Bids received after the Bid Deadline will be date stamped and returned to the bidder unopened. The City will open the bids in public at the Purchasing Bureau. License - The bidder shall include in the bid the applied current license(s) number(s) for the following project classification(s)
Highways,Street,and Bridges
Municipal and Public Works Construction A bid bond or security in an amount not less than five percent of bid amount, conditioned on the bidders failure to execute a contract with the City to supply the specified goods or services. Bidders shall provide bid security in the form of a bid bond, cashiers check or certified check (as per R.S. 38:2218) in the amount of the bid price (Base Bid and any Alternates). If submitting a bid electronically, A bid bond submission is required by uploading the required paper bid bond online. The City requires a Bid Bond entered Online. If submitting a bid via sealed envelope the City will accept a cashiers check, certified check or satisfactory bid bond payable to the City. The City will retain bid securities of the three (3) lowest responsible bidders until the Contract is executed or until final bid disposition. The City will return other bid securities after the bid canvass. At contract execution, the City will return bid securities not forfeited for failure to execute a contract with the City. All bids remain valid for 90 calendar days after the Bid Deadline. In the interest of ensuring that efforts of the Contractor do not conflict with the interests of the City, and in recognition of the Contractors responsibility to the City, the Contractor agrees to decline any offer of employment if its independent work on behalf of the City is likely to be adversely affected by the acceptance of such employment. The initial determination of such a possibility rests with the Contractor. It is incumbent upon the Contractor to notify the City and provide full disclosure of the possible effects of such employment on the Contractors independent work in behalf of the City. Final decision on any disputed offers of other employment for the Contractor shall rest with the City. All non-public works contracts have a default goal of 35% DBE participation
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