ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS.2024.docx

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

City of Burlington 415 15th Street Burlington, CO 80807

Bids for the 2024 Webster Avenue Phase 2 and Fay Street Roadway Improvement Project generally consisting of repair and replacement of curb and gutter (concrete work), and a 2” mill with a compacted 2” overlay asphalt of street surfaces with all incidental materials of construction, complete in place, meeting Colorado Department of Transportation Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction and Colorado Department of Transportation M&S Standard Plans, will be digitally received by the City of Burlington on its website through BidNet as part of the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System at www.burlingtoncolo.com/citybids, until April 15, 2024 at 3:00 P.M. MDT.

All Contract Documents may viewed and obtained on BidNet’s managed platform.

INFORMATION FOR BIDDERS

DOCUMENTS

The contract documents may be examined as announced in the Advertisement for Bids.

The Contract Documents contain the provisions required for the construction of the project. Information obtained from an officer, agent, or employee of the Owner or any other person shall not affect the risks or obligations assumed by the Contractor or relieve from fulfilling any of the conditions of the Contract.

QUESTIONS

Submit all questions regarding Drawings or Specifications on the BidNet Platform no later than two (2) days prior to the time set for receipt of bids. Corrections or clarifications will be made by Addendum. Oral clarifications will not be binding.

SUBSTITUTIONS

Refer to the General Conditions for requirements generally relating to substitutions of materials and equipment. If the bid form requires the Base Bid to be based on certain named products, the Bidder may quote an alternative product by listing them on the product data sheets provided, together with performance and cost data requested thereon.

The Owner may accept any proposed substitution by adjusting the bid by the amount of the difference between the named product and the proposed substitute. However, alternative quotations which are not required by Contract Documents shall not be a factor in the selection of the successful bidder.

PREPARATION OF BIDS

All bids are to be made on the Bid Form Furnished with the Specifications. All blank spaces for bid prices on each Bid Schedule on which the Bidder is submitting a bid must be filled in, or it will be presumed that any such omitted entry is intentional, and the corresponding item is bid at no cost. In case of discrepancy between unit prices and extended totals, the unit prices shall govern unless a contrary interpretation is apparent from the information contained in the bid.

If supplemental prices are requested for adjusting the Contract Price for more or less work than that specified, such prices shall be included in the bid. The Owner reserves the right to reject any of these supplemental prices, without invalidating the acceptance of the bid, should they appear excessive or unbalanced.

The Bid Form may be executed when submitted. Only one copy of the Bid Form is required.

SUBMITTAL OF BIDS

Each Bid must be submitted on the BidNet Platform. The following will be submitted with and included as part of the bid:

BID SECURITY

Each Bid must be accompanied by a Bid Bond payable to the Owner for five percent of the total amount of the bid on the on the form provided herein. When the Agreement is executed, the bonds of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned. The Bid Bond of the successful bidder will be retained until the Payment Bond and Performance Bond have been executed and approved, after which it will be returned. A certified check may be used in lieu of a bid Bond. Attorneys-in-fact who sign Bid Bonds must file with each Bond a certified and effective dated copy of the power of attorney.

SUBCONTRACTORS AND MANUFACTURERS

Unless specified herein as an inclusion to be submitted with each bid, the bidder may be required submit in 24 hours after bid opening, the names of subcontractors and manufacturers of materials and equipment proposed to be used for the work. There shall be only one name submitted for each classification unless the selection of alternatives should affect the proposed names. The bidder may be required to establish the reliability and responsibility of the proposed names to furnish and perform work in accordance with Contract Documents and completion schedule. Upon acceptance by the Owner, substitutions will not be permitted without the express written approval of the Owner.

WITHDRAWAL OF BIDS

Any bid may be withdrawn prior to the scheduled time for opening of bids or authorized postponement thereof. Any bid received after the time and date specified shall not be considered. No bidder may withdraw a bid after the bid opening until the time below stipulated for award has expired. Should there be reasons why the contract cannot be awarded within the specified period, the time may be extended by mutual agreement between the owner and the bidder.

OWNER’S INVESTIGATIONS

The Owner may make such investigations deemed necessary to determine the ability of the bidder to perform the work. The bidder shall complete and submit with this bid a Contractor’s Qualification Statement, and shall furnish the Owner all such additional information and data for this purpose as the Owner may request. The Owner reserves the right to reject any bid if the evidence submitted by, or investigation of, such bidder fails to satisfy the Owner that such bidder is properly qualified to carry out the obligations of the Agreement and to complete the work contemplated therein, and such rejection shall not give rise to a cause of action against the Owner or Engineer, or impose a requirement upon the Owner or Engineer to divulge the information upon which rejection is based.

AWARD

The Owner shall award or reject the bids within sixty (60) days after the opening of bids. A conditional, qualified or unbalanced bid may, at the discretion of the Owner, be rejected. The Owner may, unless otherwise noted on the Bid Form, award separate contracts for the work contained in each bid schedule, or in the interest of continuity, to one contractor for two or more Bid Schedules. The Owner may waive any informalities or minor defects or reject any and all bids.

Consideration of Award will be made based upon availability of funds.

The Base Bid will be awarded on it entirety if funds are available. Based upon Bis received, the Scope of Work for the Additive Alternative Bid items may be increased or decreased accordingly to meet funding availability. Award will be made to the lowest responsible bidder.

If Additive Alternatives have been included on the Bid Form, Bidders are notified that the Owner may or may not elect to use any combination of the alternatives when determining the low responsive Bidder for the project.

PAYMENT AMD PERFORMANCE BONDS

A Payment Bond and a Performance Bond, each in the amount of 100 percent of the contract price, with a corporate surety approved by Owner, will be required for the faithful performance of the Contract on the forms provided by the Owner.

AUTHORIZATION TO DO BUSINESS

Prior to execution of the Contract, the successful bidder(s) will be required to carry out all procedures required by anyone having jurisdiction over the site of the work to gain authorization to do business in that jurisdiction.

EXECUTION OF CONTRACT

The party to whom the Contract is awarded will be required to execute the Agreement and obtain the Payment Bond and Performance Bond, if such bonds are a part of the Contract Documents, within ten (10) calendar days from the date when the Notice of Award is delivered to the bidder. The Notice of Award shall be accompanied by the necessary Agreement and bond forms. In case of failure of the bidder to execute the Agreement, the Owner may, at their option, consider the bidder in default, in which case the Bid Bond accompanying the proposal shall become the property of the Owner.

The Owner, within ten (10) days of receipt of an acceptable Payment Bond, Performance Bond and Agreement signed by the party to whom the Contract was awarded, shall sign the Agreement and return to such party an executed duplicate of the Agreement. Should the Owner not execute the Agreement within such period, the bidder may by written notice withdraw his signed Agreement. Such Notice of Withdrawal shall be effective upon receipt of the notice by the Owner.