Site work for a civil project in Graettinger, Iowa. Completed plans call for site work for a water / sewer project.

**As of June 10, 2020. Project has not been awarded. It will be scheduled for Board Meeting this 29th of June Notice is hereby given that the City Council of Graettinger Iowa will meet in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 106 South Cedar Street, Graettinger, Iowa, at 7:00 p.m. on the 18th day of May, 2020, at which time a hearing will be held and said Council proposes to adopt plans, specifications, form of contract and estimate of cost for the construction of Well 8 and Meters and Incidental Work. Proposals will be acted upon by said City at the May 18, 2020 City Council Meeting, to be held at 7:00 pm at Graettinger City Hall, or at such later time and place as then may be fixed. The nature and extent of the improvements are as follows: WELL 8 - DIVISION 1: WELL Provide all labor, equipment and materials necessary to construct Well 8 including drilling, screen, casing, gravel pack, well grouting, well testing, test pumping, water testing, abandoning and sealing existing wells, and cleanup. Well 8 will be located on a lot with no street address north of Graettinger on North Van Gordon Avenue as shown on the plans. WELL 8 - DIVISION 2: WELL HOUSE AND WATER MAIN Provide all labor, equipment and materials necessary to construct Well 8 well house and water main including excavation, footings, pre-engineered building, piping, heating, ventilation, electrical, controls, water main, drive construction, fencing, seeding, and cleanup. Well 8 will be located on a lot with no street address north of Graettinger on North Van Gordon Avenue as shown on the plans. WELL 8 - DIVISION 3: METERS Provide water meters, electric meters, gas meter conversion equipment for radio reading, radio read transmitters, handheld meter reader, software, installation, programming and installation of meters and meter reading equipment. This work will be located throughout the City on City and private property and will be paid entirely by the City from City funds and will not be subject to section 3 requirements, wage rates or other federal funding requirements or items listed in the Division 3 documents. All work and materials are to be in accordance with the proposed plans, specifications, form of contract and estimate of cost now on file in the office of the City Clerk of Graettinger, Iowa, and by this reference made a part hereof as though fully set out and incorporated herein. All proposals and bids in connection therewith shall be submitted to the City Clerk of said City on or before the time herein set for receiving bids. All proposals shall be made on official bidding blanks furnished by the City, and any alterations in the official form of proposal will entitle the Council, at its option, to reject Each proposal shall be made out on a blank form furnished by the municipality and must be accompanied in a sealed envelope by bid security as defined in Iowa Code Section 26.8. The Bidder's security shall be in the form of either (1) a certified or cashier's check drawn on a solvent Iowa bank or a bank chartered under the laws of the United States or a certified share draft drawn on a credit union in Iowa or chartered under the laws of the United States, in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the bid, or (2) a bid bond executed by a corporation authorized to contract as a surety in the State of Iowa, in the penal sum of five percent (5%) of the bid. The bid security should be made payable to the CITY OF GRAETTINGER, IOWA. The bid security must not contain any conditions either in the body or as an endorsement thereon. The bid security shall be forfeited to the City as liquidated damages in the event the successful bidder fails or refuses to enter into a contract within 10 days after the award of contract and post bond satisfactory to the City insuring the faithful fulfillment of the contract and the maintenance of said work, if required, pursuant to the provisions of this notice and other contract documents. Bidders shall use the bid bond form bound in the specifications By virtue of statutory authority, preference will be given to projects and provisions grown, and coal produced within the State of Iowa The City Council reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive informalities and technicalities and to enter into such contract as it shall deem to be in the best interest of the City. The City reserves the right to defer acceptance of any proposal for a period not to exceed thirty (30) from the date of receiving bids. The successful bidder will be required to furnish a bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price, said bond to be issued by a responsible surety approved by the City Council and shall guarantee the faithful performance of the contract and the terms and conditions therein contained and shall guarantee the prompt payment for all materials and labor and protect and save harmless the City from claims and damages of any kind caused by the operations of the Contractor, and shall guarantee the work against faulty workmanship and materials for a period as required by the specifications after its completion and acceptance by the City Council. Liquidated damages in the amount of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per consecutive calendar day will be assessed for each day that work shall remain uncompleted after the end of the contract period or the iron removal unit replacement period, with due allowance for extensions of the contract period due to conditions beyond the control of the Contractor. Payment of the cost of said project will be made from any one or a combination of the following sources at the sole discretion of the City Council: (1) cash to be derived from the proceeds of the issuance and sale of Water Revenue Bonds, which will be payable solely and only out of the future net revenues of the water utility, and/or from such other cash funds on hand of said City as may be lawfully used for said purpose; (2) cash derived from the proceeds of the issuance and sale of General Obligation Bonds of said City; or (3) cash from such general funds of said City as may be legally used for such purpose. This payment is refundable upon return of the bidding documents within fourteen (14) days after award of the project in good reusable condition. If the contract documents are not returned in a timely manner and in good reusable condition, the deposit shall be forfeited to Veenstra & Kimm, Inc. Plan deposit checks shall be made out to Veenstra & Kimm, Inc. Bidders who request bidding documents be mailed or shipped to them shall designate a mailing address and pay shipping / mailing costs in the amount of $20 for standard USPS mail delivery or normal UPS ground deliver. Any special shipping mailing requests will be at bidder's cost. Checks for shipping / mailing shall be made out to Veenstra & Kimm, Inc. Plans, specifications and bidding documents may also be obtained electronically upon request in pdf format via electronic media (DVD, CD, or flash drive) or by email where file size will allow.