Everybody Plays Inclusive Park - Playground and Splash Pad

Proposals will be acted upon by the Clear Lake City Council immediately following the closing of the public hearing at a regularly scheduled Council meeting on September 19, 2022, in the Clear Lake Council Chamber, 15 N. 6th Street, Clear Lake, Iowa, 50428, or at such later time and place as may then be fixed. The method of construction shall be by Single Stipulated Sum Contract, and all work is to be done in strict compliance with the plans and specifications prepared by Bergland & Cram Architects (and Consultants) Mason City, Iowa, which have heretofore been approved by the City Council and are now on file for public examination at City of Clear Lake Iowa City Hall, 15 N. 6th Street, Clear Lake, Iowa, 50428 On September 19, at 6:00 pm in the Clear Lake Council Chamber, 15 N. 6th Street, Clear Lake, Iowa, 50428 a public hearing will be held on the proposed plans, specifications and proposed form of Contract for the "City of Clear Lake, EVERYBODY PLAYS Inclusive Park - Playground and Splash Pad", and at said hearing, any interested person may appear and file objections thereto or to contest the cost of said improvement. Each proposal shall be sealed in an envelope marked "City of Clear Lake, EVERYBODY PLAYS Inclusive Park - Playground and Splash Pad". Each bid must be accompanied in a separate envelope by a bidding check, bid bond or a certified share draft in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the bid price, said check being either a cashier's check, a check certified by a bank in Iowa or a bank chartered under the laws of the United States or a certified share draft on a credit union in Iowa or chartered under the laws of the United States, and made payable to the City of Clear Lake Iowa, as security that the bidder will furnish the required bonds and enter into a contract and furnish bonds within seven (7) days after the award of the contract to him. The Contractor and all Subcontractors shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin or age. The Contractor shall take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment without regard to their race, religion, color, sex, national origin, or age. Such action shall include, but not be limited to the following: employment, upgrading, demotion or transfer; recruitment or recruitment advertising; layoff or termination; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; and selection for training, including apprenticeship. The Contractor agrees to post in conspicuous places, available to employees and applicants for employment, notices setting forth the policies of non-discrimination. The Contractor and all Subcontractors shall, in all solicitations or advertisements for employees placed by them or on their behalf, state that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin or age. Bidders shall not be permitted to withdraw their bids for a period of thirty (30) days after the same are opened. By virtue of statutory authority, preference will be given to products of and provisions grown within the State of Iowa and to Iowa domestic labor. Pursuant to Chapter 73 of the Code of Iowa, out-of-state bidders are hereby advised of the Iowa Bidding Preference Law extending to Iowa firms any preference which may be (a) strict preference, (b) reciprocal preference, or (c) combination preference and reciprocal. Application of such preference will be extended from any "public improvement" as defined in Chapter 23.1 of the Code of Iowa. 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 Clear Lake Iowa City Council with proof of said compliance. The required surety bond shall be executed on AIA Document A312, two-part Performance Bond and Labor and Material Payment Bond, conditioned for the faithful performance of all the terms of the Contract and the payment of all obligations arising thereunder with the amount shown on each part equal to the Contract Sum. Surety shall be a company licensed to do business in the State of Iowa and shall be acceptable to City of Clear Lake Iowa City Council. Payment for said "City of Clear Lake, EVERYBODY PLAYS Inclusive Park - Playground and Splash Pad", will be made from the City of Clear Lake Iowa Building Fund or from such other funds as may be legally used for such purposes. The Architect will approve monthly estimates and the Owner will make payment to the Contractor in the amount of ninety-five percent (95%) of said estimate on or about the last week 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 Clear Lake Iowa City Council. The bidders' attention is called to the prompt payment to subcontractors under Chapter 573.12 of the Code of Iowa. There is a sales tax exemption on this project (HF2622). The letting authority (Owner) will issue tax exemption certificates and authorization letters to all contractors and subcontractors awarded this project. The City of Clear Lake Iowa City Council reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive technicalities and irregularities.

Division 11 -	Equipment, Play Field Equipment and Structures, Playground Equipment, Play Structures.
Division 31 -	Earthwork, Selective Clearing, Grading.
Division 32 -	Exterior Improvements, Athletic and Recreational Surfacing, Site Improvements, Fences and Gates, Planting.
Division 33 -	Utilities.