Site work for a water / sewer project in Clinton, Iowa. Completed plans call for site work for a water / sewer project.

The project involves construction of approximately one thousand four hundred thirty-five feet (1435') of twelve inch (12") diameter PVC sanitary sewer from the intersection of South 30th Street and Lincoln Way, for eventual connection to the Clinton Community School District Bus Barn. Sewer depth varies, but is designed at approximately ten feet (10') deep throughout. Construction also includes five (5) forty eight inch (48") diameter precast sanitary manholes, protection and spreading of topsoil, sedimentation control, final grading, seeding, pavement removal and replacement one hundred seventy seven square yards (177 SY), and coordination with property owners, along with other incidentals The above work shall be commenced as soon as possible after the contract and bond have been approved by the City Attorney and have been signed by the Mayor and City Clerk. The notice to proceed for this project shall be issued on or before August 1, 2022. The late start date shall be April 14, 2023. The contractor will have a total of fifty (50) working days until substantial completion of the project, which includes completion of all bid items except seeding. The contractor shall then have thirty (30) calendar days after verified substantial completion date to final completion date, which includes completion of seeding and all punch-list items. Liquidated damages, which are difficult to calculate, shall be per Special Conditions of this contract. Please make your check payable to the City of Clinton, Iowa and send to Engineering Department, City Hall, 611 South Third Street, Clinton, IA 52732. Please contact us at 563.244.3423 if you have any question Each Bidder shall accompany its bid with bid security as defined in Iowa Code Section 26.8, as security that the successful Bidder will enter into a Contract for the work bid upon and will furnish after the award of Contract a corporate Surety Bond, in a form acceptable to the City of Clinton, for the faithful performance of the Contract, in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of the Contract. The Bidder's security shall be in the amount fixed in the Instructions to Bidders and shall be in the form of a cashier's check or a certified check drawn on an FDIC insured bank in Iowa or on an FDIC insured bank chartered under the laws of the United States; or a certified share draft drawn on a credit union in Iowa or chartered under the laws of the United States; or a Bid Bond on the form provided in the Contract Documents with corporate Surety satisfactory to the City of Clinton. The bid shall contain no condition except as provided in the specifications. Bids are to be on a Bid form furnished by the City and must be submitted in a sealed envelope with the name of the bidder endorsed on the outside, and state that it contains a bid on "Clinton CSD Sanitary Sewer Extension, Project N-2022" and must be accompanied, in a separate envelope, by a bid bond on a form provided by the City, or a cashiers or a certified check, drawn on an Iowa bank or a bank chartered under the laws of the United States, payable to the "City Clerk of the City of Clinton, Iowa", in the amount of five (5) percent of the bid as security that the bidder whose proposal is accepted will enter into a contract for the above, and will provide the required bonds, with sureties to be approved by the City Council, which respective sum will be retained by the said City as agreed liquidated damages in case the successful bidder fails to enter into a contract within ten (10) days after award of the contract and post bond satisfactory to the City insuring the faithful fulfillment of the contract and maintenance. The City of Clinton reserves the right to defer acceptance of any bid for a period of thirty (30) calendar days after receipt of bids and no bid may be withdrawn during this period.