All Contractors are hereby notified that they shall have proper Contractor's licenses as required by the state laws governing their respective trade in the state where this Project is located. Contractor shall meet the following bidding requirements: o Contractors must be listed on the NCDOT Prequalified list as a bidder or Prime to bid on this project.
o Contractors, including subcontractors, must have a NC Contracting License pertaining to their discipline of work.
o Contractors, including subcontractors, must be prequalified by the NCDOT to perform the work pertaining to their specific scope of work in the contract. The prime contractor for the project must be prequalified by the NCDOT as a prime.
o Work code 00099 OTHER will not be accepted unless otherwise approved by the NCDOT or NCDOA that the work associated with that work code description for the contractor matches the work for the project. The prequalified list of contractors can be found electronically Bid security in the form of a bid bond equal to 5% of the total amount bid is required. Contract security in the form of 100% Performance and Payment Bonds will be required. No bid may be withdrawn after closing time for the receipt of bids for a period of ninety (90) calendar days. Written questions from prospective bidders will be accepted until close of business on Wednesday, September 21, 2022. After that, no questions will be answered. Only questions answered by formal written Addenda will be binding. Oral and other interpretations or clarifications will be without legal effect. Liquidated damages of $1,000 per day shall be assessed against the contractor for each day the contactor exceeds the contract time. The maximum construction time allowed for the Project is 180 Consecutive Calendar after procurement of project materials and as agreed to by Ashe County. Permitting the Contractor to continue and finish the work or any part of it after the time fixed for its completion, or after the date to which the time for completion may have been extended, will in no way operate as a waiver on the part of the Owner of any of its rights under the contract. Envelopes must be marked "Bid Proposal - WATER LINE EXTENSIONS and must have the bidder's North Carolina contractor's license number on the envelope. ASHE COUNTY reserves the right to waive any informalities or irregularities in or reject any or all bids and to award or refrain from awarding the contract for the work, whichever is deemed to be in the Owner's best interest.
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