2022 Street Improvements Project

Bids will be considered by the City Council at a meeting to be held in City Hall, 210 East Broadway Street, Eagle Grove, Iowa beginning at 6:00 p.m., on the 18th day of April 2022, and will be acted upon at such a time and place or at such later time and place as may then be fixed. The 2022 Street Improvements Project includes milling and overlay of approximately six city blocks of seal-coated streets, and associated work. The construction proposed consists of, but is not limited to the following work items: BASE BID Topsoil 110 CY Excavation, Class 10 480 CY Subgrade Preparation 4920 SY Modified Subbase 260 TON Pavement Scarification 6450 SY HMA Surface Mixture 720 TON HMA Base Course 840 TON Fixture Adjustment 12 EA Seeding 113 SQ Method of construction shall be by contract and all work is to be done in strict compliance with Plans and Specifications prepared by Short Elliott Hendrickson (SEH) which have theretofore been approved by the City of Eagle Grove and are now on file for public examination in the Eagle Grove City Hall. Work under the proposed contracts shall be completed within the following time req uirements: Work shall commence upon the issuance of a written notice to proceed, no earlier than May 9, 2022. Work shall be substantially complete by no later than October 15, 2022. All work shall be completed and ready for final acceptance by October 29, 2022. All streets must be open and accessible for public use prior to ground freezing. Substantial completion is defined as follows: All work is complete except for finish grading of turf restoration areas, seeding and minor clean up. The contract times noted are subject to any extension which may be granted by the City Council of Eagle Grove, Iowa. The kinds of materials proposed to be used and approximate amounts are as set out in the "Bid Form" which by this reference is made a part of this notice. Each bid shall be sealed in an envelope marked "Bid for 2022 Street Improvements Project, Eagle Grove, Iowa." Each bid must be accompanied in a separate envelope by a bidding check or bid bond in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the bid price, said check being either a certified or cashier's check, drawing on a credit union in Iowa or chartered under the laws of the United States, made payable to the City of Eagle Grove, Iowa, as security that the bidder will furnish the required bonds and enter into a contract within ten (10) working days, excluding Saturday, Sunday and holidays, after award of the contract to him. Bidders shall not be permitted to withdraw their bids for a period of thirty (30) days after the same are opened. This Work shall be subject to minimum wages and labor standards in accordance with Iowa State law. By virtue of statutory authority, preference will be given to products and provisions grown and coal produced within the State of Iowa. In accordance with Iowa statutes, a resident bidder shall be allowed a preference as against a nonresident bidder from a state or foreign country if that state or foreign country gives or requires any preference to bidders from that state or foreign country, including but not limited to any preference to bidders, the imposition of any type of labor force preference, or any other form of preferential treatment to bidders or laborers from that state or foreign country. The preference allowed shall be equal to the preference given or required by the state or foreign country in which the nonresident bidder is a resident. In the instance of a resident labor force preference, a nonresident bidder shall apply the same resident labor force preference to a public improvement in this state as would be required in the construction of a public improvement by the state or foreign country in which the nonresident bidder is a resident. Bidders shall be expected to comply with Chapters 91C and 103A of the Code of Iowa concerning the registration and bonding of construction contractors and the successful bidder shall be required to supply the City of Eagle Grove with proof of said compliance. Payment for said "2022 Street Improvements Project" will be made from the General Funds of the City of Eagle Grove, or from such other funds as may be legally used for such purposes. Monthly estimates will be submitted to the ENGINEER and payment will be made to the CONTRACTOR in the amount of ninety-five percent (95%) of said estimate on or about the twentieth of the following month. Final payment will be made not sooner than thirty (30) days following final acceptance of the work by the City of Eagle Grove. The bidder's attention is called to the prompt payment to the subcontractors under Chapter 573.12 of the Code of Iowa. Plans and specifications governing the construction of the proposed improvements have been prepared by SEH, 215 North Adams, Mason City, Iowa, which plans and specifications, and also prior proceedings of the Eagle Grove, Iowa, City Council referring to and defining said proposed improvements, are hereby made a part of this notice and the proposed contract by reference, and the proposed contract shall be executed in compliance therewith. Copies of said plans and specifications are now on file in the office of the City Clerk, for examination by bidders. All bids shall NOT include Iowa Sales Tax for materials used in the project. Upon award, the successful bidder shall immediately provide a listing of subcontractors and associated Federal ID or Social Security Numbers for both the contractor and subcontractors. The City will register the contractor and subcontractors with the Iowa Department of Revenue and will provide appropriate certificates to the contractor for distribution and use. The City of Eagle Grove, Iowa reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any irregularities or informalities in bids or bidding.

Division 32 -	Exterior Improvements, Operation and Maintenance of Exterior Improvements.
Division 34 -	Transportation, Operation and Maintenance of Transportation.