This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

1. Unit price bids shall be provided for all bid items listed on the bid form. Bids submitted with incomplete unit prices for any bid items listed may be considered an incomplete bid and may not be considered. 2. All work shall be in conformance with City of Grand Forks Standard Construction Specifications with updates through February 1990, except as modified or supplemented by these Special Provisions. A copy of said Specifications may be purchased at the Grand Forks City Engineer's Office. 3. Bids shall remain subject to acceptance for 60 days after the bid opening. 4. This project shall consist of furnishing crushed concrete material for use by the City in the event that floodwaters have the potential of reaching heights that may threaten the City during the upcoming flood season. In the event that floodwaters are not anticipated to reach threatening levels, no material is anticipated to be furnished during this project. 5. Regardless of whether material is to be furnished during this project or not, it is intended that the City Council will award this project within 60 days of receiving the bids. The award in itself does not authorize any work or any compensation by the City. If material is to be furnished during this project, the amount of material to be furnished will be identified and authorized by Engineer as the need arises. 6. Bid quantities are estimated and are for the purpose of bidding only. If material is to be furnished during this project, final payment may increase or decrease and will be based on the actual quantities of material furnished. 7. The intended use of Crushed Concrete material furnished during this project is to add additional height to existing paved and gravel surfaced roadways acting as the City's flood protection levees. If material is placed during this project, it will be carefully removed to minimize any contamination from other materials on the roadbed or on the roadway shoulders or side slopes. It is intended that material which can be removed without contamination will be returned to the Contractor and that contaminated material will be retained by the City. 8. This contract shall remain open until the likelihood of a threatening flood no longer exists. If no materials are furnished as part of this project, it is anticipated that the contract will be terminated no later than May 1, 2022. If materials are to be furnished and some portion of those materials are to be returned to Contractor, it is anticipated that the material will be returned no later than May 15, 2022 and the contract will be terminated no later than June 1, 2022. 9. Crushed Concrete bid items shall be payment for furnishing crushed concrete material as measured by the Ton of material removed from Contractor's stockpile. Contractor shall provide a scale to weigh material removed and the material returned to the site. A loader scale may be utilized if agreed upon by the Engineer and the Contractor. All loading, hauling, and other miscellaneous work required to transport and place the material shall be provided by the City or a separate City contractor. 10. Crushed Concrete material shall consist of crushed recycled concrete material with maximum size of 1 1/2 " and fines passing the #200 sieve not exceeding 12%. Crushed asphalt may be included however shall not exceed 50% of the mixture. 11. For purposes of bidding this project, the bid will be based on the quantities shown on the bid form. At a minimum, Contractor shall have this quantity of material available for use on this project. It is possible that a greater amount of material may be needed and for that purpose bidder shall indicate on the bid form the quantity of additional material that is available for purchase at the bid prices identified in the bid form.