181326 City of Mobile CIP Bridge Maintenance and Repairs #10168

Sealed proposals will be received by the City Clerk of the City of Mobile, Alabama, 205 Government Street, 9th Floor, South Tower,
until 2:30 p.m. local time, Wednesday, August 18, 2021 and then publicly opened and read in Government Plaza’s Atrium area for constructing:

Project Numbers: 2019-3005-01 and 2020-3005-06

Project: CIP BRIDGE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS

SITE 1 – PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OVER WATER STREET (BIN 17197), REPAIR AND REPAINTING, 2019-3005-01

SITE 2 – BEAUREGARD STREET / ROBERT M. HOPE OVERPASS OVER CSXT (BIN 014005), OVERHEAD BRIDGE REPAIR, CLEANING AND PAINTING, 2020-3005-06

Project Description: Repair of Steel Components and Cleaning, Sandblasting and Re-painting Steel and Concrete Components.

Bid documents are being made available via paper or digital copy. Plan holders are required to log-on or register for an account at www.mbakerplanroom.com to view and order Bid Documents. All plan holders are required to have a valid email address for registration. Bid documents are non-refundable and must be purchased through the website. Questions regarding website registration or online orders, please contact Plan House Printing at (228) 248-0181.

No Bid Packages will be issued to Contractors later than twenty-four (24) hours after the Pre-Bid Conference. No questions, whether orally or written, will be addressed after 12:00 P.M. on August 16, 2021.

A MANDATORY Pre-Bid Conference will be held at City Engineering Department, 3rd Floor, South Tower, Room 357, Mobile Government Plaza, 205 Government Street, Mobile, Alabama, on August 11, 2021 at 10:00 A.M. Contractors may also join remotely via a Microsoft Teams meeting. Contact Jake Clements, jake.clements@cityofmobile.org, at the City of Mobile for access information required to join the meeting via Microsoft Teams.

Significant items related to the proposed construction will be explained. Representative must be a principal or current employee of the contracting company at the time of the Pre- Bid Conference. Any contractor not represented at the Pre-Bid Conference will be disqualified from bidding on the project. A single individual cannot represent more than one contracting company.

No bid will be received and considered unless made out on the blank form or Proposal attached, and unless all papers attached hereto are returned with the bid and the Proposal sheet attached.

Each bid shall be accompanied by a check or bid bond for the sum of five percent (5%) of the amount bid (maximum amount of bond $10,000), made payable to the CITY, and certified by a reputable banking institution. These monies shall serve as assurance that within ten (10) days of notice of contract award contemplated in the Proposal, the successful bidder will enter into such contract and file a bond for the execution of same.

The performance bond required will be for the amount bid, and labor and material bond shall be one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of contract, and shall be made by a Surety Company acceptable to the City of Mobile and upon the forms of bonds appended hereto.

In default of the entering into of such contract and the execution of such bond, the certified check required to accompany such bid shall be forfeited to the City of Mobile, Alabama. These fees shall not be a penalty but damages for delays, or for the additional cost or expenses that the CITY may incur by reason of such default.

In addition, the Contractor must furnish to the City at the time of the signing of the Contract a certificate of insurance coverage as provided in the specification which will include comprehensive insurance, Contractor’s Automobile Liability Insurance, Owner’s Protective Liability Insurance, or a Comprehensive General and Public Liability policy naming the City of Mobile, its agents and employees as additionally insured, and where applicable, subcontractor’s Public Liability and Property Damage Insurance. The right is reserved to reject any and/or all bids and to waive informalities and to furnish any item of material or work to change the amount of said Contract.

Liquidated damages for non-completion of the work within the time limit agreed upon will be assessed according to Section 108.11 of Alabama Department of Transportation Standard Specifications for Highway Construction 2018 Edition.

Bidders must be licensed Contractors in the State of Alabama pursuant to Sections 34-8-1 through 34-8-27 of the Code of Alabama of 1975 as amended and shall indicate State License Number on outside of bid envelope. Any contractor that desires to bid as a prime contractor must possess a current Contractor’s License from the State of Alabama Licensing Board for General Contractors with Specialty Classifications Traffic Control and Safety; Painting, Sandblasting and Bridge Repair; and Steel (all classes).

The awarding of a contract will require the Contractor to pay the prevailing wage rates for this district that are applicable to the trades engaged in this project.

The City of Mobile reserves the right to reject any and all bids and waive informalities in the bidding.

All Bids of $50,000 or more must be accompanied by a copy of the bidder’s Alabama General Contractor’s License.

In case of a joint venture of two or more Contractors, the amount for the bid shall be within the maximum bid limitations as set by the State Licensing Board for General Contractors of a least one of the partners to the joint venture.

Bids must be sealed and have the project name and number marked on the outside of the envelope. The envelope containing bids must be addressed as follows, and delivered to Ms. Lisa Lambert, City Clerk; City of Mobile, P. O. Box 1827, Mobile, Alabama 36633; “Bid for CIP Bridge Maintenance and Repairs – Pedestrian Bridge Over Water Street (BIN 17197), Repair and Repainting and Beauregard Street at CSX Railroad Bridge (BIN 014005), Repair and Painting, City of Mobile Project Nos. 2019-3005-01 and 2020-3005-06, in the City of Mobile, Alabama”.

PLEASE PUBLISH IN THE ISSUES July 25, August 1 & 8, 2021.