The work in this Contract includes the installation of new edge line, skip line, gore area, arrow, word, stop line, yield line, crosswalk, and other pavement markings at the same locations of existing markings (hereafter referred to as "replacement" work) and the installation and removal of pavement markings at other locations to be determined by the Department after Contract award (hereafter referred to as "as needed" work), all in conformance with the latest Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and its latest revisions. Also included in this Contract is temporary traffic control on all roadways in conjunction with the striping work, removal of all types of pavement markings, and other incidentals necessary to complete the work in accordance with Contract requirements. The Contractor will not be required to meet a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) goal for the project. There will be no Pre-Bid Conference scheduled for this project. The Bid Package consists of a single compact disk (CD) containing the following items: Construction Plans, Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction, Compilations of Approved Specifications, Required Contract Provisions for Federal-Aid Construction Contracts, RI Division of Purchases Procurement Regulations. General Provisions, Rhode Island Standard Details, Rhode Island Bridge Standard Details, Federal Wage Rates, Contract-Specific General Provisions, Job-Specific Specifications, Distribution of Quantities, Appendices (if applicable), Quest Lite bid file, Quest Lite installation software and a Quest Lite User Manual. Only complete bid packages will be issued. Prospective Bidders are hereby notified that all questions pertaining to this Contract must be submitted electronically. Phone Calls Will Not Be Accepted. A bid bond payable to the State of Rhode Island, in the amount of 5% of the total or gross sum of the bid must be furnished by each bidder. The Proposal Guaranty will be furnished by surety companies authorized/licensed to do business in the State of Rhode Island. The State reserves the right to retain the surety of all bidders until the successful bidder enters into the Contract or until such time as the award or cancellation of the Contract is announced at which point Sureties will be returned to all bidders by the State of Rhode Island. A performance bond of one hundred (100) percent of the contract price with a satisfactory surety company will be required of the successful bidder. The Department of Transportation reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Wages of labor on Federal -Aid Highway Projects - the prevailing rate of wages for laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors on the initial construction of highway projects on the Federal - Aid Highway System, authorized under the Federal Highway Act of 1968, shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on the same type of work on similar construction in the immediate locality as determined by the United States Secretary of Labor, in accordance with the Act of August 30, 1935, known as the Davis - Bacon Act, under Decision Nos. 1 through 6 as applicable. Prevailing wage rates and Davis - Bacon Wage Determination Reference Materials are available electronically.
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