Dakota Homeland Frames Interpretive Features

This project will install interpretive nodes and features along the Minnesota River Greenway. These nodes will connect visitors to the significant cultural history of Indigenous Dakota communities along the river and within the greenway corridor. Installation will require earthwork, sign fabrication and installation, trail marker installation, and seating installation. Prevailing wages are required on this project. Bids must be submitted only on the bid form supplied in this RFB document. No oral, telegraphic or telephonic bids or modifications will be considered. Submit with each bid a certified check or acceptable bidder's bond payable to Dakota County in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the total base bid. The successful bidder is required to furnish satisfactory Labor and Material Payment Bond and Performance Bond equal to 100% of the total contract amount. Bids may not be withdrawn within sixty (60) days after the opening bids. It is anticipated that the Dakota County Board of Commissioners will consider award of the project on February 7, 2023 at its regular meeting, and reserves the right to accept any bid or to reject any or all bids, or parts of such bids, and waive informalities or irregularities in bidding. The estimated construction cost is $625,000. Ten x Ten is the design consultant on this project. Ten x Ten's representative is Maura Rockcastle. Phone: 267-847-0686, Email: maura@ tenxtenstudio.com. Owner's representative is Christina Johnson, Senior Project Manager, Capital Projects Management. Phone: 651-438-4672, Email: christina.johnson@co.dakota.mn.us. The Owner requires Substantial Completion of the project by December 1, 2023. *The value for this project is based on a financial range. The value is listed as the highest possible cost from the range provided by a stakeholder or official project document.

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.