Site work and new construction of a pre-engineered storage facility in Hardin, Montana. Completed plans call for the construction of a pre-engineered storage facility.

Swank Enterprises is accepting subcontractor and supplier bids for the Big Horn County Ambulance Facility in Hardin, Montana. The Big Horn County has received notice of the award of CDBG and DLA funds from the Montana Department of Commerce. Big Horn County will soon commence implementation of a new Ambulance facility. Department of Commerce regulations governing the grant require that to the greatest extent feasible, opportunities for training, employment, and contracting arising in connection with this CDBG and DLA assisted project will be extended to low- and very low-income individuals, especially those employed by Section 3 business concerns, participating in YouthBuild, living within the service area or the neighborhood of the project, or residing in public or Section 8-assisted housing. For more information, please contact Maggie Metzger or Maghan Strachan, MDT DBE/SBE Program Specialists, Certification & Recertification at 406-444-6337 or 444-0841, respectively Funding Source Funding is to be provided by a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and a Delivering Local Assistance (DLA) grant. Therefore, all subcontractors must have a valid DUNS number and include that with their bid. Should it not be included, the bid will not be accepted. CDBG regulations governing the grant require that to the greatest extent feasible, opportunities for training and employment arising in connection with this CDBG-assisted project will be extended to local lower-income residents. Further, to the greatest extent feasible, business concerns located in or substantially owned by residents of the project area will be utilized. For CDBG Grant related questions, please contact Robie Culver, Stahly Engineering, Helena, MT 59601 or call (406) 442-8594. For Construction related questions, please contact Matt Mikkelson at Swank Enterprises at mattm@swankenterprises.com or call (406) 294-7979. Contractor Registration Title 39, Chapter 9, Part 2, MCA provides that no Contractor may submit a bid unless properly registered with the Montana Department of Labor and Industry (DOLI). No bids will be considered that do not carry the bidder's Montana Contractor's Registration Number. MCA 39-9-201 through 39-9-211 sets out contractor registration requirements with the State of Montana. Contractors and any of the contractor's subcontractors doing work on a project are required to register with the DOLI. Forms for registration are available from the Department of Labor and Industry, P. O. Box 8011, 1805 Prospect, Helena, Montana 59604-8011. Information on registration can be obtained by calling 1-406-444-7734. All laborers and mechanics employed by the contractor or subcontractors in performance of the construction work shall be paid wages at rates as may be required by the federal Davis Bacon prevailing wage and reporting requirements. The contractor must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, color, religion, sex or national origin. 1% Gross Receipts Tax Pursuant to Section 15-50-206(2)(3), MCA, the Owner is required to withhold one percent of all payments due the Contractor and is required to transmit such moneys to the Montana Department of Revenue as part of the public contractor's license fee. In like fashion, the Contractor is required to withhold one percent from payments to subcontractors. Owner Rights The owner reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, including without limitation, the rights to reject any or all nonconforming, nonresponsive, unbalanced or conditional Bids and to reject the Bid of any Bidder if Owner believes that it would not be in the best interest of the Project to make an award to that Bidder, whether because the Bid is not responsive or the Bidder is unqualified or of doubtful financial ability or fails to meet any other pertinent standard or criteria established by the Owner.