Advertisement For Bids - New Police Station
Friday, September 30, 2022
CITY OF BEDFORD
LAWRENCE COUNTY, INDIANA
NEW POLICE STATION
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Separate sealed BIDS
for the construction of New Police Station will be received by the City of Bedford at the City of Bedford, City Hall
located at 1102 16th Street, Bedford, IN 47421
until 3:00 P.M. Eastern (Local Time) on October 27, 2022. Each Bid
must be enclosed in a sealed envelope bearing the title of the project and the
name and address of Bidder. If Bids are
forwarded by mail, a sealed envelope containing the Bid must be enclosed in
another envelope addressed to the OWNER at 1102 16th Street,
Bedford, IN 47421. Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at StoneGate
Arts & Education Center, 931 15th Street, Bedford, IN 47421 on October
27, 2022, at 4:00 P.M. Eastern (Local Time). Any bids received after
the above specified time and date will be returned to the bidders unopened.
A pre-bid meeting will
be held at 10:00 A.M. (Local Time) on October 13, 2022 at the Project
Site located at 2308 W. 16th Street, Bedford, IN 47421. All
prime contractors, subcontractors, small, minority or women owned enterprises,
and other interested parties are invited to attend.
The CONTRACT DOCUMENTS, consisting
of, but not, necessarily limited to, the: Advertisement for Bids, Information
for Bidders, Bid, Bid Bond, Agreement, General Conditions, Supplementary
Conditions, Payment Bond, Performance Bond, Employee Drug Testing Program (as
required pursuant to Indiana Code Sections 36-1-12-24 and 4-13-18-6, E
Verify Program Compliance Affidavit, Notice
of Award, Notice to Proceed, Change Orders (if any), Drawings, Specifications
and Addenda, may be examined at the following locations:
·
Midwestern
Engineers, Inc., 802 W. Broadway St., Loogootee, IN 47553
·
Midwestern
Engineers, Inc., 6809 Corporate Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46278
·
City
of Bedford, City Hall, 1102 16th Street, Bedford, IN 47421
Plans
and Specifications are available at the office of Midwestern Engineers, Inc. The service charge for Contractors to view
the plans for preparing their bid is as follows: 1) Viewing by digital download
at https://app.midwesterneng.com/planroom
- $100.00 per set and 2) Viewing by paper-bound plans and specifications -
$300.00 per set. All service charges for
viewing are non-refundable.
Each
bid must be enclosed in a sealed envelope bearing the title of the Project and
the name and address of the Bidder. All bids
must be submitted on the proposal forms identified in the specifications.
The bidder must file with their
sealed bid a certified check or a bid bond in the amount not less than five
percent (5%) of the total amount of the highest aggregate proposal, payable to
the Owner. The above check or bond is to
ensure the execution of the contract on which such bids are made.
Bids shall
be properly and completely executed on proposal forms included in the
Specifications. Bids shall include all
information requested by Indiana Form 96 (Revised 2013) included with the
Specifications. Under Section III of
Form 96, the Bidder shall submit a financial statement. The Owner may make such investigations as
deemed necessary to determine the ability of the Bidder to perform the work and
the Bidder shall furnish to the Owner all such information and data for this
purpose as the Owner may request. The
Owner reserves the right to reject any bid if the evidence submitted by, or
investigation of, such Bidder fails to satisfy the Owner that such Bidder is
properly qualified to carry out the obligations of the Agreement and to complete
the work contemplated therein.
Each Bidder is responsible
for inspecting the Project site(s) and for reading and being thoroughly familiar
with the Contract Documents and Specifications.
The failure or omission of any Bidder to do any of the foregoing shall
in no way relieve any Bidder from any obligation with respect to its Bid.
A
conditional or qualified Bid will not be accepted.
All
applicable laws, ordinances, and the rules and regulations of all authorities
having jurisdiction over construction of the project shall apply to the project
throughout.
The work to
be performed and the bid to be submitted shall include sufficient and proper
sums for all general construction, mechanical installation, labor, materials,
permits, licenses, insurance, and so forth incidental to and required for the
construction of the facilities.
The Owner reserves the
right to reject any and all bids and to waive any formalities. Any bid may be withdrawn prior to the above scheduled time for
the opening of bids or authorized postponement thereof. Any bid received after the time and date
specified shall not be considered. No
bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled closing time for receipt of bids for
at least ninety (90) days.
Award will
be made to the low, responsive, responsible bidder.
The contractor(s) to whom the work
is awarded will be required to furnish, before commencing work, a performance
and payment bond in an amount equal to the bid price of the contract awarded to
said contractor and certification of all insurance required in the
specifications. All bonds and liability
insurance shall remain in effect for the period listed in the specifications
following completion and acceptance of local and federal agencies.
Samuel J. Craig Penny
May
City of Bedford, Mayor City
of Bedford Redevelopment Commission, President
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