Atco-Pettit Creek and Jimmy Don Crane Sewer Improvements

The approximate extent and character of the Work is generally described as follows: The Atco-Pettit Creek and Jimmy Don Crane Sewer Improvements project in Cartersville, Georgia includes the following: At the Atco-Pettit Creek area: the installation of 421 linear feet of 12-inch PVC sanitary sewer and 4 manholes. Project work includes the abandonment of the existing 12-inch ductile iron sanitary sewer main aerial crossing. At the Jimmy Don Crane Area, work also includes the installation of approximately 670 linear feet of 12-inch DIP and PVC sewer main, with a jack and bore stream crossing of 155 linear feet, and 5 manholes. The project also includes the abandonment of the existing 12-inch PVC sewer main with an aerial creek crossing. Bidders shall inform themselves concerning Georgia Laws and comply with same. NOTE: The Contractors Affidavit for Electronic Verification of Work Authorization Programs form (E-Verify) shall be executed and submitted as part of the bid package. Contractors Bid will be considered non-responsive without conformance to E-Verify requirements. Bidding Documents are available for review and purchase by prospective Bidders. Bidding Documents may be obtained for a non-refundable fee of $175.00, payable by check or money order at the offices of the Engineer: RINDT, Inc., 334 Cherokee Street, Marietta, Georgia, 30060 Point of Contact: Connor Wraight; (770) 427-8123; cwraight@rindt.com. The Owner is not obligated to consider a Bidders proposal, if Bidder is not on record with the Issuing Office as having received complete Bidding Documents from the Issuing Office. All questions about the meaning or intent of the Bidding Documents are to be submitted to Engineer in writing. Interpretations or clarifications considered necessary by Engineer in response to such questions will be issued by Addenda delivered to all parties recorded as having received the Bidding Documents. Questions received less than 72 hours prior to the date for opening of Bids may not be answered. Only questions answered by Addenda will be binding. Oral and other interpretations or clarifications will be without legal effect. 7.02 Addenda may be issued to clarify, correct, supplement, or change the Bidding Documents. . The time allowed for Substantial Completion from the date of Notice to Proceed is 210 consecutive calendar days. The project has a maximum time for total completion which shall not exceed 240 consecutive calendar days from the starting date specified in the Notice to Proceed. Each Bid must be accompanied by a Bid Bond with good and sufficient surety or sureties approved by the Owner for faithful acceptance of the contract, payable to, in favor of, and for the protection of the Owner in an amount equivalent to five percent (5%) of the total amount payable by the terms of the Contract or, in lieu thereof, in the form of a certified check, cashier's check, or cash in equal amount. If bid is forwarded by mail, the sealed envelope containing the Bid must be enclosed in a separate mailing envelope to the attention of the Purchasing Manager at the address previously given. The Successful Bidder will be required to furnish performance and payment bonds with the executed Agreement meeting the requirements of the Contract Documents and executed on the forms attached to the Agreement. The terms and time for payment are set forth in the Agreement. Surety and insurance companies must be listed in the Federal Registry of Insurance Companies Circular 570, holding Certificates of Authority and Acceptable Sureties on Federal Bonds, be licensed by the Georgia Insurance Department and the Georgia Secretary of State to do business in the State of Georgia. All Bids will remain subject to acceptance for 60 days after the day of the Bid Opening, but Owner may, in its sole discretion, release any Bid and return the Bid security prior to that date. Each Bid must be accompanied by a Bid Bond with good and sufficient surety or sureties approved by the Owner for faithful acceptance of the contract, payable to, in favor of, and for the protection of the Owner in an amount equivalent to five percent (5%) of the total amount payable by the terms of the Contract or, in lieu thereof, in the form of a certified check, cashier's check, or cash in equal amount. The Successful Bidder will be required to furnish performance and payment bonds with the executed Agreement meeting the requirements of the Contract Documents and executed on the forms attached to the Agreement. The terms and time for payment are set forth in the Agreement. Surety and insurance companies must be listed in the Federal Registry of Insurance Companies Circular 570, holding Certificates of Authority and Acceptable Sureties on Federal Bonds, be licensed by the Georgia Insurance Department and the Georgia Secretary of State to do business in the State of Georgia. All Bids will remain subject to acceptance for 60 days after the day of the Bid Opening, but Owner may, in its sole discretion, release any Bid and return the Bid security prior to that date. The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, to waive formalities, and to re-advertise.

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Utilities, Instrumentation and Control for Utilities, Water Utilities, Water Utility Distribution Piping, Water Utility Distribution Equipment, Disinfecting of Water Utility Distribution, Water Utility Storage Tanks.