Site work and paving for a road / highway in Osage, Iowa. Completed plans call for site work for a road / highway; and for paving for a road / highway.

Construction of "PCC Pavement Improvements on Hickory Avenue", as hereinafter described in general and as described in detail in the plans and specifications now on file in the office of the County Auditor, Mitchell County, Iowa. Clearing and grubbing, embankment-in-place, excavation, topsoil strip, salvage and spread, subbase, PCC pavement, granular shoulders, longitudinal subdrain and outlets, pavement removal, traffic control, driveway and entrance construction, pavement markings, seeding, mulching, fertilizing rural and native grasses, erosion control items, and miscellaneous associated work, including cleanup. Proposals received will be opened, read aloud, tabulated, and referred to the Board of Supervisors for consideration at a meeting beginning at 9:00 a.m. on the 22nd day of March, 2022 in the Board of Supervisors Room, Mitchell County Courthouse, 212 S. 5th Street, Osage, Iowa. Bids will be acted upon at such time or at such later time as may then be fixed. Prior thereto, at said time specified above, a hearing will be held on the proposed plans, specifications, form of contract, and estimate of cost for said Improvements, and at said hearing any interested person may appear and file objections thereto. The Proposal shall be made out on the form furnished by Mitchell County and obtained from WHKS & Co., Engineers, Planners, and Surveyors, and must be accompanied in a sealed envelope by either: (1) a certified check, or a cashier's check drawn on an Iowa bank, or a bank chartered under the laws of the United States, in an amount of 10% of bid amount; or (2) a certified share draft drawn on a credit union in Iowa or chartered under the laws of the United States, in an amount of 10% of bid amount; or (3) a bid bond executed by a corporation authorized to contract as a surety in the State of Iowa, in the penal sum of 10% of bid amount. The bid security shall be made payable to the County Auditor of Mitchell County, Iowa. The bid security must not contain any conditions either in body or as an endorsement thereon. The bid security shall be forfeited to the County as liquidated damages in the event the successful bidder fails or refuses to enter into contract within ten (10) days after the award of contract and post bond satisfactory to the County insuring the faithful fulfillment of the contract and the maintenance of said work, if required, pursuant to the provisions of this notice and the other contract documents. The County will accept bid bond forms that meet the requirements of Iowa Code section 26.8. The established DBE goal for this project is 0% of the total amount bid. The County does hereby reserve the right to reject any or all bids, to waive informalities, and to enter into such contract, or contracts, as it shall deem to be in the best interest of the County.