Site work and paving for a mixed-use development in Newark, Delaware. Completed plans call for site work for a road / highway; for paving for a road / highway; sidewalk / parking lot; and sidewalk / parking lot.

The 2022 Street Improvement Program includes replacing curbs, installing curb ramps, milling, hot mix resurfacing, hot mix patching and necessary restoration. A bid bond equal to not less than 10% of the bid price must accompany the bid. The City of Newark Standard Specifications for Road and Utility Construction and the Detail Standards, revised, January 30, 2001, which are, in their entirety, a part of the contract documents, may be viewed and downloaded free of charge from the City website, under Public Works Department, Standard Books. All questions/requests for information regarding this contract (bid process, drawings and technical specifications, etc.) must be submitted via email to contracts@newark.de.us by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 25, 2022 to allow staff sufficient time to develop answers to questions deemed appropriate. Please submit all questions/requests for information in bulk (e.g., in a Word document attachment to an email) to limit the total number of emails received. The successful bidder shall provide the City with a Contract Surety Bond in the full amount of the contract guaranteeing faithful performance of the contract. Such bonds shall be provided to the City with the executed contract within twenty (20) calendar days after receiving notice of award of the contract. Upon receipt of the contract surety bond, the City will return any certified check or cashier's check submitted as bid security by the successful bidder. If the successful bidder fails or refuses to execute and deliver the contract and performance bond within twenty (20) calendar days after receiving notice of award of the contract, the successful bidder shall forfeit to the City for such failure or refusal the security deposited with the bid. Any certified check or cashier's check submitted as bid security shall be returned to all unsuccessful bidders sixty (60) calendar days after the bid Contractor shall commence work on a date to be specified by the City in a written "Notice to Proceed" and to fully complete all work under this contract on or before October 27, 2023. Liquidated damages of five hundred ninety-five dollars ($595.00) per day may be assessed to the Contractor by the City for each day the contract is extended beyond the completion date. Liquidated damages are not to be construed as a penalty in any sense.