Barrett Road Culvert Replacements

Furnish all labor, material, tools and transportation for the following described improvement: Barrett Road Culvert Replacements (Ma-502, Ma-503, Ma-506, Ma-546) in Margaretta Township, Erie County, Ohio. All businesses, including minority owned, female owned, or small businesses are encouraged to submit bids. Specifications may be examined at the Erie County Engineer s Office, 2700 Columbus Avenue, Sandusky, Ohio. An additional charge of Ten Dollars ($10.00) will be made for postage and handling of plans and specifications, non-refundable. Documents can be shipped via UPS upon bidder providing UPS account number. Please issue two separate checks. Checks shall be payable to Erie County Engineer s Office. If bidder fails to pay the deposit, the bid will not be accepted. The bid guaranty may be of two forms: A Bid Guaranty and Contract Bond using the form in the Contract Documents. (The amount of the bid does NOT have to appear on this form.) A certified check, cashier's check or a letter of credit pursuant to Chapter 1305 of the Ohio Revised Code in the amount of 10% of the bid drawn in favor of the Erie County Commissioners. If the Contract is awarded, a Contract Bond will be required, which is one hundred per cent (100%) payment and performance bond. No bidder may withdraw his bid within 60 days after the actual date of bid opening. Where there is reason to believe that collusion exists among bidders, the bids of those involved will be rejected. Bidders are advised that Section 5719.042 of the Ohio Revised Code provides that no contract shall be awarded until the successful bidder submits a statement informing the County Auditor of any delinquent personal property taxes owed to Erie County. Seal and endorse your bid, Barrett Road Culvert Replacements (Ma-502, Ma-503, Ma-506, Ma-546) in Margaretta Township, Erie County, Ohio . Each Proposal must contain the full name of the party or parties submitting the proposal and all persons interested therein. Each bidder must submit evidence of its experiences on projects of similar size and complexity. The owner intends and requires that this project be completed as follows: All work items except pavement marking items and hot mix asphalt concrete items shall be completed, and Barrett Rd. opened to all traffic no later than the March 31, 2023. For the purposes of liquidated damages, March 31, 2023 is considered an interim Completion Date. All pavement for maintaining traffic shall be removed and all hot mix asphalt concrete and pavement marking work items shall be completed no later than the project Completion Date of May 26, 2023. All contractors and subcontractors involved with the project will, to the extent practicable use Ohio Products, materials, services, and labor in the implementation of their project. Additionally, contractor compliance with the equal employment opportunity requirements of Ohio Administrative Code Chapter 123, the Governor s Executive Order of 1972, and Governor s Executive Order 84-9 shall be required. Bidders must comply with the prevailing wage rates on Public Improvements in Erie County, Ohio as determined by the Ohio Bureau of Employment Services, Wage and Hour Division, (614) 644-2239. Each bidder shall strive to meet a goal of 25 percent of the labor used on the project, to be residents of Erie County, Ohio. Each bidder shall strive to meet a goal of 25 percent of all materials and supplies, used on this project, be purchased from Erie County, Ohio vendors and/or suppliers . Domestic steel use requirements as specified in section 153.011 of the Revised Code apply to this project. Copies of section 153.011 of the Revised Code can be obtained from any of the offices of the Department of Administrative Services. Failure to complete the work within the time specified in the proposal will be cause for liquidated damages to be deducted by the County in accordance with the schedule listed in Section 108.07 of the State of Ohio Department of Transportation specifications. The successful bidder shall enter into a contract that includes all requirements contained in the bid specifications.

Division 31 -	Earthwork, Erosion and Sedimentation Controls.
Division 32 -	Exterior Improvements, Operation and Maintenance of Exterior Improvements.
Division 33 -	Utilities, Storm Drainage Utilities, Ponds and Reservoirs.
Division 34 -	Transportation, Operation and Maintenance of Transportation.
Division 35 -	Waterway and Marine Construction, Shoreline Protection, Waterway Construction and Equipment.