BIDS WANTED

Water Main, Storm Sewer and Incidentals

IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 6104

Sealed bids will be received at the Office of the City Auditor, City Hall, Fargo, North Dakota, until 11:30 o'clock a.m., Wednesday, October 09, 2013 and then opened and read, for the construction of Water Main, Storm Sewer and Incidentals, Improvement District No. 6104 on the following:

19th Avenue N & 45th Street between 16th & 19th Avenue N

Which will require approximately:

2 - Water Main

2006 / 6" Water Main / 78.00 / LF
2016 / 16" Water Main / 1879.00 / LF
2061 / 6" Hydrant / 4.00 / EA
2076 / Relocate Water Main / 2.00 / EA
2106 / 6" Gate Valve / 4.00 / EA
2117 / 16" Gate Valve / 4.00 / EA
2250 / Mechanical Joint Fittings / 2974.00 / LB
2316 / 16" Water Main w/Gravel Backfill / 240.00 / LF
2569 / Bore 16" Water Main / 130.00 / LF

3 - Storm Sewer

3020 / 18" RCP Storm Sewer / 126.00 / LF
3024 / 24" RCP Storm Sewer / 65.00 / LF
3036 / 36" RCP Storm Sewer / 159.00 / LF
3042 / 42" RCP Storm Sewer / 1124.00 / LF
3102 / 18" Storm Sewer w/Gravel Backfill / 100.00 / LF
3104 / 24" Storm Sewer w/Gravel Backfill / 50.00 / LF
3106 / 30" Storm Sewer w/Gravel Backfill / 16.00 / LF
3109 / 42" Storm Sewer w/Gravel Backfill / 30.00 / LF
3110 / 48" Storm Sewer w/Gravel Backfill / 104.00 / LF
3111 / 54" RCP Storm Sewer w/Gravel Backfill / 8.00 / LF
3291 / Remove 7" RC Retaining Wall / 35.00 / LF
3302 / 7" RC Channel Liner / 35.00 / SY
3406 / 30" RCP Plug / 1.00 / EA
3411 / 54" RCP Plug / 1.00 / EA
3500 / Standard Storm Sewer Manhole / 4.00 / EA
3501 / Manhole - Storm Sewer Type A / 1.00 / EA
3502 / Manhole - Storm Sewer Type B / 5.00 / EA
3503 / Manhole - Storm Sewer Type C / 1.00 / EA
3504 / Manhole - Storm Sewer Type D / 1.00 / EA
3654 / Remove & Replace Curb & Gutter / 60.00 / LF
3664 / Remove & Replace Asphalt Pavement / 490.00 / SY
3674 / Remove & Replace Concrete Pavement / 140.00 / SY

17 - Miscellaneous

1000 / Mobilization / 1.00 / LS
1098 / 24" Sanitary Sewer w/Gravel Backfill / 25.00 / LF
1501 / Sanitary Manhole / 1.00 / EA
3991 / Storm Water Management / 1.00 / LS
4512 / Traffic Control - Type 1 / 1.00 / LS
4606 / Seeding with Hydro-mulch NDDOT / 12700.00 / SY

93 - Phase 1 - Storm Sewer

3024 / 24" RCP Storm Sewer / 1295.00 / LF
3104 / 24" Storm Sewer w/Gravel Backfill / 30.00 / LF
3500 / Standard Storm Sewer Manhole / 3.00 / EA
3501 / Manhole - Storm Sewer Type A / 2.00 / EA
3664 / Remove & Replace Asphalt Pavement / 65.00 / SY
3864 / 24" Flapgate / 1.00 / EA

Bids shall be on the basis of cash payment for work performed. All work included in the contract must be fully completed on or before 8/1/2014.

Bids must be in a sealed envelope plainly marked "Water Main, Storm Sewer and Incidentals, Improvement District No. 6104", and attached to the outside of the bid envelope must be A SEPARATE ENVELOPE CONTAINING A LIST OF ALL ADDENDA TO THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BY THE BIDDER OF RECEIPT OF SUCH ADDENDA. THE SEPARATE ENVELOPE SHALL ALSO CONTAIN A BIDDER'S BOND IN THE AMOUNT OF 5% OF THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE BID executed by the bidder as principal and by a surety, conditioned that if the principal's bid is accepted and the contract awarded to the principal, the principal, within 10 days after notice of award, shall execute a contract in accordance with the terms of the bid and a contractor's bond as required by law and the regulations and determinations of the governing body. Countersignature of a bid bond is not required under this section.

All bidders, except a bidder on a municipal, rural, and industrial water supply project authorized for funding under Public Law No. 99-294 [100 Stat. 426; 43 U.S.C. 390a], must be licensed for the full amount of the bid, as required by Section 43-07-05. A copy of the Contractor's License or Certificate of Renewal thereof, issued by the Secretary of State, must be enclosed in the bid bond envelope as required under Section 43-07-12.

No bid may be read or considered if it does not fully comply with these requirements and any deficient bid submitted must be resealed and returned to the bidder immediately.

Plans and specifications are also on file in the office of the City Engineer and the City Auditor, City Hall, Fargo, North Dakota, where they may be examined by any interested person.

Proposals, Plans, and Specifications may be examined and secured via the Internet from the E-Plan Room at: http://apps.cityoffargo.com/engineering/bidsheets/. Alternately, plans and specifications and bidder blanks may be purchased from the City Engineer upon payment of $125.00.

The Board of City Commissioners of the City of Fargo, North Dakota, reserves the right to hold all bids for a period of thirty days after the first day fixed for the opening of the bids, and the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any formalities.

City Auditor's Office

(September 23 and 30, 2013)