LEGAL AD 2026 17.pdf

ADVERTISEMENT FOR

BIDDERS

Sealed proposals will be received by Spalding County, 119 E. Solomon Street, Griffin, Georgia, 30223, until: 2:00 PM, local time, Tuesday, June 2, 2026 for the Project known as:

SPALDING COUNTY

2022 TSPLOST SIDEWALK

IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

SPALDING STREET

SIDEWALK

Bid #2026 017 at which time and place the proposals wi l l be publ ic ly opened and read aloud. Pro-posals received after the desig-nated time will not be con-sidered. The OWNER of the project is Spalding County. The ENGINEER for the project is LJA Engineering, Inc. The ap-proximate extent and character of the Work is generally de-scribed as follows:Construction of approximately 2,582 linear feet of 5’ wide sidewalk, install-ation of related storm struc-tures and piping, driveway and street crosswalk striping, LED crosswalks, concrete retaining walls, a Contech 55’ x 5’ steel pedestrian bridge, and re-quired grading.

Please note there are two (2) bid tabulations, Option 1 and Option 2. Option 2 includes the same work as described above with different quantities. This is due to ongoing easement ac-quisi t ion on propert ies as shown on the plans. The poten-tial contractor shall plan accord-ingly as to not impact these properties until notified by the Owner or the Engineer of Re-cord. Both bid tabulations must be filled out and included in or-der for the bid submittal to be considered as complete.

Bidding Documents/Project Manual must be obtained by prospective Bidders at the Issu-ing Office:

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

In order to obtain a complete hard copy set of the Bidding Documents/Project Manual and be on record as an Official Bid-der prospective Bidder shall provide a copy of current Utility Contractor License as issued by the State of Georgia togeth-er with non-refundable pay-ment of $300.00. Digital ver-sions of the Bidding Docu-ments/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 capa-city as outlined for the project and that the Surety Company will bond projects for Contract-or as outlined in the specifica-tions. The OWNER is not oblig-ated to consider a Bidder's pro-posal if Bidder is not on record with the Issuing Office as hav-ing 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 ques-tions must be submitted in writ-ing. The last day for contractor questions is 12:00 PM, local t ime Wednesday, May 27, 2026.

Bidding Documents/Project Manual may be reviewed at the Issuing Office: LJA Engineer-ing, Inc., 350 Airport Road, Griffin, Georgia 30224, 770- 412-7700; Construction Market Data (www.cmdgroup.com);

Dodge Data & Ana ly t i cs (www.construction.com); Con-structConnect (www.construct-connect.com).

The time allowed for Substan-tial Completion is 120 days, and the time allowed for com-pletion and readiness for final payment is 150 days from the date of commencement.

Each Bid must be accompan-ied 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 fa-vor of, and for the protection of the OWNER in an amount equi-valent 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 Cer-tification of Insurance will be re-quired.

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 open-ing, but OWNER may, in its sole discretion, release any Bid and return the Bid security pri-or 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 AP-

PLIED THROUGH THE CIVIL

RIGHTS RESTORATION ACT

OF 1987 - The CITY OF GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, in ac-cordance 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 per-son 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 discrim-ination under any program or activity conducted by the recipi-ent regardless of whether those programs, services, and activit-ies are federally-funded or not.

Further, it will affirmatively en-sure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this ad-vertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises as defined at 49 CFR Part 23 will be af-forded full opportunity to sub-mit bids in response to this in-vitation and will not be discrim-inated against on the grounds of race, color, national origin, sex, age, handicap/disabled in consideration for an award.

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 c iudad 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 discapa-cidad/discapacidad, excluida de la participación en, ser negada los beneficios de , o de lo con-t r a r i o s o m e t i d o s a discriminación bajo cualquier programa o actividad llevada a cabo por el destinatario sin im-portar si aquellos programas, servicios y actividades son fin-anciadas por el gobierno feder-al o no. Además, afirmativa-mente se asegurará que en cu-alquier 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/discapacit-ados en consideración para un premio.

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