Sealed Bids will be
received at the office of the City Clerk in the City Building, 400 East
Military Avenue, Fremont, Nebraska, until 2:00 p.m., March 14, 2018, and be
publicly opened and read in the Council Chambers at that time for all labor, equipment,
and materials necessary to complete the construction of the FREMONT WELLFIELD
CHEMICAL FEED BUILDING MODIFICATIONS for the City of Fremont. The Project
consists of constructing a building addition to the existing Wellfield Chemical
Feed Building to provide space for the Fluorosilicic Acid chemical feed system
and sampling area, as well as improvements to the existing Sodium Hypochlorite
and Polyphosphate chemical feed systems, electrical, and HVAC.
The Issuing Office for the
Bidding Documents is: HDR Engineering, 301 S. 13th Street, Suite
601, Lincoln, NE 68508. Contact: Joann
Tumbleson, phone: 402-742-2900, email: .
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Each bid shall be
accompanied by a certified check, cashier's check, or a bank draft on a solvent
Nebraska bank insured by FDIC or a bid bond in the amount not less the five
percent (5%) of the bid price. That bid security shall be sealed and addressed
to the City Clerk, Fremont, Nebraska and labeled on the outside "FREMONT
WELLFIELD CHEMICAL FEED BUILDING MODIFICATIONS". Any bids received from contractors not so
qualified will be returned unopened.
The bid security shall
guarantee the bidder's good faith to enter into the contract within ten (10)
days at the bid price if accepted by the City Council. Any proposal received which is not
accompanied by a bid security will not be considered. The bid security of the successful bidder
will be returned when the contracts have been signed, filed with and approved
by the City. The bid security of the
unsuccessful bidders will be returned when their bids are rejected. The City of Fremont hereby reserves the right
to accept that bid which, in its judgment, will produce the best job of
workmanship and material, whether or not it is the lowest bid; and reserves the
right to reject any or all bids and to waive any or all informalities of any
proposal.
A pre-bid conference will
be held at 1:30 p.m. local time on February 28, 2018 at the City Building, 400
East Military Avenue, Fremont, NE.
Attendance at the pre-bid conference is highly encouraged but is not
mandatory.
The successful bidder will
be required to submit an acceptable Affirmative Action Statement and Program to
the Office of the Mayor within ten (10) days after the bid has been awarded by
the Fremont City Council. Failure to
submit an acceptable Affirmative Action Statement and Program within the time
allotted shall result in the forfeiture of the bidder's bond.
The contractor shall be
required to furnish a Performance, Payment, and Maintenance Bond in a sum equal
to one-hundred percent (100%) of the contract price, for a period of one (1)
year past the completion of the project.