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SECTION 00100

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

1. Sealed Bids: Sealed bids for construction of the project entitled Downtown Multi-Use Facility will be received until Friday, May , 2025 at 2:00 PM at the City Manager’s Office, 106 East Lee Street, Thomaston, Georgia 30286, at which time and place they will be publicly opened and read. No bid may be withdrawn after the closing time for the receipt of bids for a period of sixty (60) days.

2. Work To Be Done: The Work to be completed for the Downtown Multi-Use Facility is described briefly as follows:

The project generally includes the construction of a pavilion with an adjacent restroom facility, along with a parking area, curb and gutter, concrete sidewalks, water and sanitary sewer systems, storm sewer, grading, electrical work, and landscaping. Additionally, the scope includes resurfacing an adjacent city-owned road. The project will involve landscaping, traffic control, erosion control, and any ancillary items necessary for project completion. Portions of the work will take place within

GDOT right-of-way.

3. Plans, Specifications and Contract Documents: Complete digital specifications and contract documents are available at www.QuestCDN.com. You may view the digital documents for free by entering the Quest project number on the website’s project search page. The fee to download the digital documents is $200 (non-refundable) payable through the website. A bidder’s proposal will not be considered by the Owner unless the Bidder is on record with Quest/ESG

Engineering, Inc. as having purchased and received complete Bidding Documents. Please contact

QuestCDN customer support at 952-233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance in membership registration, downloading and working with digital project information. Copies of Bidding

Documents may be obtained from ESG Engineering- contact Margaret Hildebrand at mhildebrand@esgengineering.com to procure Bidding Documents and to be added to the Bidder’s

List (required to bid on project). Digital documents will be provided at no charge and hard copies will be provided upon non-reimbursable payment of $200.

4. Contractor License: Any Contractor submitting a bid must be licensed by the State of Georgia. See

Instructions to Bidders for additional bidding requirements.

5. Bonds: Bids shall be accompanied by a bid bond or certified cashier’s check in an amount not less than 5% of the base bid. All bonds shall be by a surety company licensed in Georgia with an “A” minimum rating of performance and a financial strength of at least five (5) times the contract price as listed in the most current publication of “Best’s Key Rating Guide Property Liability”.

Performance and Payment Bonds, each in an amount equal to 100% of the contract price shall be required of the successful bidder if contract is awarded. Each Bond shall be accompanied by a

“Power of Attorney” authorizing the attorney-in-fact to bind the surety and certified to include the date of the bond.

6. Funding: This project is funded by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the United States

Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the City of Thomaston. Each funding source requires compliance with applicable federal and state bid laws.

7. Reservation of Rights: Owner reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, including without limitation, the rights to reject any or all nonconforming, nonresponsive, unbalanced or conditional tcrisp Typewritten Text 9658355 tcrisp Typewritten Text

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Bids and to reject the Bid of any Bidder if Owner believes that it would not be in the best interest of the Project to make an award to that Bidder, whether because the Bid is not responsive or the

Bidder is unqualified or of doubtful financial ability or fails to meet any other pertinent standard or criteria established by the Owner.

City of Thomaston

Represented By: Russell Thompson

City Manager