Riverfront Invitation to Bid

CITY OF COLUMBUS RIVERFRONT REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT – PUBLIC NOTICE FOR BIDDING   INVITATION TO BID – Notice is hereby given by the City of Columbus that bids for construction of the Riverfront Redevelopment Project (People Trail extension and related approvements) will be received until 10am on June 17, 2025. Bids will be accepted only through the electronic bidding system, Ion Wave Technologies. All responses are due prior to the published closing date and time. No mailed, emailed, faxed, hand delivered, or late responses will be accepted. To register with Ion Wave, view current City of Columbus bid events, submit a bid, view bid tabulations or view plan holders, please visit https://columbusin.ionwave.net/   A pre-bid meeting will be held in the Cal Brand Meeting Hall at Columbus City Hall (123 Washington Street, Columbus, IN 47201) on May 28, 2025 at 9am.   Bids will be publicly unsealed and read aloud at the June 17, 2025 meeting of the Board of Public Works and Safety in the Council Chambers of Columbus City Hall.   Questions regarding this project must be submitted electronically through Ion Wave so that all project bidders have access to the questions and answers. For this reason, no questions will be answered by email, phone or in person.   All Bid Responses shall be properly and completely executed on the forms provided by the City in the Bid Event. As required by Indiana State Board of Accounts, the Contractor’s Bid For Public Work - Form 96, including Contractor’s Non-Collusion Affidavit is available at www.in.gov, and by entering “Form 96” in the search engine.   All contractors, subcontractors, and bidders for contracts with the City of Columbus shall be required to complete and submit a notarized Comprehensive Compliance Form (CCF) regarding requirements as to Affirmative Action, Disqualification of Contracts Dealing with the Government of Iran, a Drug Free Workplace, OSHA and IOSHA Regulations, and Employment Eligibility Verification. The Comprehensive Compliance Form encompassing all of the provisions stated above will be available in the Bid Event and be required with each Bid Response. If awarded the contract, said provisions in the CCF will be incorporated into the final contract. Failure to submit the CCF will constitute a material defect in the bid. In addition, a breach of a covenant in the CCF may be considered a material breach of any final contract.   A bid bond or certified check in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the bid amount, and made payable to the City of Columbus, Indiana, is required with each Bid Response as guaranty that the terms of the bid will be carried out. Bid Security should be submitted by uploading a clean digital copy to the Bid Response. The apparent low bidder will be required to furnish the original bid bond to the Finance Department in City Hall, within 72 hours of bid opening. All bonds must be secured from a bonding company as listed in the current edition of the U.S. Treasury Department, Circular #570, and authorized to transact business in the State of Indiana. The bid bond must include a power of attorney for the agent signing the bid bond. The Board of Public Works and Safety reserves the right to reject any and all bids.   No bidder may withdraw any bid or proposal within a period of thirty (30) days following the date set for receiving bids or proposals. The Board of Public Works and Safety reserves the right to waive informalities and reserves the right to reject and/or cancel any and all bids, solicitations and/or offers in whole or in part as specified in the solicitations when it is not in the best interests of the governmental body as determined by the purchasing agency in accordance with I.C. 5-22-18-2.   A one hundred percent (100%) performance and payment bond will be required of the successful bidder. It is intended that actual construction of all work divisions shall be started as soon as practicable, and each bidder shall be prepared to enter promptly into a construction contract, furnish a performance bond, furnish a certificate of insurance, and begin work without delay.   Contract documents for this project setting forth in detail the drawings, plans and specifications for said work are available online. Questions must be submitted electronically through Ion Wave so that all project bidders have access to the questions and answers. For this reason, no questions will be answered by email, phone or in person.   The City of Columbus exclusively uses Ion Wave for the notification and dissemination of all solicitations. The receipt of solicitations through any other means may result in the receipt of incomplete specifications and/or addendums, which could ultimately render the bid/proposal non-compliant. The City of Columbus accepts no responsibility for the receipt and/or notification of solicitations through any other means.   For special accommodations needed by physically challenged individuals planning to attend the bid opening please call +1 (555) 000-0000 or TDD +1 (555) 000-0000 at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the meeting.   This project is funded in part with the American Rescue Plan Act, Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds to the State of Indiana through the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC). IEDC is a pass-through subrecipient of federal monies granted and the South Indiana Housing and Community Development Corporation is a lower tier subrecipient under the Federal Program. All regulations under this funding source are applicable.   All contractor(s) must be registered and remain in compliance with 2 CFR Part 25, requiring registration in the Federal System for Award Management (SAM.gov) as amended from time to time, and 2 CFR Part 170, requiring reporting of subaward and executive compensation information, as amended from time to time.   This project is funded in part with American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds administered through the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC), with Southern Indiana Housing and Community Development Corporation (SIHCDC) as the subrecipient. Contractors must comply with all federal regulations under 2 CFR Part 200, including Domestic Preference (2 CFR 200.322), prohibitions on specified telecommunications and surveillance equipment (2 CFR 200.216), procurement of recovered materials (2 CFR 200.323), conflict-of-interest disclosure, and SAM.gov registration. Submission of the completed Contractor Profile Form is mandatory.   Please Note: Final project drawings and specifications will be uploaded as Attachments by the end of day on Wednesday, May 21st.