INVITATION TO BID

INVITATION TO BID: PROJECT NO. TR4719
FRUITDALE CREEK – HAMILTON LANE TRAIL
GRANTS PASS, OR
Bids due: July 28, 2016 @ 3:00 pm
SEALED BID PROPOSALS for furnishing all labor, materials, equipment and services required for the construction of the Fruitdale Creek – Hamilton Lane Trail project in the City of Grants Pass are now being accepted. Bids will be accepted by the City Recorder at the City of Grants Pass Administration Office at 101 N.W. “A” Street, Room 205, Grants Pass, Oregon, Attn: City Recorder, until 3:00 P.M., Thursday, July 28, 2016 at which time they will be publicly opened and read in the City of Grants Pass City Manager’s Conference Room, and after which they will not be received or accepted.
THE PROPOSED WORK INCLUDES APPROXIMATELY THE FOLLOWING:
CONSTRUCTION OF AN ASPHALT PEDESTRIAN PATHWAY (APPROXIMATELY 1,350′ IN LENGTH) FROM FRUITDALE DRIVE TO HAMILTON LANE. RETROFITTING AN EXISTING WOODEN PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE (APPROXIMATELY 27′ IN LENGTH) THAT CROSSES OVER FRUITDALE CREEK. CONSTRUCTING A NEW WOODEN PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE (APPROXIMATELY 37′ IN LENGTH, WITH A STANDARD CONCRETE ABUTMENT) TO CROSS OVER THE GRANTS PASS IRRIGATION CANAL. INSTALLATION OF WOOD FENCING, A SINGLE CONCRETE STORM DRAIN INLET AND ASSOCIATED STORM DRAIN PIPE, CONCRETE CURB AND GUTTER, CONCRETE RETAINING WALL, BOLLARDS, ROADWAY STRIPING, AND INSTALLATION OF A PAIR OF SOLAR POWERED RECTANGULAR RAPID FLASHING BEACONS.
Bid Documents and Construction Drawings for the work may be acquired on or after Thursday, July 14, 2016 and may be obtained from the City of Grants Pass, Engineering Division, located at 101 N.W. “A” Street, Grants Pass, OR 97526, phone (541) 450-6060, or downloaded through the Engineering’s FTP site at the following link: ftp://216.115.13.166/Bid Documents/. All information related to this project will be posted on the City of Grants Pass Website “Requests for Proposals”.
A MANDATORY Pre-Bid Meeting will be held at the City of Grants Pass Courtyard Conference Room, located at 101 N.W. “A” Street, Grants Pass, Oregon, on Thursday, July 21, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. local time. All bidders will be required to attend and sign-in on the mandatory pre-bid meeting sign-in sheet.
Bidders must be prequalified in conformance with Oregon Revised Statute 279C.430 or the Grants Pass Municipal Code. A prequalification form must be submitted to the City five calendar days prior to the bid opening date in order for the bid to be considered. ALL PREQUALIFICATION FORMS ARE DUE NO LATER THAN 5:00 P.M. ON FRIDAY, JULY 22, 2016. If the prequalification form is not submitted five calendar days prior to the bid opening date or the bidder has not prequalified with the City within the previous 12 months, the bid will be automatically rejected, remain unopened, marked as “Rejected” and filed with the other bids.
The class or classes of work for which Bidders (Prime and/or Subcontractors) must prequalify are the following:
• Temporary Features and Appurtenances
• Roadwork
• Drainage
• Bridges
• Bases
• Wearing Surfaces
• Permanent Traffic Safety and Guidance Devices
•Permanent Traffic Control and Illumination Systems
• Right Of Way Development and Control
If the bidder has prequalified with the City within one year prior to the Bid Opening, and such prequalification is for the call of work as stated above with no substantial change, then it will not be necessary to prequalify again for this bid.
Bidder shall state as part of the bid that the provisions of ORS 279C.800 to 279C.870 (Prevailing Wage Rate) shall be complied with.
The City of Grants Pass may reject any bid not in compliance with all public bidding procedures and requirements, may waive any irregularities, and may reject for good cause any or all bids upon a finding of the City it is in the public interest to do so.
SPECIAL NOTE!: This project shall be completed per the following schedule. .A written “Notice to Proceed” will be given to the Contractor by the City.
Work to be done within the irrigation canal may not start prior to the canal closure. (End of Irrigation Season is approximately the middle of October).
There are two Contract Times on this Project as follows:
(1) Substantial completion of all remaining Work to be done under the Contract (except for seeding establishment and plant establishment, not later than May 1, 2017.
(2) All remaining Work to be done under the Contract not later than June 1, 2017.
By order of the Council of the City of Grants Pass, Oregon
Fred Saunders, Project Supervisor Engineering
Published July 19, 2016
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