Renovation of a water / sewer project in Columbia, South Carolina. Completed plans call for the renovation of a water / sewer project.

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SALES TAX AND/OR USE TAX (DECEMBER 2019)- Bidders shall include in amounts bid payment of State Sales Tax and/or Use Tax on all taxable materials specified to be furnished by the Contractor and incorporated into the work under this contract. Award will be made to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder. The City of Columbia Local Business Enterprise (LBE) policy applies to this solicitation. You do not have to be a LBE in order to submit a bid for this project. Under the LBE policy, if the lowest responsive and responsible bidder is not a certified LBE and a certified LBE is within 5% of the lowest bid (up to a maximum dollar value not to exceed $500,000), the certified LBE then has the opportunity to accept the project at the lowest bidder's price. The certified LBE must be from the 8 county Combined Statistical Area (CSA) as defined in the City of Columbia's LBE policy and must also be registered with the City of Columbia's Compliance Office as a certified LBE before the bid is submitted. Please see the City of Columbia's LBE policy Intent to Award (Tentative) November 4, 2022 City Council Approval (Tentative) To be determined Pre-construction Meeting To be determined Owner and Contractor recognize that time is of the essence of this Contract and that Owner will suffer financial loss if the Work is not completed within the Contract Time (and specific milestones). They also recognize the delays, expense and difficulties involved in proving, in a legal proceeding, the actual loss suffered by Owner if the Work is not completed on time. Accordingly, instead of requiring any such proof, Owner and Contractor agree that as liquidated damages for delay (but not as a penalty) Contractor shall pay Owner Five Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($500.00) per day for each calendar day of delay until the Work is complete as determined for both periods of substantial completion and final completion. The bidder hereby agrees to enter into a contract to begin and complete said work according to plans, specifications and all the terms and conditions of the advertisement, instructions to bidders, and of the proposal, and within ten (10) days from the date of acceptance of this proposal. The bidder will also furnish bonds and insurance, as required by the contract. Attached hereto is a bid bond or certified check for the sum of 5% ____________________________ ($___________) Dollars payable to The City of Columbia. The check shall be held by the City (1) until the successful bidder shall have executed, as required, the contract and bond, and (2) in the event that the contract is awarded to the undersigned and he shall fail to execute, as required, the contract and bond, then the said check shall be retained as and for liquidated damages for such failures, otherwise the said check shall be returned to the undersigned. The undersigned hereby agrees that the City has the right to reject any or all bids and the undersigned shall not dispute the quantities used in preparing the bids. Each bid shall be accompanied by a bid bond using the form contained in the Invitation for Bid and executed by a bonding company duly authorized and licensed to do business in the State of South Carolina, or by a certified check payable to the order of The City of Columbia, and drawn upon a national bank or a bank and trust company doing business in the State of South Carolina, in an amount equal to five (5%) percent of the amount of the bid, to guarantee that the successful Bidder will, within ten (10) days from the date of the notice of award of contract, enter into a contract with the Owner, and execute to said Owner a Performance and Payment bond, the contract and bond to be in the form set forth in the contract, bond and specifications referred to in the Advertisement for Bids. The deposits of the three lowest Bidders will be held until the successful Bidder has entered into a contract and furnished bond, or all bids have been rejected. 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