inc., 350 Airport Road, Griffin, Georgia 30224, 770-412-7700.

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In order to obtain a complete hard copy set of the Bidding Documents/Project Manual and be on record as an Official Bidder prospective Bidder shall provide a copy of current Utility Contractor

License as issued by the State of Georgia together with non-refundable payment of $200.00. Digital versions of the Bidding Documents/ Project Manual may be obtained for a non-refundable payment of $75.00. Bidder shall also provide a letter from the Surety Company verifying the Bidder has the bonding capacity as outlined for the project and that the Surety Company will bond projects for Contractor as outlined in the specifications. The OWNER is not obligated to consider a

Bidder's proposal if Bidder is not on record with the Issuing Office as having received complete

Bidding Documents/Project Manual from the Issuing Office.

Contractor questions regarding the bid should be directed to Jason Graham via email at jagraham@lja.com. All questions must be submitted in writing. The last day for contractor questions is 5:00 PM, local time Wednesday, August 27, 2025.

Bidding Documents/Project Manual may be reviewed at the Issuing Office: LJA Engineering, Inc., 350 Airport Road, Griffin, Georgia 30224, 770-412-7700; Construction Market Data

(www.cmdgroup.com); Dodge Data & Analytics (www.construction.com); ConstructConnect

(www.constructconnect.com).

The time allowed for Substantial Completion is 165 days, and the time allowed for completion and readiness for final payment is 195 days from the date of commencement.

Each Bid must be accompanied by a Bid Bond completed on the attached Bid Bond Form 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 (5%) of the total amount payable by the terms of the contract, in lieu thereof, in the form of a certified check, cashier's check, or cash in equal amount.

Performance and Payment Bonds, each in an amount at least equal to 110 percent of the contract amount, and a Certification of Insurance will be required.

A Certification of Insurance will be required from the low bidder prior to award of the Contract.

All Bids will remain subject to acceptance for ninety 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.

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

NOTICE TO BIDDERS:

TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, AS APPLIED THROUGH THE CIVIL RIGHTS

RESTORATION ACT OF 1987 - The CITY OF GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, in accordance with Title VI of the

Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4, as amended by The Civil Rights Restoration

Act of 1987, hereby notifies all bidders that no person shall on the grounds of race, color, national origin, sex, age, and handicap/disability, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity conducted by the recipient regardless of whether those programs, services, and activities are federally-funded or not.

Further, it will affirmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises as defined at 49 CFR Part 23 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, national origin, sex, age, handicap/disabled in consideration for an award.

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AVISO A LOS LICITANTES:

TÍTULO VI DE LA LEY DE DERECHOS CIVILES DE 1964, TAL COMO SE APLICA A TRAVÉS DE LA

LEY DE RESTAURACIÓN DE LOS DERECHOS CIVILES DE 1987 - La ciudad de GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, conforme título VI de la ley de derechos civiles de 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000D 2000 d-4, modificada por la ley de restauración de derechos civiles de 1987, por la presente notifica a todos los licitadores que ninguna persona será por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, sexo, edad y discapacidad/discapacidad, excluida de la participación en, ser negada los beneficios de , o de lo contrario sometidos a discriminación bajo cualquier programa o actividad llevada a cabo por el destinatario sin importar si aquellos programas, servicios y actividades son financiadas por el gobierno federal o no. Además, afirmativamente se asegurará que en cualquier contrato celebrado de conformidad con este anuncio, las empresas desfavorecidas como definido en 49

CFR parte 23 tendrán oportunidad de presentar ofertas en respuesta a esta invitación y que no se discrimine por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, sexo, edad, discapacidad/ discapacitados en consideración para un premio.

CITY OF GRIFFIN PUBLIC WORKS

Mariza Eller

LJA Engineering, Inc.

Griffin, Georgia