Site work and paving for a road / highway in Gastonia, North Carolina. Completed plans call for site work for a road / highway; and for paving for a road / highway.

Bidders must be a licensed contractor in the State of North Carolina. Subject to the provisions of the State of North Carolina Contractor's Licensing Law, it will be necessary for the contractor to place his contractor's license number on the envelope containing his bid. The Contractor shall begin the work at the site within ten (10) calendar days as set forth in the notice to proceed issued by the City. The schedule of work and the rate of progress shall be such as, in the opinion of the City Engineer of Gastonia, North Carolina, hereinafter called "Engineer", are necessary for completing all work to be performed on or before the expiration of One Hundred Twenty (120) consecutive calendar days from the date specified in the notice to proceed, with such intermediate contract completion times as are specified in the contract No bid shall be considered or accepted by the City of Gastonia unless at the time of its filing the same shall be accompanied by a deposit of cash or certified check on some bank or trust company insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in an amount equal to not less than five percent (5%) of the proposal. In lieu of making the cash deposit, bidder may file a bid bond executed by a corporate surety licensed under the laws of North Carolina to execute such bonds, conditioned that the surety will, upon demand forthwith make payment to the obligee upon said bond if the bidder fails to execute the contract in accordance with the bid bond. This deposit shall be retained if the successful bidder fails to execute the contract within ten (10) days after the award or fails to give satisfactory surety as required herein. The successful bidder will be issued a notice of award and shall be required to enter into a contract with the City of Gastonia in writing and shall be required to furnish bond from some surety company authorized to do business in the State of North Carolina, make deposit of money, certified check, or government sureties for the full amount of said contract for the faithful performance of the terms of said contract as required by Section 143-129 of the General Statutes of North Carolina. The successful bidder will be issued a notice of award and shall be required to enter into a contract with the City of Gastonia in writing and shall be required to furnish bond from some surety company authorized to do business in the State of North Carolina, make deposit of money, certified check, or government sureties for the full amount of said contract for the faithful performance of the terms of said contract as required by Section 143-129 of the General Statutes of North Carolina The City of Gastonia reserves the right to reject any proposal for failure to comply with all requirements of this notice or of any of the contract documents; however, it may waive any minor defects or informalities at its discretion. The City of Gastonia further reserves the right to reject all proposals or award a contract which, in its judgment, is in the best interest of the City There will not be a pre-bid conference. Questions may be submitted to Gary Saine at: garys@cityofgastonia.com , until 2:00 PM, Tuesday, July 14, 2020 *This project timeline has been extended due to the public health crisis. Project originally scheduled at 06/30/2020. Rebid to 07/14/2020.