ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS GILMER COUNTY AIRPORT ELLIJAY, GEORGIA

Sealed bids will be received by the Gilmer County Board of Commissioners, Ellijay, Georgia at the Office of the Chairman, 1 Broad Street, Suite 106, Ellijay, Georgia 30540 on December 18, 2015 until 11:00 AM Local Time and at that hour opened and publicly read aloud for the improvements to the Airport as listed herein.  Please note that bids will only be considered by those bidders and subcontractors currently pre-qualified with the Georgia Department of Transportation.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The work consists of furnishing all labor, equipment, and materials and performing all work in strict accordance with the plans and specifications for:

CRACK SEAL AND RE-MARK AIRFIELD

The location of the work is at the Gilmer County Airport, Ellijay, Georgia.

Prospective bidders should read the following instructions carefully before submitting their bids.  For each item on the bid form there is a space provided for the price to be shown in numerals and words.  All notations must be in ink.  Totals read at the opening of bids are not guaranteed to be correct and no final award of contract will be made until the bid and extensions have been verified.

A Bidder’s bond must be executed on the form furnished by the Owner, and the required bond, cash, cashier’s check, or certified check must accompany each proposal, in the amount of 5% of the total amount of the proposal.  A 100% performance bond and a 100% payment bond will be required of the Contractor at time of contract execution.  A Georgia Resident Agent must countersign all bonds from a surety company authorized by law to do business in this State pursuant to a current certificate of authority to transact surety business by the Commissioner of Insurance; no bond shall be approved unless the surety is on the United States Department of Treasury’s list of approved bond sureties.

The successful bidder will be required to provide the Owner with the affidavit required by OCGA 36-91-21 (e) Competitive Award Requirements.

All work under the contract shall be completed within Thirty (30) calendar days from the issuance of the notice to proceed.

Liquidated damages for delays in completion will be in accordance with the following schedule:

Original Contract Amount                               Daily Charge

$ 0- $49,999                                                    $200

$50,000-$199,999                                           $350

$200,000 and over                                          $500

Payment will be made monthly on completed work.  Retainage will be held by the Owner to a maximum of ten percent (10%) of each progress payment.

Copies of the plans, specifications, and bid forms shall be on file at the following locations:

• MHC/Repro Max, Clayton Digital Reprographics

1000 Eisenhower Dr., Suite G, Savannah, GA  31406

• AGC Builders Exchange

4485 Builders Exchange, Smyrna, GA 30080

• Reed Construction Data, Inc.

30 Technology Pkwy South, Suite 100, Norcross, GA, 30092

the Gilmer County Board of Commissioners office:

• 1 Broad Street, Suite 106, Ellijay, Georgia 30540

and the Engineer’s office:

• CROY ENGINEERING, LLC

200 North Cobb Pkwy, Bldg. 400, Suite 413, Marietta, GA 30062

They may be examined at these offices without charge.

A non-refundable deposit of $100.00 is required for the plans and bid documents.  Construction Plans and Specifications may be obtained at the office of the Engineers.

Envelopes containing bids must be sealed, addressed to the undersigned, and marked as follows:  “Bid for Construction at Gilmer County Airport, Ellijay, Georgia.  Croy Engineering Project 1152.06.”  Bids will be required to remain open for acceptance or rejection for one-hundred and twenty (120) calendar days after the date of opening of bids.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO BIDDERS

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO BIDDERS:    The following regulations and requirements apply to this project:

Buy American Preferences (Title 49 USC, Chapter 501) All acquired steel and manufactured products installed under the AIP assisted project must be produced in the United States.

Foreign Trade Restriction:  Denial of Public Works contracts to suppliers of goods and services of countries that deny procurement market access to US contractors (DOT Reg. 49 CFR Part 30)

Government wide debarment and suspension and government wide requirements for drug free workplace. (DOT Regulation 49 CFR Part 29)

Davis-Bacon Act (DOL Regulation 29 CFR Part 5)

Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Employment Opportunity (Executive Order 11246 and DOL Regulation 41 CFR Part 60)

DBE OBLIGATION.  The bidder shall make good faith efforts, as defined in Appendix A of 49 CFR Part 26, Regulations of the Office of the Secretary of Transportation, to subcontract 0% percent of the dollar value of the prime contract to small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (DBE).  In the event that the bidder for this solicitation qualifies as a DBE, the contract goal shall be deemed to have been met.  Individuals who are rebuttably presumed to be socially and economically disadvantaged including: women, African American, Hispanics, and Native Americans, Asian-Pacific Americans, and Asian-Indian Americans. The apparent successful competitor will be required to submit, with the bid, information concerning the DBE’s that will participate in this contract.  The information will include the name and address of each DBE, a description of the work to be performed by each named firm, and the dollar value of the contract. If the bidder fails to achieve the contract goal stated herein, it will be required to provide, with the bid, documentation demonstrating that it made good faith efforts in attempting to do so.  A bid that fails to meet these requirements will be considered non-responsive.

Contractor and Subcontractor must state affirmatively that the firm has registered with and is participating in a federal work authorization program in accordance with the applicability provisions and deadlines established in O.C.G.A. 13-10-91.

Title VI Solicitation Notice:

The Gilmer County Board of Commissioners, in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000d to 2000d-4) and the Regulations, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that any contract entered into  pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full and fair opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for an award.

The bidder must have at his disposal the necessary equipment to put on the project when notice is given to begin work and to do the work within the time specified.  The proposal of any bidder will be rejected if the award of the work for which the proposal is submitted, may, in the judgment of the Owner, affect the workmanship, financing or progress of other work awarded to the bidder in the same letting or other work which the bidder may have under contract.

GILMER COUNTY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY OR ALL BIDS, TO ACCEPT COMPLETE OR PARTIAL BIDS, AND TO ACCEPT PARTIAL BIDS FROM DIFFERENT BIDDERS, ALL AT THE SOLE ELECTION OF AND DETERMINED TO BE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE COUNTY BY THE COMMISSIONERS, AND TO WAIVE ANY IRREGULARITIES THEREUNDER.

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Gilmer County Board of Commissioners