Rock Slope Stabilization at Pelham Road

Any questions must be submitted via email to Purchasing at purchasing@newrochelleny.com (Reference Bid Specification No. 5479 (DPW Project No. 21-035) on the subject line). Questions must be turned in by Thursday, June 9th, 2022 at 4:30 p.m. Answers to questions will be posted by Monday, June 13th, 2022 at 4:30 p.m. on the Citys website.. Each bid must be accompanied by a DEPOSIT in the form of bid bond, certified check or cashier's check, made payable to the CITY OF NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK, in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid price (Cash will not be accepted). Firms qualified and certified as Minority Business Enterprises (MBE) and Women Business Enterprises (WBE) are strongly encouraged to submit a bid. The City of New Rochelle is a supporter of the Westchester Affirmative Action Equal Employment Opportunity requirements and agreements. In compliance with Section 3, the City of New Rochelle encourages employment first of New Rochelle residents. Prevailing Wage Enforcement. The Contractor agrees to pay for the cost of any investigation conducted by or on behalf of the City which discovers a failure to pay prevailing wages by the Contractor or its Subcontractor(s). The Contractor also agrees, that should it fail or refuse to pay for any such investigation, the City is hereby authorized to deduct from the Contractor's account an amount equal to the cost of such investigation. Please note that the Contractor shall pay the higher wage rates of either the prevailing New York State Wage Rates or Davis Bacon. The wages to be paid for a legal day's work to each laborer, worker or mechanic employed by the Contractor or any Subcontractor in the performance of this Contract shall not be less than the prevailing rate of wages as defined by Law. The wages to be paid for a legal day's work to each laborer, work. Prevailing Wage Enforcement. The Contractor agrees to pay for the cost of any investigation conducted by or on behalf of the City which discovers a failure to pay prevailing wages by the Contractor or its Subcontractor(s). The Contractor also agrees, that should it fail or refuse to pay for any such investigation, the City is hereby authorized to deduct from the Contractor's account an amount equal to the cost of such investigation.ker or mechanic employed by the Contractor or any Subcontractor in the performance of this Contract shall not be less than the prevailing rate of wages as defined by Law. If the bidder to whom the contract has been awarded shall refuse or neglect to execute and deliver the same and furnish the security required within ten (10) business days after due notice that the contract has been awarded , the amount of the deposit made shall be retained by the said City as liquidated damages for such neglect or refusal, and shall be paid into the General Fund of the said City, but if the said bidder to whom the contract is awarded shall execute and deliver the contract and furnish the said security within the time specified the amount of the deposit will be returned Bidder hereby agrees to commence work under this contract on or before a date to be specified in written "Notice to Proceed" of the Owner and to fully complete the project within consecutive calendar days thereafter as stipulated in the Bid Documents. Bidder further agrees to pay as liquidated damages, the sum set forth in Schedule A for each consecutive calendar day there after that the work is not completed as hereinafter provided in the General and Special Conditions of the Contract Documents. The attached Bid security is to become the property of the Owner in the event the required Bonds and Insurance are not provided and the contract is not executed within the time above set forth, as liquidated damages for the delay and additional expense to the Owner caused thereby. Should the Contractor fail to complete the Work within the time specified or any proper extension thereof, the Contractor shall pay to the City, as a partial consideration for the Contract, the amount specified in Schedule A to this General Agreement, not as a penalty, but as liquidated damages for breach of contract, for each and every Day that the Contractor shall be in default. The amount of liquidated damages is agreed upon by the Contractor and the City as set forth in Schedule A to this General Agreement because of the impracticality and extreme difficulty of fixing and ascertaining the actual damages which the City would sustain in said event and such amount is agreed to be the amount of damages which the City or its beneficiaries would sustain and said amount shall be retained by the City. Liquidated damages received under this Article 8 are not intended to be nor shall they be treated as either a partial or full waiver or discharge of the City's right to indemnification under Article 7, or the Contractor's obligation to indemnify the City, or to any other remedy provided for in this Contract or by Law. Any failure to assess liquidated damages shall not operate as a waiver or release of any claim the City may have against the Contractor for either actual or liquidated damages. The City will deduct and retain out of the monies which may become due hereunder, the amount of any such liquidated damages, and in case the amount which may become due hereunder shall be less than the amount of liquidated damages suffered by the City, the Contractor shall be liable to pay the difference upon demand by the City TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE for each and every portion of the Work. In any instance in which additional time is allowed for completion, the new time of completion established by the relevant change order shall be of the essence. The Contractor shall not be charged with liquidated damages or any excess cost if the Resident Engineer determines in writing that the Contactor is without fault and the Contractor's reason for the time extension is acceptable to the City. Nor shall the Contractor be charged with liquidated damages or any excess cost if the delay in completion is due to an unforeseeable cause beyond the control and without the fault of, or negligence of the Contractor, and approved by the City, including but not limited to acts of God or public enemy, acts of the City, epidemics, quarantine, restrictions, strikes, freight embargoes and unusually severe weather. The City's right to indemnification hereunder shall in no way be diminished, waived or discharged by its recourse to assessment of liquidated damages as provided in this General Agreement, or by the exercise of any other remedy provided for by this Contract or by Law. All payments pursuant to this Article shall be in the nature of liquidated damages and shall be accepted by the Contractor in full satisfaction of all claims against the City arising out of the termination. After such completion, the City shall make a certificate stating the expense incurred in such completion, which shall include the cost of re-letting and the total amount of liquidated damages (at the rate provided for in Schedule to this General Agreement) from the date when the Work should have been completed by the Contractor in accordance with the terms hereof to the date of actual completion of the Work. Such certificate shall be binding and conclusive upon the Contractor, its sureties, and any person claiming under the Contract, as to the amount thereof. The City reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

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