FURA Project 2012 - Phase II

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be accepted by the City Recorder or the Recorders' designee at the City of Florence, 250 Hwy 101 North, Florence, Oregon 97439; the time of the bid receipt will be recorded by either official. Acceptance of bids will be officially closed at 2 pm Pacific Time, August 23rd, 2012, and immediately thereafter the bids will be publicly opened and read in the City Hall Council Chambers.

THE CITY OF FLORENCE IS REQUESTING QUALIFIED CONTRACTORS TO SUBMIT BIDS ON THE FURA PROJECTS 2012- PHASE II. THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF UTILITY INSTALLATION INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING: POTABLE WATER MAIN, WATER SERVICES AND APPURTENANCES, RECONNECTION TO CUSTOMER SERVICE LINES, ±110 LN.FT. JACK AND BORE 30" CASING; SANITARY SEWER MAINS, MANHOLES AND LATERALS, RECONNECTION TO CUSTOMER LATERALS; STORM SEWER MAINS AND COLLECTION PIPES, CONNECTIONS TO EXISTING STORM WATER FACILITIES AND STREET RECONSTRUCTION.

The bid proposal shall be submitted under sealed cover and marked with the Contractor's name and following project: FURA PROJECTS 2012- PHASE II, PROJECT No. FURA12-02

All proposals must be submitted on the regular forms furnished and shall be accompanied by an unconditional certified check or bidder's bond in an amount equivalent to five (5) percent of the total amount of the bid. The award will be made to the lowest qualified bidder who will be asked to furnish a Separate 100% Corporate Surety Performance Bond and a Separate 100% Payment Bond for the
faithful performance of the contract. The Contractors may be asked to have their Surety furnish a letter certifying they have currently reviewed the Contractor's financial statement and that the Contractor is financially sound prior to award.

Complete digital project bidding documents are available at www.questcdn.com. You may download the digital plan documents for $10 by inputting Quest project# 2181409 on the website's Project Search page. Please contact QuestCDN.com at 952-233-1632 for assistance in free membership registration, downloading, and working with this digital project information. Optional Paper copies of the Bidding Documents will be available at the City of Florence, City Hall, 250 Highway 101, Florence, Oregon, 97439. Contractors may obtain a paper copy of the Project Manual, beginning July 26th, 2012, for a non-refundable fee of $40.00, with checks made payable to the city of Florence. All prospective bidders must provide a valid e-mail address and be added to the Plan Holders List by obtaining a paper copy of the documents or downloading the documents from www.questcdn.com. Notification of Addenda issuance will be issued via e-mail to the addresses listed on the Plan Holders List. Bid results will be made available on the city's website.

Technical questions regarding the project should be directed to Jeff Ballard. P.E. at 541-535-5531 or at Jeff@pwmanagers.com.

Qualifications: Bidders must be an established business (minimum three years) doing like projects and be pre-qualified by the City of Florence prior to award of contract. Pre-qualification forms are available through ODOT and the City of Florence. No bid for a construction contract shall be received or considered by the City of Florence unless the bidder is Licensed with the Construction Contractors Board or by the State Landscape Contractors Board as required by ORS 671.530 and has a current Public Works Bond of $30,000.00 prior to starting Work on the Project.

The City reserves the right to reject any Contractor who has not performed acceptably on past projects with the City or with others (this includes sub-contractor relationships); And reserves the right to reject any Contractor who the City determines that they cannot do the project within the project timeline or does not have the resources and financial stability to complete the project.

This is for public work and therefore subject to ORS 279C.800 thru 279C.870 (BOLl wage requirements if this project is over $50,000.00). No bid will be received or considered by the City of Florence unless the bid is signed on the City of Florence format that includes/contains a statement by the bidder that the provisions of ORS 279C.840 are to be complied with.

If this project is over $100,000, a subcontractor listing is required and can be submitted with the bid. If the subcontractor listing is not submitted with the bid, it must be received within two (2) hours after the bid closing time and date at the City of Florence, City Hall, 250 Hwy 101 North, Florence, Oregon 97439 to the attention of Mike Miller (facsimile is acceptable) at 541-902-1333. Failure to supply a correct subcontractor listing may result in bid rejection.

Request for specification change must be made a minimum of ten (10) days prior to the proposal receipt date. Protests of bid results must be in writing, must be a bidder in legal standing, and must be made within five (5) days of the posted award date in accordance with OAR Title 137, Division 49.

The City may reject any bid not in compliance with all prescribed public bidding procedures and requirements, and may, for good cause, reject all bids upon a finding by the City of Florence if it is in the public interest to do so in accordance to ORS 279C.395.