191172 Installation of Irrigation and Power in Medians Along U.S. Highway 31 #12227

Sealed bids will be received by the City of Spanish Fort at 7361 Spanish Fort Boulevard, Spanish Fort, Alabama 36527 until 2:00 P.M. local time, Tuesday, November 1, 2022, and then publicly opened and read aloud for furnishing all labor and materials, and performing all work required by the City as follows:

Project Number: 191172
Project: Installation of Irrigation and Power in Medians along
US Highway 31 in the City of Spanish Fort, Alabama

Project Description: Project consists of the installation of landscape items, irrigation system and electrical power systems in the medians along U.S. Highway 31 from School Road/Westminster Drive to the intersection of Stagecoach Road. The project is approximately 3.5 miles long and will be broken down into 3 work areas.
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 interpretations of the meaning of the plans, specifications or other bid documents will be made to any bidder orally. Any request for such interpretation should be in writing, addressed to the Engineer, Michael Baker International, Inc., Attn: Brooks Miller, PE, 11 N. Water Street, Suite 14290, Mobile, AL 36602, or sent via email to JBMiller@mbakerintl.com. The City of Spanish Fort Building Official should be copied on all email correspondence using the following address: buildingofficial@cityofspanishfort.com.
Every request for such interpretation should be in writing addressed to the Engineer and provided no later than Seventy-Two (72) hours prior to the advertised bid opening. In order to receive consideration, the request must be received before 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 18, 2022. Any such interpretation, any supplemental instructions will be mailed or delivered to all prospective bidders.

No bid will be received and considered unless provided 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 Spanish Fort 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 Spanish Fort, 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 Spanish Fort, 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 have at least one of the following major classifications of license per Section 230-X-1-.27 of the State of Alabama Licensing Board for General Contractors Administrative Code:
1.c) Highways and Streets 1.d) Municipal and Utility
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 Spanish Fort 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: City of Spanish Fort, ATTN: Rebecca A. Gaines, City Clerk, 7361 Spanish Fort Blvd, Spanish Fort, AL 36527, and labeled “Bid for the Installation of Irrigation and Power in Medians along US Highway 31 in the City of Spanish Fort, AL, Project No. 191172.”

PUBLISH:
FOLLOWING DATES:
OCTOBER 5, 2022
OCTOBER 12, 2022