The Work generally consists of removing the old gate openers at the Transit Administration building and installing new gate openers. Bid will be received on a lump sum basis including alternatives described in the Contract Document. Bid security in the amount of Five Percent (5%) of the total Bid must accompany each Bid. The Successful Bidder will be required to furnish a Performance and Maintenance Bond and a Payment Bond on the forms set forth in the Contract Documents as security for the faithful performance of, and the payment of all bills and obligations arising from the performance of, the Contract. Bidders will be required to comply with the following requirements:
Wage Rates
Equal Opportunity in Employment
All other applicable Laws and terms and conditions set forth in the General Conditions of the Contract for Construction
Nondiscrimination in Employment. Bidders on this Work will be required to comply with the President's Executive Order Number 11246. Requirements for Bidders and contractors under this order are explained in the Specifications. No Bid may be withdrawn within a period of Sixty (60) days after the date fixed for opening Bids. Bidders are hereby informed that this project is subject to the requirements of R.S.Mo. 292.675, which requires all contractors or subcontractors doing work on the project to provide, and require its on-site employees to complete, a ten (10) hour course in construction safety and health approved by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration or a similar program approved by the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations which is at least as stringent as an approved OSHA program. All on-site employees must have the required OSHA training completed within 60 days of the date which work on the project commences. Any on-site employees found on the worksite without documentation of the required training shall have 20 days to produce such documentation. The Bids and Contract referred to in this Invitation to Bidders are subject to the provisions of the Purchasing Ordinance of the City of St. Joseph, Missouri, including the prohibition against gratuities and kickbacks set forth below. Any violation of the Purchasing Ordinance subjects the violator to the penalties set forth therein including debarment or suspension. Kickbacks. It shall be unethical for any payment, gratuity, or offer of employment to be made by or on behalf of a subcontractor under a contract to the prime contractor or higher tier subcontractor or any person associated therewith, as an inducement for the award of a subcontract or order. The City reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, including, without limitation, the right to reject any or all nonconforming, nonresponsive, unbalanced, or conditional Bids, and to reject the Bid of any Bidder if the City believes that it would not be in the best interest of the City to make an award to that Bidder. The City also reserves the right to waive informalities.
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