CDBG Collection System Improvements - 3799040

Site work for a water / sewer project in Hugo, Oklahoma. Completed plans call for site work for a water / sewer project.

**As of 11/1/2019 award amount $344,789.15. Project consists of 2,307.98 L.F. of 24" SDR-35 PVC sewer main and associated appurtenances. Federal Labor Standards Provisions, U.S. Department of Labor, 29 CFR 5. Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1974, as amended, 12 U.S.C. 1701U, which requires that, to the greatest extent feasible, opportunities for training and employment be given lower-income residents of the project area and contracts for work in substantial part by persons residing in the area of the project. Section 109 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 which assures that no person shall, on the grounds of race, color, national origin or sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination; Certification of Non-Segregated Facilities, which assures that bidder does not maintain or provide any segregated facilities; comply with the terms of Section 504 and the American with Disabilities Act. Equal Opportunity Provisions - Executive Order 11246, as amended, which assures non- discrimination. Minority Business Enterprise and Women Business Enterprise provisions which encourage minority-owned businesses and women-owned businesses to bid on the project. Assurances that surety companies executing bonds appear on the Treasury Department's list and are authorized to transact business in the State where the project is located. Neither Owner nor Engineer will be responsible for full or partial sets of Bidding Documents, including Addenda if any, obtained. It is the bidders responsibly to verify the accuracy of contact information on the website so that notifications of informational postings is received. Additionally, it is the responsibility of the bidders to periodically check the website for project updates. All questions about the meaning or intent of the Bidding Documents are to be submitted to Engineer in writing. Interpretations or clarifications considered necessary by Engineer in response to such questions will be issued by Addenda mailed or delivered to all parties recorded by Engineer as having received the Bidding Documents. Questions received less than five days prior to the date for opening of Bids may not be answered. Only questions answered by Addenda will be binding. Oral and other interpretations or clarifications will be without legal effect. A Bid must be accompanied by Bid security made payable to Owner in an amount of 5 % of Bidder's maximum Bid price and in the form of a certified check or a Bid bond (EJCDC No. C-430, 2007 Edition) issued by a surety meeting the requirements of paragraphs 5.01 and 5.02 of the General Conditions. The Bid security of the Successful Bidder will be retained until such Bidder has executed the Contract Documents, furnished the required contract security and met the other conditions of the Notice of Award, whereupon the Bid security will be returned. If the Successful Bidder fails to execute and deliver the Contract Documents and furnish the required contract security within {15 days} after the Notice of Award, Owner may annul the Notice of Award and the Bid security of that Bidder will be forfeited. The Bid security of other Bidders whom Owner believes to have a reasonable chance of receiving the award may be retained by Owner until the earlier of seven days after the Effective Date of the Agreement or 61 days after the Bid opening, whereupon Bid security furnished by such Bidders will be returned. Owner reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, including without limitation, nonconforming, nonresponsive, unbalanced, or conditional Bids. Owner further reserves the right to reject the Bid of any Bidder whom it finds, after reasonable inquiry and evaluation, to be non-responsible. Owner also reserves the right to waive all informalities not involving price, time, or changes in the Work and to negotiate contract terms with the Successful Bidder. The prevailing wage rates of the State of Oklahoma apply to this contract as do any requirements of the State of Oklahoma associated with the use of these State Prevailing wages.