NOTICE TO BIDDERS Notice is hereby given that the Boone County Highway Department, by and through the Board of Commissioners of Boone County, Indiana; hereinafter referred to as the OWNER, will receive sealed bids for the following project: Boone County Project # 2016-04 Crack Sealing in Various Townships Boone County, Indiana Proposals may be forwarded individually by registered mail or delivered in person, addressed to the Boone County Commissioners office, 116 West Washington Street, Room 103, Lebanon, IN 46052, prior to 8:30 a.m., November 21, 2016. Bids received after the 8:30 a.m. deadline will not be considered but will be returned to the bidder unopened. All proposals will be considered by the OWNER at a public meeting held in the Boone County Annex Building in Lebanon, Indiana, Connie Lamar Meeting Room, #105, and opened and read aloud at the regularly scheduled commissioner's meeting at 9:00 a.m. local time, November 21, 2016. The work to be performed and the proposals to be submitted shall include a bid for all general construction, labor, material, tools, equipment, taxes, permits, licenses, insurance, service costs, etc. incidental to and required for this project. The Contract Documents, including Plans and Specifications, are on file in the Boone County Commissioner's office and the Boone County Highway Department, 1955 Indianapolis Ave., Lebanon, Indiana, 46052. (Telephone 765-482-4550) Plans and Specifications may be reviewed at either location during regular County business hours. Plans and Specification must be obtained through Reprographix Inc. (www.reprographix.com) Payments and costs of Contract Documents are non-refundable. Bidders shall assure that they have obtained complete sets of drawings and Contract Documents and shall assume the risk of any errors or omissions in bids prepared in reliance on incomplete sets of drawings and Contract Documents. Contact Reprographix at 800-718-0035 for the cost of obtaining the contract documents. Each proposal must be enclosed in a sealed envelope, bearing the title of the project, bid opening date and the name and address of the bidder firmly affixed. The Bid documents to be thus submitted by each bidder shall consist of all of the documents listed in section 5.3 of the Instruction to Bidders. The bidder shall affix identifying tabs to the following sheets of each proposal: - Bidder's Itemized Proposal and Declarations - Bid Bond - Standard Questionnaire and Financial Statement Each individual proposal shall be accompanied by a certified check or acceptable Bidder's Bond, made payable to the Boone County Auditor, in a sum of not less than five percent of the total amount of the proposal, which check or bond will be held by the said Boone County Auditor as evidence that the bidder will, if awarded a contract, enter into the same with the OWNER upon notification from him to do so within ten days of said notification. Failure to execute the contract and to furnish performance bond to Boone County, Indiana, will be cause for forfeiture of the amount of money represented by the certified check, or bidder's bond, as and for liquidated damages. The Commissioners at their discretion reserve the right to waive any and all informalities in the bidding. All bids submitted shall be valid for 90 days from the opening of the bids. The Boone County Highway Department reserves the right to ask for clarification for any bid submitted. The specification herein states the minimum requirements of the Boone County Highway Department. It shall be the Bidder's responsibility to carefully examine each item of the specification. Any bid not in substantial compliance with these specifications will be rejected. It will be the responsibility of the Bidder to conform to the requirements unless deviations have been specifically cited by the Bidder and acceptance made on the basis of the exception. The Board of Commissioners for Boone County Indiana acknowledges its responsibility to comply with the American Disabilities Act of 1990. In order to assist individuals with disabilities who require special services (i.e. sign interpretative services, alternate audio/visual devices, and amanuenses) for participation in or access to County sponsored public programs, services and or meetings, the county requests that individuals make request for these services forty-eight (48) hours ahead of the scheduled program, services and/or meeting. To make arrangements, Contact Karen Lasley-Maue, Administrative Assistant, at (765) 483-4492. TLR-577 Nov. 4, 11 hspaxlp
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