NOTICE OF LETTING ON PROPOSED PLANS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE VIRGINIA STREET UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS, AND WORK INCIDENTAL THERETO, IN AND FOR THE CITY OF GEORGE, IOWA, AND TAKING OF BIDS FOR SUCH CONSTRUCTION.

Sealed proposals will be received by the City Clerk of the City of George, Iowa at the City Offices, 120 S Main, before 11:00 o'clock A.M., on the 3rd day of April, 2025. The sealed proposals will be opened and read thereafter at the Community Room, 115 S Main in George, Iowa for the construction work for the Virginia Street Utility Improvements project and work incidental thereto, as described in the Plans and Project Manual therefor, now on file in the office of the City Clerk. Proposals will be read out loud at said time and place. Proposals will be acted on by the City Council at a meeting to be held at the Community Room, 115 S Main in George, Iowa, on the 9th day of April, 2025, at 7:00 o'clock P.M., or may be acted on at such later time and place as may be then fixed.

The work will consist of the construction of approximately:

         1,476 L.F.          Storm Sewer, RCP

         13 EA.                Storm Structures

         2,800 L.F.          8” Water Main

         5 EA.                  Sanitary Sewer Manholes

         2,880 SY            Milling/Reclaiming

and other related construction work.

The City will receive and consider bids on the entire project, and will award a single contract to the lowest, responsive, responsible Bidder.

All work is to be done in strict compliance with the plans and specifications, also referred to Drawings and Project Manual respectively, which have heretofore been approved by the City Council, and are now on file for public examination in the office of the City Clerk.

          The Contractor will be allowed to begin work after April 21st, 2025.

          The Contractor shall be completed on or before July 19th, 2025.

Each proposal shall be accompanied by a certified or cashier's check drawn on a solvent Iowa bank, or a bank chartered under the laws of the United States, or by a share draft drawn on an Iowa credit union or a credit union chartered under the laws of the United States, made payable to the City of George, Iowa. Checks shall be in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the amount of the bid. In lieu of a certified or cashier's check, each proposal may be accompanied by a bid bond, issued by a company authorized to contract as surety in Iowa. Bid bonds shall be in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the amount of the bid. The certified or cashier's check, share draft or bid bond shall be forfeited and redeemed with the proceeds retained by the Owner as liquidated damages if the Bidder fails to execute a contract and file an acceptable bond for the faithful performance thereof, within ten (10) days after the acceptance of his bid. Bid securities of the lowest two or more Bidders may be retained for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days until a contract is awarded or rejection made. Other bid securities will be returned after the canvass and tabulation of bids is completed. If a bid bond is used it should be in substantially the same form as the bid bond form set out in the Project Manual.

Payment to the Contractor for said improvements will be made in cash derived from such fund or funds as are legally available to the Owner, including but not limited to cash payments received from the proceeds of the sale of general obligations bonds, assessments, project notes or any other method or combination thereof.

The Contractor will be paid, monthly, ninety-five percent (95%) of the Engineer's estimate of the value of acceptable work completed by the end of the preceding month. The final payment will be made not less than thirty (30) days after completion of the work and acceptance by the Owner provided all final documents have been furnished and executed by the Contractor.

Final payment will not be due until the Contractor has certified to the Owner that the materials, labor, and services have been paid for in accordance with the requirements stated in the Project Manual.

This improvement is being constructed pursuant to authority granted the Owner by Chapter 403A.5 of the Code of Iowa.

The successful Bidder will be required to furnish performance and payment bonds each in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price, said bonds to be issued by a responsible surety approved by the Owner, and shall guarantee the faithful performance of the contract and the terms and conditions therein contained and shall guarantee the prompt payment of all material and labor and protect and save harmless the Owner from claims and damages of any kind caused by the operations of the Contractor and shall also guarantee the maintenance of all improvements for a period of two (2) years from and after the completion and acceptance of the Owner.

Complete digital project bidding documents are available at www.questcdn.com. You may download the digital plan documents at no charge by inputting Quest project # 9594904 on the website's Project Search page. 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. An optional paper set of the proposal forms and specifications for individual use may be obtained from the office of the Engineer, DGR Engineering, 1302 South Union, P.O. Box 511, Rock Rapids, Iowa 51246, telephone 712-472-2531, Fax 712-472-2710, e- mail: dgr@dgr.com, no deposit required.

All proposals shall be filed on the forms furnished by the Owner, except as provided in the Instruction for Bidders, sealed and plainly marked. Any alteration of the proposal form may be cause for rejection of the proposal.

By virtue of statutory authority, a preference will be given to products and provisions grown and coal produced within the State of Iowa, and to Iowa domestic labor to the extent lawfully required under Iowa statutes. The Owner will, in evaluating Bids, consider the requirements of the resident bidder preference law, and allow such preferences to resident bidders as are required to be allowed under State Law. Bidder shall, when submitting a Bid, furnish an executed Bidder Status Form for the Owner to use when applying the preference law. Failure to submit a fully completed Bidder Status Form with the bid may result in the bid being deemed nonresponsive and rejected.

The Owner hereby reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive informalities and to enter into contract with the lowest, responsive, responsible Bidder.

This notice is given by order of the City Council of the City of George, Iowa.