NOTICE TO BIDDERSCITY OF DUBUQUE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECTTAMARACK SANITARY SEWER EXTENSION DUBUQUE, IOWA120.1 Time and Place for Filing Sealed ProposalsSealed Bids for the work comprising each improvement as stated below must be filed before 2:00 p.m. on June 6, 2024, in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall - First Floor, 50 West 13th Street, Dubuque, Iowa.120.2 Time and Placed Sealed Proposals Will be Opened and ConsideredSealed proposals will be opened, and Bids tabulated at 2:00p.m. on June 6, 2024, at City Hall - Conference Room B, 50 West 13th Street, Dubuque, Iowa, for consideration by the City Council at its meeting at 6:30 PM on June 17, 2024, in the Historic Federal Building Council Chambers (and/or by virtual means), 350 West 6th Street, Dubuque, Iowa. The City of Dubuque, Iowa, reserves the right to reject any and all Bids.120.3 Time for Commencement and Completion of WorkWork on the Project may commence after the Notice to Proceed has been issued and shall be substantially completed by October 31, 2024120.4 Bid SecurityEach Bidder must accompany its Bid with a Bid security as security that the successful Bidder will enter into a contract for the work Bid upon and will furnish after the award of contract a corporate surety Bond, acceptable to the governmental entity, for the faithful performance of the contract, in an amount equal to one hundred percent of the amount of the contract. The Bid security must be in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the amount of the contract and must be in the form of a cashier’s check or certified check drawn on a state-chartered or federally chartered bank, or a certified share draft drawn on a state- chartered or federally chartered credit union, or the Bidder may provide a Bid Bond with corporate surety satisfactory to the governmental entity. The Bid Bond must contain no conditions except as provided in this section.120.5 Contract DocumentsCopies of the Contract Documents may be obtained at the Engineering Department, City Hall – Second Floor, 50 West 13th Street, Dubuque, Iowa 52001. The Contract Documents will also be available on the City’s website at www.cityofdubuque.org/bids.aspx. No plan deposit is required.120.6 Preference for Iowa Products and LaborBy virtue of statutory authority, preference will be given to products and provisions grown and coal produced within the State of Iowa, and to Iowa domestic labor, to the extent lawfully required under Iowa statutes.Davis-Bacon Wage Rates and American Iron and Steel (AIS) provisions apply to this project.120.7 Sales TaxThe Bidder should not include State of Iowa sales tax in its Bid. A sales tax exemption certificate will be available for all material purchased in Iowa for incorporation into the Project.120.8 General Nature of Public Improvement ProjectTAMARACK SANITARY SEWER EXTENSION PROJECT CIP # 7101212The Project will consist of the installation of 1889 feet of 15” diameter sanitary sewer main to serve Tamarck Business Park, including two roadway jack and bores 264 feet (Across U.S. Hwy 151) and 203 feet (within (IDOT R.O.W.), replacing one sanitary sewer manhole, installing 9 new sanitary sewer manholes, a stream crossing and main encasement, and crossing a 16” high pressure gas line.Base Bid Estimated Total Cost = $776,500.00120.9 Pre-Bid Construction ConferenceA Pre-Bid meeting will be held for this project on Wednesday May 29, 2024 at 9:00 AM at City Hall - Conference Room A, 50 West 13th Street, Dubuque, Iowa,.120.10 Title VI – Non-Discrimination ClauseThe City of Dubuque in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d-2000d-4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office of the Secretary, Part 21, Nondiscrimination in Federally assisted programs of the Department of Transportation issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability in consideration for an award.120.11 Debarments and SuspensionsAny bidder or equipment supplier whose firm or affiliate is listed in on the U.S. General Services Administration Excluded Parties List will be prohibited from the bidding process. The excluded parties records search engine is located at the System for Award Management (SAM) website: https://www.sam.gov/SAM/. Pursuant to 2 CFR Part 180, as supplemented by 2 CFR 1532, any entity submitting a bid while the SAM website lists that entity as having an active exclusion will be determined by the DNR to be a non-responsive bidder and will not be able to receive SRF funding.120.12 Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) Solicitatiois EPA’s policy that recipients of EPA financial assistance through the State Revolving Fund programs award a “fair share” of subagreements to small, minority and women- owned businesses, collectively known as Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs). It is required that Prime Contractors take affirmative steps for DBE participation by documenting its good faith efforts to solicit proposals and utilization of certified DBE’s.120.13 Notice to Bidders Distributiothe following date, May 8, 2024, this Notice was posted at the following locations:1. Master Builders of Iowa plan room service.2. Master Builders of Iowa construction lead generating service.3. The City of Dubuque Website.
