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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK

WORTHINGTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT

AIP NO. 3-27-0116-11-12/SP NO. 5301-74

RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SOUTH BITUMINOUS RAMP

Sealed bid proposals for the Reconstruction of the South Bituminous Ramp project at the Worthington Municipal Airport will be received by the office of City Clerk, City Hall, 303 9th Street, Worthington, Minnesota 56187, until 2:00 PM (CST) on Monday, July 23, 2012, and will be publicly opened and read aloud immediately thereafter in the City Council Chambers of City Hall by a bid opening committee. The bids and the responsibility of the bidders will be considered publicly by the City Council at 7:00 PM on Monday, July 23, 2012 in City Council Chambers. The City Council reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive irregularities and informalities therein and further reserves the right to award the contract to the best interests of the City.

The Owner will convene a pre-bid conference at 10:00 AM, on Friday, July 13, 2012, at the Worthington Municipal Airport Terminal Building, Airport conference room. Failure to attend this pre-bid conference will not disqualify a firm from submitting a bid.

Award of contract may take up to 90 days from bid date; therefore the contractor shall be required to honor prices for this period.

Major items for which bids will be received include:

Description........................Quantity/Unit

Remove Bituminous Pavement.........5,895 Square Yards

Unclassified Excavation............6,350 Cubic yards

Subbase Course.....................4,125 Cubic Yards

Open Graded Aggregate Base.........1,025 Cubic Yards

Crushed Aggregate Base Course......1,100 Cubic Yards

Bituminous Pavement................1,900 Ton

Geotextile Fabric..................12,300 Square Yards

5,000 Volt Cable, No. 8............1,000 Linear Feet

Each bid proposal shall be made out on the form furnished by the City of Worthington and obtained from Mead & Hunt, Inc., 7900 West 78th Street, Suite 370, Minneapolis. Minnesota 55439, (952) 941-5619, (952) 941-5622 (fax), and must be accompanied in a separate sealed envelope by either certified check drawn on a solvent Minnesota bank, a bid bond executed by a corporation authorized to contract as a surety in the State of Minnesota, or a share draft drawn on a solvent Minnesota credit union, in an amount not less than 5% of the bid amount. The bid security should be made payable to the “City of Worthington” and must not contain any conditions either in the body or as an endorsement thereon. The bid security shall be forfeited to the City of Worthington as liquidated damages in the event the successful bidder fails or refuses to enter into a contract within ten (10) days after the award of contract and the maintenance of said work, if required, pursuant to the provisions of this notice and other contract documents. The City of Worthington will accept a bid bond approved by the Minnesota Department of Transportation and/or the United States government.

The following Federal Provisions apply to this bid proposal:

• Buy American Preferences for construction contracts (Title 49 US Code, Chapter 501).

• The provisions of 49 CFR Part 30 - Denial of Public Works Contracts to Suppliers of Goods and Services of Counties That Deny Procurement Market Access to U.S. Contractors (Foreign Trade Restriction).

• Minimum wage rates to be paid laborers and mechanics have been determined by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL Regulation 29 CFR Part 5) and are listed in the Special Provisions of the project specifications. The Contractor will be required to comply with the wage and labor requirements and to pay minimum wages in accordance with the schedule of wage rates.

• This contract is subject to the provisions of Executive Order 11246 DOL Regulation 41 CFR Part 60 - Affirmative Action to Insure Equal Employment Opportunity.

• U.S. Department of Transportation Regulations 49 CFR Part 26 - Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Participation.

• The contractor shall comply with the requirements of 49 CFR Part 29, Government Debarment and Suspension and Government Requirements for Drug-Free Workplace.

The specific requirements for the above Federal Provisions are incorporated by reference and are included in the Specifications.

The successful bidder will be required to submit a Certification of Nonsegregated Facilities and to notify prospective subcontractors of the requirement for such certification where the subcontract exceeds $10,000.

Plans and specifications are on file for inspection at the office of the City Clerk of Worthington; at the office of Mead & Hunt, Inc., 7900 West 78th Street, Suite 370, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55439, (952) 941-5619 (ph), and local Builder’s Exchanges.

Complete digital project bidding documents are available at www.questcdn.com. You may download the digital plan documents for $25.00 by inputting Quest project #2127319 on the website’s Project Search page. Those wishing to download the bidding documents electronically do so at their own risk for completeness of the bidding documents. Please contact QuestCDN.com at 952-233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance in free membership registration, downloading, and working with this digital project information. Contractors desiring paper plans and specifications for personal use may purchase them from Mead & Hunt, Inc., 7900 West 78th Street, Suite 370, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55439, (952) 941-5619, (952) 941-5622 (fax), upon a $75 non-refundable deposit for each set of plans and specifications.

Published upon order of City of Worthington, Minnesota.

City of Worthington, By: Janice Oberloh Title: City Clerk

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