Renovation of a playground / park / athletic field in Custer, South Dakota. Completed plans call for the renovation of a playground / park / athletic field.

for the CSP, HVAC Electrical Building Envelope Maintenance, Custer State Park, Wildland Fire, Custer . Each bid in excess of $100,000.00 must either pre-mail a certified check, cashier's check, or draft in the amount of 5% of the base bid and all add alternates and drawn on a State or National Bank to the Office of the State Engineer, Joe Foss Building, 523 East Capitol Ave, Pierre, SD 57501-3182, or upload a copy of their 10% bid bond to their electronic bid issued by a surety authorized to do business in the State of South Dakota and made payable to the Bureau of Administration of the State of South Dakota. The BOA reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any irregularities therein . The work shall be commenced within ten (10) consecutive calendar days after the date of issuance of the Notice to Proceed by the Owner and shall be substantially completed not later than 30 December 2023, and completed and ready for final inspection/acceptance no later than 20 January 2024, subject to adjustments of the contract time as provided in the contract documents. Should the Contractor fail to substantially complete the work within the time set forth herein, or within such extra time as may have been allowed by increases in the contract, or by formally approved extensions granted by the Owner, the Contractor and the Contractor's surety shall be liable for and shall pay the Owner $400 per calendar day as liquidated damages for each calendar day of delay until the work is substantially complete. After Substantial Completion, if the Contractor shall neglect, refuse, or fail to complete the remaining Work as outlined in the approved punch list, subject to adjustments of the contract time as provided in the contract documents, the Contractor shall be liable for and shall pay the Owner $400 as liquidated damages for each calendar day of delay until the Work is completed and ready for final inspection/acceptance. The State reserves the right to reject any bid proposal, the right to waive technicalities, and the right to reject all bid proposals and advertise for new bid proposals, if in the sole judgment of the State the rejection or waiver will promote the best interest of the State. Bids may be rejected if they show any alteration of form, additions not called for, conditional bids, incomplete bids, unexplained erasures, or irregularities of any kind. The State may waive any informality in the bids received. When bids are signed by an agent other than an authorized corporate officer or member of a partnership, a power of attorney must be filed with the bid. Otherwise, the bid will be rejected as irregular and unauthorized. If there is reason to believe that collusion among the bidders exists, any or all bids may be rejected. The State reserves the right to reject all bids if in the judgment of the State Engineer it is in the best interest of the State. The Owner may make such investigations as he/she deems necessary to determine the ability of the bidder to perform the work, and the bidder shall furnish to the Owner all such information and data for this purpose as the Owner may request. The Owner reserves the right to reject any bid if the evidence submitted by, or investigation of, such bidder fails to satisfy the Owner that such bidder is properly qualified to carry out the obligations of the contract and to complete the work contemplated therein. In submitting this bid, bidder asserts it has reviewed all provisions of the General Conditions including the provision for assessment of liquidated delay damages found in Article 10 of the General Conditions. Bidder agrees that the damages anticipated by the Owner in the event of delay in completion of the project are uncertain in amount and difficult to prove; the amount stipulated in Article III of the Agreement for Construction is a reasonable amount in light of the anticipated loss and injury; and the Owner's actual damages in the event of delay would be impracticable or extremely difficult to fix. Bidder agrees to be bound by the liquidated damages set forth in Article III of the Agreement for Construction. Bidder further agrees that the liquidated amount stipulated in Article III of the Agreement for Construction is not a penalty. Should the contractor fail to substantially complete the work within the time agreed upon in the contract documents, or within such extra time as may have been allowed by increases in the contract or by formally approved extensions granted by the owner, the contractor and the contractor's surety shall be liable for and shall pay the owner the sums stipulated in the agreement for construction as liquidated damages for each calendar day of delay until the work is substantially complete. This sum is not a penalty but is liquidated damages due the owner from the contractor by reason of inconvenience to the public, added cost of engineering and supervision, and other items which have caused an expenditure of public funds resulting from the contractor's failure to complete the work within the time specified in the contract. In addition to liquidated damages, if any delay on the part of the contractor, any subcontractor or sub-subcontractor, anyone directly or indirectly employed by any of them, or anyone for whose acts any of them may be liable results in any claim by third parties against the owner or the A/E arising out of such delay, the contractor shall pay, satisfy, and discharge all losses, damages and expenses arising out of such claims, including attorneys' fees, and shall indemnify and hold harmless the owner and the A/E and their agents and employees from and against all costs, fees, losses, damages, and expenses arising out of such claims enforced against the owner or the A/E.