NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Notice is hereby given that bids will be received by the office of the City of Bellefontaine Service- Safety Director, 135 N. Detroit St., Bellefontaine, Ohio, 43311, Friday, April 8th, 2022 at 10:00 a.m., local time for the "City of Bellefontaine Knowlton, S. Detroit & Wren Watermain Replacement Project 2022-01." Bids must be submitted electronically via the bid express website. Bid packet materials may be viewed online for free at www.bidexpress.com All bidders must register on the Bid Express website and create a digital ID. Registration and digital ID creation are free. It can take up to five business days to process your digital ID and it is highly recommended that a digital ID is enabled 48 hours in advance of submitting an electronic bid. Please plan accordingly. A fee of $35 will be incurred for those who wish to bid electronically on a pay-per-solicitation basis; alternatively, you may subscribe for $50 per month to have unlimited access to all bid express solicitations and email notifications. All questions concerning this project must be sumbitted through www.bidexpress.com; phone calls will not be accepted. Responses will be posted on bid express as an addendum. A pre-bid meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 30th, 2022 at 10:00am in Council Chambers, 2nd floor, City Building, 135 N. Detroit Street, Bellefontaine, OH 43311. Notice of published addenda will be posted on www.bidexpress.com. All bid documents (invitation for bid, specifications, plans and future addenda) are available for review and download at www.bidexpress.com. Each proposal must be accompanied by bid guaranty in the form of a bid bond with an approved surety company as surety for the execution of the contract. The bid guaranty and contract bond shall be for the full amount of the bid proposal and in the form as contained in the bid documents. Alternately, a certified check, cashier's check or letter of credit pursuant to Chapter 1305 of the Revised Code, in the amount of ten percent of the bid will be accepted as a bid guaranty. Each proposal must contain the full name and address of every person or company interested in the same. The City of Bellefontaine hereby notifies all bidders that it affirmatively ensures that regard to any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color or national origin in consideration for an award. The City of Bellefontaine is an equal opportunity employer and requires all persons contracting with the City to certify that they are equal opportunity employers and that they do not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Bids may be held for 60 days. As the project involves the use of city funds, state of ohio prevailing wage rates for Logan County shall apply. The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids and the to waive any irregularities. All bids will be considered based on lowest and best bid
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