Cochran Airport Project_ Invitation to Bid.docx

INVITATION TO BIDDERS

The CITY OF COCHRAN will receive sealed proposals at the Cochran City Hall, 112 West Dykes Street, Cochran, GA 31014, Attention: Ms. Bonnie Raffield, City of Cochran Financial Administrator until:

Thursday, January 18, 2024 For the project known as:

South Apron and Stub Taxiway Rehabilitation Project GDOT Project No: TBD

Bids will be opened and read aloud at Cochran City Hall, Thursday, January 18, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. (Local Time) . Bids received after the stated time will not be accepted. The OWNER of the project is the City of Cochran. The Engineer for the project is Holt Consulting Company, LLC.

SCOPE OF WORK:

The bid schedule provided below has been compiled into one set of bid documents. The bids will be evaluated for the lowest responsive bidder.

The project includes the pavement rehabilitation of the south apron and stub taxiway connecting the apron to Runway 5-23. The project includes a proposed 3-inch milling of the existing pavement, crack seal, 1-inch open graded crack relief interlayer, and 2-inch asphalt surface course.

PREBID CONFERENCE:

A prebid conference will NOT be held.

BIDDING REQUIREMENTS:

Bid security in the form of a bid bond, made payable to the City of Cochran, Georgia, equal to five (5) percent of the total bid is required. Contract security in the form of 100% Performance and Payment Bonds will be required.

No bid may be withdrawn after closing time for the receipt of proposals for a period of One Hundred and Twenty (120) days. A Notice-of-Award for the Contract will be issued once a successful bidder has been determined and funding has been secured. Bidding documents may be examined in the following locations:

Office of the Engineer: Holt Consulting Company, LLC 2915 Premiere Parkway, Suite 125 Duluth, GA 30097 770.285.8754

Office of the County: City of Cochran Bonnie Raffield, Financial Administrator 112 West Dykes Street Cochran, GA 31014

Online Public Plan Room: www.questcdn.com or www.holtconsultingco.com

Online Public Plan Room and Register to Bid: To submit a bid on this project, Bidding and Contract Documents must be ordered and purchased directly from Quest CDN. Complete digital project bidding documents are available at www.holtconsultingco.com under the "Planroom" tab, or at www.questcdn.com after setting up a free account. Download cost for digital PDF documents is $22.00 dollars. No partial sets will be issued. Please contact QuestCDN.com at 952.233.1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance in free membership, registration, downloading, and working with this digital project information. Downloaded documents may then be printed at any reprographics company convenient to the bidders. Questions of a technical nature should be directed to Chis Lowery at 601.520.5495 or transmitted electronically via email to clowery@holtconsultingco.com. Last day for questions will be Thursday, January 11, 2024

Bidding and Contract Documents will be ready for distribution to contractors on Thursday, January 18, 2024.

Construction contract time for South Apron and Stub Taxiway Rehabilitation Project, if awarded, will be completed in:

Twenty (20) Calendar Days + Thirty (30) – Calendar Days Asphalt Curing Period = Fifty (50) Consecutive Calendar Days from the date of Notice-to-Proceed.

This project is funded under the provision of the Airport and Airway Safety and Capacity Act of 1987. Certain mandatory Federal requirements apply to this solicitation and will be made a part of any contract awarded.

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

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

(c) Copeland Act, 29 CFR Part 3

(d) Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act.

(e) Title VI of Civil Rights Act of 1964.

(f) Disadvantaged Business Enterprises participation 49 CFR Part 26. The DBE participation goal is 9.5%.

(g) Government wide Debarment and Suspension and Government wide Requirements for Drug-free Workplace (DOT Regulation 49 CFR Part 29)

(h) Buy American Preferences (Title 49 United States Code, Chapter 501)

(i) Foreign Trade Restriction: Denial of Public Works Contracts to Suppliers for Goods and Services of Countries that Deny Contracts to Suppliers of Goods and Services of Countries that Deny Procurement Market Access to U.S. Contractors (DOT Regulation 49 CFR Part 30)

(j) Goals for Minority and Female Participation (41 CFR Part 60-4.2)

(k) Certification of Non-segregated Facilities (41 CFR Part 60-1.8)

(l) Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion (49 CFR Part 29)

(m) Bid guarantee of 5% (49 CFR Part 18.36(h)(1))

(n) Performance Bond of 100% (49 CFR Part 18.36(h)(2))

(o) Payment Bond of 100% (49 CFR Part 18.36(h)(3))

By submitting a bid/proposal under this solicitation, except for those items listed by the offeror on a separate and clearly identified attachment to this bid/proposal, the offeror certifies that steel and each manufactured product is produced in the United States (as defined in the clause Buy American – Steel and Manufactured Products For Construction Contracts) and that components of unknown origin are considered to have been produced or manufactured outside the United States.

The City of Cochran, Georgia reserves the right to waive any informalities or irregularities in the bids received and to reject any or all bids or to award or refrain from awarding the contract for the work, whichever is deemed to be in the Owner's best interests.

478.934.6346

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