This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Des Plaines, Illinois. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

The City of Des Plaines, Illinois desires sealed bids for Multi-Year Contract for City Owned Streetlight Maintenance, Repair, and Location of Underground Wiring. Each bidder shall, before submitting its contract proposal, carefully examine the Contract form attached to this Request. Each bidder also shall inspect in detail the Work Site described in the Contract form and the surrounding area and shall familiarize itself with all conditions under which the Work is to be performed; with the obstacles, unusual conditions, or difficulties that may be encountered, whether or not referred to in the Contract; and with all other relevant matters concerning the Work Site and the surrounding area, including subsurface, underground, and other concealed conditions. The bidder whose contract proposal is accepted will be responsible for all errors in its contract proposal, including those resulting from its failure or neglect to make a thorough examination and investigation of the Contract form or the conditions of the Work Site and the surrounding area All contract proposals for the Work shall be made only on the Contract form attached to this Request for Proposals and shall be complete with a price for each and every item named in the Schedule of Prices section of the Contract form. All contract proposals must of the Contract form and must be signed by an authorized official. All contract proposals shall be accompanied by a cashier's or certified check, or bid bond in form and from a surety satisfactory to Owner, in the amount of $5,000.00 (one thousand dollars). Proposals that contain omissions, erasures, alterations, or additions not called for, conditional or alternate bids unless called for, or that contain irregularities of any kind may be rejected. If this Contract is accepted, Bidder proposes and agrees that Bidder shall commence the Work within 10 days after Owner's acceptance of the Contract provided Bidder shall have furnished to Owner all bonds and all insurance certificates and policies of insurance specified in this Contract by April 20, 2016 (the "Commencement Date"). If this Contract is accepted, Bidder proposes and agrees that Bidder shall perform the Work diligently and continuously and shall complete the Work for the following three-year term: Year 1-April 20, 2022 though April 19, 2023 Year 2-April 20, 2023 through April 19, 2024 Year 3-April 20, 2024 through April 19, 2025 Contract proposals that are not submitted on the Contract form or that are not prepared in accordance with these Instructions to Bidders may be rejected. If not rejected, Owner may demand correction of any deficiency and accept the deficiently prepared proposal upon compliance with these Instructions to Bidders.