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SECTION II

COCHRAN, GEORGIA

WILLIE BASBY RECREATIONAL PARK

CITY OF COCHRAN, GEORGIA

INVITATION TO BID

DATE: OCTOBER 2, 2025

Sealed unit price bids will be received by the City of Cochran, Georgia from prospective contractors for the City of Cochran, Georgia: Willie Basby Recreational Park project. The work consists of furnishing and installing all materials, labor, tools, equipment, and related services required for a complete project. The project is located on the Southeast side of Thompson

Street in Cochran, Georgia at the intersection of Wilmore Street and Thompson Street. This project includes, but is not limited to, traffic control, erosion and sediment control, traffic striping, clearing, grading, stormwater installations, and landscaping within the project limits in accordance with the Contract Documents for the City of Cochran: Willie Basby Recreational

Park.

The City of Cochran, in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 78 Stat.

252, 42 USC 2000d—42 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of

Transportation, Subtitle A, Office of the Secretary, part 21, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises 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, sex, or national origin in consideration for an award.

All questions about the meaning or intent of the Bidding Documents are to be submitted in writing to the Owner’s Representative, Attention: Jami Brown via email at jbrown@fdc-llc.com. Interpretations or clarifications considered necessary by Owner in response to such questions will be issued by Addenda mailed or delivered to all parties recorded by Owner as having received the Bidding Documents. Questions received after 5:00 PM local time on

Thursday, September 25, 2025 may not be answered. Only questions answered by Addenda will be binding. Oral and other interpretations or clarifications will be without legal effect.

Sealed Bids will be received by the City of Cochran at 112 West Dykes Street, Cochran, GA

31014 until 2:00 PM local time, Thursday, October 2, 2025, and then publicly opened and read aloud. Only bids presented with a certification from the bidder that the bid submitted is based upon the current and complete Contract Documents will be accepted and opened.

SECTION II

COCHRAN, GEORGIA

No bid may be modified, withdrawn, or canceled for a period of sixty (60) days after the time designated for the receipt of Bids or until the Bidder is notified by the City whichever is sooner.

The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive irregularities, technicalities, and formalities.

Each bid shall be accompanied by a Bid Bond in an amount of not less than five percent (5%) of the total bid amount. The Bid Bond may be in the form of a bond issued by a surety acceptable to the City or a cashier’s check made payable to the City of Cochran, Georgia. The entire Bid Bond shall be forfeited to the City of Cochran, Georgia as liquidated damages if the bidder fails to execute the Contract and provide Performance and Payment Bonds within fifteen

(15) days after being notified that he has been awarded the Contract.

The successful bidder will be required to furnish a contract Performance Bond and a Payment

Bond, each in the sum of one hundred percent (100%) of the total amount bid and provide insurance coverage as required in the Contract Documents.

Note: For more information please refer to the Instruction to Bidders and the Contract

Documents, which govern and supersede this Invitation to Bid.