SAC 30656 Notice To Bidders.pdf

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SAVANNAH AIRPORT COMMISSION

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Sealed proposals will be received by the Savannah Airport Commission in the office of the

Savannah Airport Commission Engineering Department, 400 Airways Avenue, Third Floor, Savannah, Georgia 31408 until 1:30 PM EST on Friday, August 29, 2025, at which time and place all proposals received will be opened and read aloud virtually. Proposals submitted after this date and time shall be considered non-responsive.

Bidders are invited to submit proposals for:

Jetrbridges for New Concourse Expansion

SAC JOB ID 30656

Bidders are invited to submit proposals for this work on the proposal forms provided. Other proposal forms will not be accepted.

The complete examination and understanding of the construction plans, specifications, contract documents and site of the proposed work is necessary to properly submit a proposal.

Construction plans, specifications and contract documents are available for examination and may be obtained from the offices of the Savannah Airport Commission, 400 Airways Avenue, Savannah International Airport, Savannah, Georgia 31408, Phone (912) 964-0514, for a cost of

$25.00 USD per digital copy. This cost is non-refundable. Please make checks payable to

Savannah Airport Commission. For credit card payments, use extension 3326 and reference the

SAC JOB ID 30656.

A pre-bid conference for bidders will be conducted in the Savannah Airport Commission

Conference Room, Third Floor, Savannah International Airport, Savannah, GA, 31408 on

Wednesday, August 13, 2025, at 1:30 PM.

A Bid Bond in the form as bound in the contract documents or certified check in the amount of not less than five percent (5%) of the total amount bid must accompany each bid.

Successful bidder will be required to execute and to provide a Payment Bond and Performance

Bond each in an amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the total value of the contract awarded to him with a satisfactory surety or sureties for the full and faithful performance of the work. If the total value of the contract is less than $100,000.00, a Payment Bond or Performance

Bond may not be required.

This Project is a Federal Aid Project under the provisions of the Airport and Airways Safety and

Capacity Expansion Act of 1987. Certain mandatory Federal requirements are included in the

Contract Documents. The Bidder's attention is also invited to the General Provisions, Section 130 – REQUIRED CONTRACT PROVISIONS FOR AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT

PROGRAM AND FOR OBLIGATED SPONSORS pertaining to Federal requirements regarding labor provisions, minimum wage rates, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and

Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) requirements.

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The Savannah Airport Commission, in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office of the Secretary, Part 21, Nondiscrimination in Federally assisted programs of the Department of Transportation issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all bidders that, in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, Disadvantaged Business Enterprises will be afforded equal opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for an award.

It is the policy of the Savannah Airport Commission that Disadvantaged Business Enterprises

(DBEs) as defined in 49 CFR Part 26 shall have an equal opportunity to participate in the performance of contracts and subcontracts financed in whole or in part with Federal funds.

Consequently, the DBE requirements of 49 CFR Part 26 apply to this Contract.

The Contractor agrees to ensure that Disadvantaged Business Enterprises that are presumed to be socially and economically disadvantaged as defined in 49 CFR Part 26 have an equal opportunity to participate in the performance of this contract. In this regard all Contractors shall take all necessary and reasonable steps to ensure that such Disadvantaged Business Enterprises have an equal opportunity to compete for and perform contracts. Contractors shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex in the award or performance of FAA assisted contracts.

By submitting a Bid under this Solicitation, except for those items listed by the offeror on a separate and clearly identified attachment to the Bid, the offeror certifies that steel and each manufactured product is produced in the United States (as defined in the clause Buy America -

Steel and Manufactured Products for Construction Contract) and that components of unknown origin are considered to have been produced or manufactured outside the United States.

The Contractor, or any subcontractor, submitting a bid for utility contracting, as defined in

O.C.G.A. Section 43-14-2 to a utility system as defined in said section, shall conform to

O.C.G.A. Section 43-14-8.2 et seq. with reference to Utility Contractor’s Licenses. Utility contracting means a proposal to perform utility work to a utility system as defined in O.C.G.A.

Section 43-14-2(17).

No bid may be withdrawn after closing time for the receipt of proposals for a period of ninety

(90) days.

This is a bid for construction and therefore the City’s local vendor preference ordinance will not apply.

The Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah and the Savannah Airport Commission reserve the right to waive any informalities, irregularities, and/or technicalities in or reject any and all bids and/or to award or refrain from awarding the Contract for the Work.