Bleckley Co LMIG 2023

Bleckley County is requesting sealed bids for a 2023 Local Maintenance Improvement Grant (LMIG) road project on Porter Road, with bids now due May 5, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. (originally scheduled April 11 and postponed via update dated April 13, 2023). Bids must be hand-delivered to the Bleckley County Commissioner Office, 112 North Second Street, Cochran, Georgia, and plainly marked "2023 LMIG Project" on the exterior.

The scope comprises 3.5 miles of roadway improvements beginning at the Cochran City limit and extending 3.5 miles on Porter Road, including HMA patching, HMA leveling, double surface treatment with sand seal, striping, and building and grassing on both sides of roadway as needed. Andrew Johnson, PE of Construction Materials Services, Inc., is the project engineer.

Each bid must be accompanied by a bid bond in an amount not less than 5% of the total bid amount, submitted as either a surety-issued bond or cashier's check payable to Bleckley County. Surety and insurance companies must maintain an AM Best rating of A-6 or greater, be listed in the Federal Registry of Companies holding Certificates of Authority and Acceptable Sureties on Federal Bonds, and be licensed by the Georgia Insurance Department and Georgia Secretary of State to do business in Georgia. The bid bond will be forfeited as liquidated damages if the bidder fails to execute the contract and provide performance and payment bonds within fifteen days of award notification. Late bids will not be considered and will not be returned.