Summary of Specifications:
Separate sealed bids for street, sanitary sewer and storm drainage improvements, including construction of paving, and other miscellaneous items of work will be received at the City Hall by the City Purchasing Agent of Clovis, New Mexico until Local Time, 2:00 p.m., July 17, 2008 , at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Each Bid Proposal shall be submitted in accordance with Section 2, Instructions to Bidders, of the Contract Documents.
Plans and Contract Documents including Instructions to Bidders, Form of Bid Proposal, Form of Bid Bond, Form of Agreement, Form of Performance Bond, Form of Labor and Material Payment Bonds, Technical Specifications, and other Contract Documents are on file and available for public inspection at the office of Lydick Engineers and Surveyors, Inc., 205 E. 2nd Street, Clovis, New Mexico.
This work will be constructed in accordance with the New Mexico State Highway and Transportation Department Standard Specifications for Highway and Bridge Construction, Edition of 2000, as modified herein. Each Bidder shall obtain copies of the above New Mexico State Highway and Transportation Department Specifications by writing or otherwise contacting the New Mexico State Highway Department, P. O. Box 1149, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503.
Copies of the Plans, Specifications, and Contract Documents may be obtained upon deposit of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) with Lydick Engineers and Surveyors, Inc., for each set so obtained. Upon return of the Plans, Specifications, and Contract Documents in good condition no later than ten (10) days following the bid opening, the total deposit ($50.00) will be returned to each Prime Contractor submitting a bonafied bid to the Contracting Agency and one-half the deposit ($25.00) will be returned to all other plan holders.
The Contracting Agency reserves the right to issue addenda to the approved plans and specifications during the advertising period as provided in the Contract Documents. A record of all addenda and copies of same will be available to all qualified bidders from the office of the Contracting Agency and Lydick Engineers and Surveyors, Inc.
1-1 Each bidder shall submit a certified check or a satisfactory bid bond by the bidder and an acceptable surety, in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the total amount bid, with each Bid Proposal.
Bids may be held by the Contracting Agency for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days from the date of the opening of bids, for the purpose of reviewing bids and investigating the qualifications of the bidders prior to award of the Contract.
Attention is called to the fact that no less than the minimum salaries and wages set forth in the Contract Documents must be paid on this project. The Contractor must insure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, creed, color, sex or national origin.
Bidders on this project must be licensed in New Mexico by the Construction and Industries Division. All bidders will indicate their current New Mexico Contractor’s License Number and Classification on the outside of the envelope.
After all bids are received, and before award of the contract is effected, the apparent low bidder shall submit a copy of the “wallet card”, issued by the Construction and Industries Division to the Contracting Agency.
Please be advised, that before bids are opened for each project, Contractors will be given the opportunity to withdraw proposals, which have not been read. Withdrawn proposals will not be allowed to be resubmitted.
The five- percent (5%) Resident Contractor Preference will apply to this project. All bids may be rejected if the lowest responsive bid received exceeds the engineers estimate by more than seven percent (7%).
A pre-bid conference will be held on July 8, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. in the Public Works Complex, which is located at 801 South Norris Street within the City of Clovis. Attendence at this said conference is not mandatory.
