NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

STATE OF OREGON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Bids due: July 1, 2021 @ 9:00 am Bid Closing for the projects identified below will be at 9:00:00 a.m. on the 1st day of July, 2021. Bid Opening will be at the Oregon Department of Transportation, 3930 Fairview Industrial Drive SE, Salem, Oregon, beginning at 9:00:00 a.m. on the day of Bid Closing. — Submit electronic bids, on-line, through Bid Express (www.bidx.com) before 9:00:00 a.m. on the day of Bid Closing. Submit paper bids to Marie Wright, Construction Contracts Manager at the following time and places: — Before 9:00:00 a.m. on the day of Bid Closing. — For Bids submitted by mail or parcel delivery service, send to ODOT’s address below. — For Bids submitted by hand delivery, date stamp the Bid with the provided date stamping device and place into the ODOT Procurement Office Bid Box located at the following address: ODOT Procurement Office – Construction Contracts Unit, MS# 2 2 3930 Fairview Industrial Drive SE, Salem, Oregon 97302 Bids, Bid modifications, and Bid withdrawals will not be accepted at or after 9:00:00 a.m. on the day of Bid Closing. To be eligible for award of Oregon Department of Transportation construction contracts, bidders (prime contractors) must submit a prequalification application according to ODOT’s Oregon Administrative Rules and prequalification procedures at least ten calendar days before the Bid Closing date. This requirement will be strictly enforced. Prequalification must be in the class(es) of work that is indicated in the project’s special provisions, and the bid booklet. The Agency will reject bids from bidders who are not prequalified for the class of work indicated. The Prequalification Application form and instructions are published on the Agency’s website http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/Business/Procurement/Pages/Bid_Award.aspx To view and download plans, specifications, and bid booklets PLEASE visit the Agency’s Electronic Bidding Information System (eBIDS) website at https://ecm.odot.state.or.us/cf/EBIDS/ The eBIDS site allows free access to plans and special provisions, up-to-date bidding information, and each project holders of plans. All project addenda and clarification letters are published on the Agency’s website https://ecm.odot.state.or.us/cf/EBIDS/ Preliminary bid results are published on the following websites by close of business on Bid Closing day http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/Business/Procurement/Pages/PBR.aspx, http://www.bidx.com Award of contracts will not be final until: 1) Three working days after Notice of Intent to Award is posted on the Agency’s website or 2) The Agency provides a written response to each timely protest, denying the protest and affirming the award; whichever is later. All projects include a steel escalation clause. All projects have minimum wage rate requirements. Wage publications are published on the Agency’s website at http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/Business/Pages/Project-Wages.aspx All projects require work to be performed by the Contractor’s own organization of at least 30 percent of the awarded contract amount. All federally funded projects have BUY AMERICA requirements. Email the Project Manager listed at the end of each announcement for PROJECT SPECIFIC TECHNICAL QUESTIONS. The project cost range value is preliminary, may not reflect the current scope of the project, and is not a reflection of the Engineer’s Estimate. 1. CLATSOP COUNTY: US101: Columbia River (Astoria-Megler) Bridge Project on the Oregon Coast Highway (Rt. No. US101) in Astoria. FAP No. S009(493). ($10,000,000 – $20,000,000). Req. approx. 3,090 hr training; 420 ft2 temp signs; 3 ea PCMS; 9,000 hr flaggers; temp. work access & contain.; const. surv. work; surf. prep.; br. cleaning; coating applic.; coating materials; 3,000 ft pack rust rem.; 3,000 ea. fastener replace. Completion Time: November 30, 2024. Class of Work: Painting. THIS PROJECT CONTAINS A 4% DBE GOAL. A MANDATORY PREBID MEETING WILL BE HELD AT 9:00 A.M. ON JUNE 1, 2021 ONLINE VIRTUALLY THROUGH MICROSOFT TEAMS. THE LINK FOR THE ONLINE MICROSOFT TEAMS MEETING WILL BE POSTED ON THE PRE-BID AGENDA, POSTED TO ODOT EBIDS WEBSITE, UNDER BID REFERENCE DOCUMENTS. AN OPTIONAL ON-SITE MEETING WITH ODOT CONSTRUCTION REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 7, 2021 AT THE PROJECT SITE FROM 11:00 AM TO 4:00 PM. PROJECT MANAGER: JAYSON BUCHHOLZ, EMAIL: JAYSON.W.BUCHHOLZ@ODOT.STATE.OR.US The Oregon Department of Transportation is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. The policy of the Oregon Department of Transportation is to provide equal opportunity for participation in its contracting activities to all persons and firms in compliance with applicable Federal and State laws, rules and regulations. The Department of Transportation may reject any bid not in compliance with all prescribed public bidding procedures and requirements, and may reject for good cause any or all bids upon a finding of the Department of Transportation that it is in the public interest to do so. STATE OF OREGON BY AND THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Notice 21018 – July 1, 7 – week ad Published May 14, 2021. BT202012

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