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REQUESTS FOR BIDS

THOMSON-McDUFFIE AIRPORT Thomson, Georgia

The City of Thomson is soliciting competitive sealed bids from qualified contractors for Airfield Lighting and

Signage Replacement at Thomson McDuffie Airport. Major items of work include: a Base Bid for the replacement of the lighting and signage for the Runway and will include fillet widening for the connectors and minor remarking for the threshold bars. In addition to the Base Bid, an Alternate Bid will be considered for award and will include the lighting and signage for the Taxiway.

Sealed bids shall be delivered in a package marked with the name of the bidder, the bid number, project name, and the date and hour of the opening. Bids will be received until 10:00 AM EST on Thursday, April 3, 2025 at the Thomson McDuffie Government Center, 210 Railroad Street, 2nd Floor, Thomson, Georgia

30824, at which time and place they will publicly opened and read aloud.

A Pre-Bid Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM EST at Thomson McDuffie Airport located at 501 John T Lane Road, Thomson, Georgia 30824. Attendance is non-mandatory, but encouraged.

Information for the Project can be found on the following website: https://www.gmcnetwork.com/bids/.

The Issuing Office for the Bidding Documents is Goodwyn Mills Cawood, LLC, located at 1906 E. Three Notch Street, Andalusia, Alabama 36421, Attn: Patsy Stinson Ph: (334) 222-2699 or email:

patsy.stinson@gmcnetwork.com. Prospective Bidders may examine the Bidding Documents at the Issuing Office Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Copies of the Bidding Documents may be obtained from the Issuing Office, during the hours indicated above, upon payment of a one-time administrative fee of $20 for digital access/file sharing access and/or payment of $50 for each printed set. Said cost represents the cost of printing, reproduction, handling, and distribution, therefore no refund will be granted. Checks for Bidding Documents shall be payable to “Goodwyn Mills Cawood, LLC.” Partial sets of Bidding Documents will not be available from the Issuing Office. Neither Owner nor Engineer will be responsible for full or partial sets of Bidding Documents, including Addenda if any, obtained from sources other than the Issuing Office.

Each proposal must be accompanied by a bid guaranty in the amount of five (5) percent of the total amount of the bid. The bid guaranty shall be a bid bond made payable to the City of Thomson.

Bids may be held by the City of Thomson for a period not to exceed one hundred twenty (120) days from the date of the bid opening for the purpose of evaluating bids prior to award of contract.

Award of contract is subject to requirements in the contract documents including, but not limited to, the following Federal provisions:

1) Buy American Preference

2) Civil Rights – Title VI Assurances

3) Equal Employment Opportunity

4) Davis Bacon

5) Debarment and Suspension

6) Disadvantaged Business Enterprise

7) Foreign Trade Restriction

8) Lobbying Federal Employees

9) Recovered Materials

A Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Goal of 9.57% has been established for this project. The City of

Thomson, 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 no businesses will be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, national origin (including limited English proficiency), creed, sex

(including sexual orientation and gender identity), age, or disability in consideration for an award.

The City of Thomson reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any informality or irregularity in the bids received.