Site work for a water / sewer project in Sterling, Illinois. Completed plans call for site work for a water / sewer project.

ADVERTISEMENT TO BID 4th Avenue and 5th Avenue DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS CONTRACT 12021 CITY OF STERLING, ILLINOIS Sealed Bids for the construction of the 4th Avenue and 5th Avenue Drainage Improvements will be received by the City of Sterling at 212 Third Avenue, Sterling, IL 61081, until 10a.m.,local time, on April 21, 2021, at which time the Bids will be downloaded and read aloud publicly via teleconference. The login information for the teleconference is as follows: (608) 571-7149, Conference ID512549524#. The Work includes approximately 3,000 linear feet of storm sewer, street construction, restoration, and miscellaneous work. Complete digital Project Bidding Documents are available at www.strand.com or at www.questcdn.com. Download the digital Bidding Documents for $30 by inputting Quest project number 7722351 on the website's Project Search page. Please contact QuestCDN.com at (952) 233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance with free membership registration, downloading, and working with this digital project information. For this project, bids will ONLY be received and accepted via the online electronic bid service through QuestCDN.com. To access the electronic bid form, download the project documents and click the online bidding button at the top of the advertisement. The Issuing Office is Strand Associates, Inc.®, 910 West Wingra Drive, Madison, WI 53715. All Bidders submitting a sealed Bid shall obtain the Bidding Documents from QuestCDN.com. Bidders who submit a Bid must be a Plan Holder of record at the Issuing Office. Bids from Bidders who are not on the Plan Holders List may be returned as not being responsive. Plan Holders are requested to provide an email address if they wish to receive addenda and other information electronically. Plan Holders are requested to designate whether they are a prime contractor, subcontractor, or supplier if they want this information posted on the project Plan Holders List. The Bid must be accompanied by Bid security made payable to OWNER in an amount of 10% of the Bidder's maximum Bid price. Bidders will be required to comply with all laws, including those relating to the employment of labor and the payment of the general prevailing rate of hourly wages in the locality in which the work is to be performed for each craft or type of worker or mechanic needed to execute the contract or perform such work, also the general prevailing rate for legal holiday and overtime work (including, but not necessarily limited to 820 ILCS 130/112 the “Prevailing Wage Act”) as ascertained by the City or by the Illinois Department of Labor for Whiteside County, Illinois shall be paid for each craft or type of worker needed to execute the contract or to perform such work. If at the time this Contract is executed, or if during the term of this Contract, there is excessive unemployment in Illinois as defined in the Employment of Illinois Workers on Public Works Act, 30 ILCS 570, as two consecutive months of unemployment exceeding 5%, CONTRACTOR agrees to employ a work force that consists of at least 90% Illinois laborers. An “Illinois laborer” is defined as any person who has resided in Illinois for at least 30 days and intends to become or remain an Illinois resident. The Bidder shall require all subcontractors (if any) to conform with said laws, and any rules or regulations now and thereafter issued pursuant to said laws by Bidder, his subcontractors, and/or anyone working through or on behalf of Bidder or Bidder's subcontractors. The City of Sterling reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, to waive any technicality, and to accept any Bid which it deems advantageous. All Bids shall remain subject to acceptance for 85 days after the time set for receiving Bids. Contract award shall be made based on the lowest responsive and responsible Bidder. The Strand Associates, Inc.® project manager is Mike A. Williams, P.E. and can be contacted at Strand Associates, Inc.®, 910 West Wingra Dive, Madison, WI 53715, (608) 2514843, regarding the project. Published by the authority of the City of Sterling, Teri Sathoff, City Clerk Dated at City of Sterling, Illinois April 7, 2021