Site work for a mixed-use development in Ottumwa, Iowa. Completed plans call for site work for a playground / park / athletic field.

The Board of Education of the Ottumwa Community School District, will receive sealed bids for construction of playgrounds located at the following addresses Horace Mann Elementary - 1523 N Court, Ottumwa, Iowa 52501 James Elementary - 1001 North Benton, Ottumwa, Iowa 52501 Eisenhower Elementary, 2624 Marilyn Road, Ottumwa, Iowa 52501 Lump-sum bids will be received for: All three playground improvement projects will be as one Construction may begin on or after the 27 day of May, 2022. and following Owner receipt and approval of required Contracts, Bonds and Insurance. The Owner requires that Project be Substantially Complete on or before the 15th day of August, 2022. Neither the District nor its agents will assume liability for the inability of a bidder to submit a bid in a timely manner or to the correct location. Bidders bear full and complete responsibility for the timely submission of such bid to the correct location as specified. Bids received after the deadline or at the wrong location will not be considered and will be returned to the bidder unopened. The bid security should be made payable to the Ottumwa Community School District. The bid security must not contain any conditions either in the body or as an endorsement thereon. The bid security shall be forfeited to the District as damages in the event the successful bidder fails or refuses to enter into a contract within 10 days after the award of contract and post bond satisfactory to the District 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 successful Bidder will be required to furnish a Certificate of Insurance and Performance and Labor and Material Payment Bonds both in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract Price and in accordance with other requirements outlined in the Bid Documents. The Bidder will need to meet all requirements per Davis Bacon for federal requirements due to use of ESSERs funds. The Davis-Bacon Act of 1931 requires contractors and subcontractors working on federally funded jobs to pay their laborers wages and benefits no less than what others locally pay their workers for similar projects. This is called the prevailing wage. Bids will be required to be submitted under a condition of irrevocability for a period of 30 [60] days after submission. This Project is tax exempt. Do Not include Iowa State Sales Tax in any calculation of Bid totals. Contractors and Suppliers will be provided an Iowa sales tax exemption certificate for this Project. Bidders shall give preference to products and provisions produced or grown within the State of Iowa. In accordance with Iowa statutes, a resident bidder shall be allowed a preference against nonresident from a state or foreign country if that state or foreign country gives or requires any preference to bidders from that state or foreign country, including but not limited to any preference to bidders, the imposition of any type of labor force preference, or any other form of preferential treatment to bidders or laborers from that state or foreign country. The preference allowed shall be equal to the preference given or required by the state or foreign country in which the nonresident bidder is a resident. In the instance of a resident labor force preference, a nonresident bidder shall apply with the same resident labor force preference to a public improvement in this state as would be required in the construction of a public improvement by the state of foreign country in which the nonresident bidder is a resident. All bidders shall provide a statement regarding the bidders resident status. This statement shall be on the Bidder Status Form designated by the Iowa Department of Labor commissioner and available online. The statement must be signed by an authorized representative of the bidder. Failure by any bidder to provide a completed statement with its bid may result in the Board of Education rejecting the bid as non-responsive. Further consideration of the Bids received and award of contract or other action may be made by the Board of Education of the Ottumwa Community School District upon proposals received in accordance with law and plans and specifications at its meeting to be held at 6:00 PM on the 21st of March, 2022 in the Boardroom of the Career Campus at 335 E Main Street, Ottumwa, Iowa, 52501. The Board of Education reserves the right to accept or reject any or all Bids, or any part thereof, and to waive informalities or irregularities allowed by law and to enter into such Contract or Contracts as may be deemed in the best interests of the Ottumwa Community School District. Plans and specifications governing the construction of the proposed improvements, and also the prior proceedings of the Board of Education referring to and defining said proposed improvements are hereby made a part of this notice and the proposed contract by reference. All bids will be governed by applicable provisions in the Iowa Code and Ottumwa Community School District policies, including its Non-Discrimination Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Policy.