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NOTICE TO BIDDERS

COUNTY ROUTE 25A HUDSON AVENUE SLOPE STABILIZATION

Town of Stuyvesant Columbia County, New York

Sealed bids will be received by the Columbia County Department of Public Works, Engineering Division (178 Route 23B, Hudson N.Y. 12534) until 10:00 am, Thursday, July 8th, 2021, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud.

The proposed project is located in the Town of Stuyvesant, Columbia County, NY

This project is being progressed with ALL local funding. However, construction will be in strict conformance with all NYSDOT requirements and governed by the NYSDOT Standard Specifications Section 100 – General Provisions and Section 200 thru 700 - Technical Specifications dated May 1, 2021.

There is no State or Federal funding for this project, therefore there are no Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Utilization Goals or EEO requirements.

The Contractor is required to submit a completed Lobbying activity form, a Non-Collusion form, a Sexual Harassment Prevention certification and complete the online CCA-2 publication for the prime contractor and all sub-contractors.

The work includes providing all labor, materials, machinery, tools, equipment and other means of construction necessary and incidental to the completion of the work shown on the plans and described in these specifications including, but not necessarily limited to the following:

This project will involve reconstruction of approximately 250 linear feet of CR 25A slope embankment and roadway. This section of roadway was closed and removed during the 2020 rehabilitation of the nearby penstocks by others. Work will consist of structural embankment placement, drainage installation, roadway subbase and asphalt placement, and guiderail installation along with ancillary work.

The project shall be substantially completed on or before October 15, 2021, with an assumed Notice to Proceed date of August 27, 2021.

Complete electronic sets of the specifications and bid forms may be obtained on or after June 15, 2021 from Greenman – Pedersen, Inc, 80 Wolf Road, Suite 300, Albany New York.

Contract documents will ONLY be provided electronically on a flash drive. Flash drive may be obtained at no cost. Hard copies of full and partial plan sets will NOT be distributed. Drawings and Specifications may be examined at Greenman – Pedersen, Inc, 80 Wolf Road, Suite 300, Albany New York.

Contractors that obtain contract documents from a source other than the issuing office must notify the issuing office in order to be placed in the official plan holder’s list, in order to receive addenda and other bid correspondence. Bids received from contractors other than those on the official plan holder’s list will not be accepted.

In any case of any ambiguity in the plans, specifications or maps, or between any of them, the matter must be immediately submitted to the County, who shall adjust the same, and his/her decision in relation thereto shall be final and conclusive upon the parties.

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All addenda will be issued by email correspondence. The contractor is required to fill out and submit, at the time of bidding, the Bid Form (BF-1) showing acknowledgement of any Addenda.

The Columbia County Department of Public Works will not issue Addenda, nor its Engineer will not issue addenda nor respond to bidders’ questions five (5) days prior to the scheduled bid opening unless stated bid date is postponed.

All bids must be made on the official Bid Form and Bid Summary Form or an exact reproduction thereof and enclosed in a sealed envelope with the following clearly marked on the front of the envelope:

Bidders Name and Address Sealed Bid– COUNTY ROUTE 25A HUDSON AVENUE SLOPE STABILIZATION Date and Time of Bid Opening

Bid proposals may be hand delivered to the Columbia County Department of Public Works until 10:00am local time on the day of the bid opening. Bid proposals may be mailed using regular mail to the following address:

Barbara Otty Columbia County Department of Public Works

PO Box 324 178 Route 23B

Hudson, NY 12534

Bid proposals that are “overnight” or otherwise shipped must be received by 10:00am local time on the day of the bid opening. Bids received via “overnight” or “express” mail after this time will not be opened and will be returned to the bidder. Such bids shall not be considered.

This is a Unit Price bid. No bidder may withdraw his bid within forty-five (45) calendar days after the actual date of the opening thereof. Each bid must be accompanied by a Certified Check or Bid Bond, payable to the Columbia County Department of Public Works in the amount of 5 percent of the base bid in accordance with the Instruction to Bidders.

The successful bidder will be required to furnish insurance, construction performance and payment bonds in the full amount of the contract price, in accordance with the proposal.

Owner reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, to waive any and all informalities and the right to disregard all nonconforming, non-responsive or Conditional Bids.

OWNER ENGINEER

Columbia County Department of Public Works Chris Cornwell PO Box 324 Project Manager 178 Route 23B Greenman-Pedersen, Inc Hudson, NY 12534 80 Wolf Road, Suite 300

Albany, New York 12205 OWNER’S CONTACT Phone: (518) 898-9521 Barbara Otty ccornwell@gpinet.com Columbia County Department of Public Works PO Box 324, 178 Route 23B Hudson, NY 12534 Phone: (518) 828-7011 barbara.otty@columbiacountyny.com mailto:ccornwell@gpinet.com mailto:barbara.otty@columbiacountyny.com