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Advertisement for Bids (Formal - N.C.G.S. 143-129)

Project Name: Greenway Connectors Project Number: 298-EB5790-FY24

Pursuant to North Carolina General Statute 143-129, sealed bids will be received by the City of Asheville Purchasing Division until July 25, 2024 3:00 pm and be immediately opened and read aloud for the project described as follows:

Description of Work:

Roadway widening, drainage, signals, curb and gutter, concrete sidewalks, driveways, utilities adjustment, pavement markings, and signing.

Bid Schedule:

Issuance of Advertisement for Bids June 4, 2024 Deadline to Submit Questions July 8, 2024, 5:00pm Bids Due (Bid Opening) Thursday, July 25, 2024, 3:00pm Anticipated Construction Start September 30, 2024

Bid Documents:

This Advertisement for Bids is posted on the City procurement website at www.ashevillenc.gov/bids .

This is the official source of this solicitation. Bid documents and instructions may be obtained digitally at no cost from the City procurement website. All updates to this solicitation shall come in the form of published addenda and shall be published to the same location. Neither the City nor the Engineer will be responsible for full or partial sets of Bid Documents including any addendum obtained from any other source.

Information:

All requests for information pertaining to this bid shall be submitted by via email no later than 5:00 pm on July 8, 2024 to: Susannah Horton, PLA, City of Asheville Capital Projects Department at:

shorton@ashevillenc.gov Responses to questions will be issued via addendum no later than 5:00 pm on July 11, 2024.

Certification of a Drug-Free Workplace Bidders are notified that the City of Asheville has adopted a Drug-Free Workplace Policy requiring successful bidders to ensure that a drug-free workplace is provided in the performance of any City of Asheville construction contracts. By submitting a bid proposal, Bidder certifies that if awarded the Contract, they and their subcontractors shall comply with the City’s Drug-Free Workplace Policy. The policy may be viewed at the following:

http://www.ashevillenc.gov/departments/purchasing/drug_free_work_policy.htm http://www.ashevillenc.gov/bids

Bid proposals shall include the cost of required insurance and bonds and payment of any applicable local, State and Federal taxes. The City Council of the City of Asheville has adopted a policy that the City of Asheville will not enter into contracts with bidders who are delinquent in the payment of ad valorem taxes owed to the City of Asheville. The successful bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and a payment bond in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount. Those bonds shall meet the requirements of N. C. Gen. Stat. of Article 3 of Chapter 44A of the North Carolina General Statutes.

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