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NOTICE TO BIDDERS B AVENUE WEST PAVING PROJECT OSKALOOSA, IOWA Time and Place for Filing Sealed Proposals. Sealed bids for the work comprising the improvements as stated below must be filed before 10:00 A.M. on September 6, 2018, in the office of the City Clerk, City Hall, City of Oskaloosa, 220 South Market, Oskaloosa, Iowa 52577. Time and Place Sealed Proposals will be Opened and Considered. Sealed proposals will be opened and bids tabulated at 10:00 A.M. on September 6, 2018, in the office of the City Clerk, 220 South Market, Oskaloosa, Iowa, for consideration by the City of Oskaloosa at its meeting at 6:00 P.M. on Monday, September 17, 2018 in the Council Chambers, City Hall, 220 South Market, Oskaloosa, Iowa. The City of Oskaloosa reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Time for Commencement and Completion of Work. Work on the improvement shall be commenced immediately upon issuance of a written Notice to Proceed and be completed as stated below. Bid Security. Each bidder shall accompany its bid with bid security as security that the successful bidder will enter into a contract for the work bid upon and will furnish after the award of contract a corporate surety bond, in form acceptable to the City, for the faithful performance of the contract, in an amount equal to one hundred percent of the amount of the contract. The bidderÕs security shall be in the amount fixed in the Instruction to Bidders and shall be in the form of a cashierÕs check, a certified check, or a bank money order drawn on a FDIC insured bank in Iowa or on a FDIC insured bank chartered under the laws of the United States; or a certified share draft drawn on a credit union in Iowa or chartered under the laws of the United States; or a bid bond on the form provided in the contract documents with corporate surety satisfactory to the City. The bid shall contain no condition except as provided in the specifications. Contract Documents. Bid forms, plans and specifications may be obtained from Garden&Associates, Ltd., P.O. Box 451, 1701 3rd Avenue East, Suite 1, Oskaloosa, IA 52577 upon deposit of Thirty Dollars ($30.00) which shall be refunded upon return of said plans and specification within fourteen (14) days after award of the project. If said plans and specifications are not returned within the time specified and in good usable condition, the deposit shall be forfeited. Electronic project documents are available at no cost at HYPERLINK "http://www.gardenassociates.net" www.gardenassociates.net by clicking on the ÒBid DocumentsÓ tab and choosing ÒB AVENUE WEST PAVING PROJECT Ð OSKALOOSA, IA.Ó on the left side of the page. Project information, EngineerÕs cost opinion and plan holder information is also available at this website. Plan downloads require the user to register for a free membership at QuestCDN.com. The download delivery fee is $0.00. Preference of Products and Labor. Preference shall be given to domestic construction materials by the contractor, subcontractors, materialmen, and suppliers in performance of the contract and, further, by virtue of statutory authority, preference will be given to products and provisions grown and coal produced within the State of Iowa, and to Iowa domestic labor, to the extent lawfully required under Iowa statutes. In accordance with Iowa statutes, a resident bidder shall be allowed a preference as against a nonresident bidder from a state or foreign country if that state or foreign country gives or requires any preference to bidders from that state or foreign country, including but not limited to any preference to bidders, the imposition of any type of labor force preference, or any other form of preferential treatment to bidders or laborers from that state or foreign country. The preference allowed shall be equal to the preference given or required by the state or foreign country in which the nonresident bidder is a resident. In the instance of a resident labor force preference, a nonresident bidder shall apply the same resident labor force preference to a public improvement in this state as would be required in the construction of a public improvement by the state or foreign country in which the nonresident bidder is a resident General Nature of Improvement. The work generally consists of the following: Clearing and Grubbing Ð Lump Sum; Excavation, Class 10, 12, or 13 Ð 390 CY; Subgrade Preparation Ð 990 SY; Subbase, Modified (6Ó Thick Modified Subbase) Ð 990 SY; Compaction Testing Ð Lump Sum; Storm Sewer, Trenched, PVC or Polypropylene, 12Ó Ð 147 LF; Removal of Storm Sewer (
