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

The extent of work on this project is the furnishing of all labor, equipment, and materials for the construction of improvements in West Des Moines generally described as follows: Construct South Service Area Segment 8 Sewer including all labor, material and equipment necessary to construct approximately 7,362 linear feet of sanitary sewer in open cut, 12" through 24" diameter, 3,458 linear feet of sanitary sewer installed with trenchless construction, 16" through 24" diameter, excavation, backfill, manholes, connections to existing sewer, surface restoration, traffic control and miscellaneous associated work, including cleanup. The kinds of materials, estimated quantities, and work to be done for the project on which bids will be received are as shown on the bid proposal for said project.All work is to be done in strict compliance with the Plans and Specifications prepared by Veenstra & Kimm, Inc. which have been heretofore approved by the City Council and which are now on file for public examination in the office of the City Clerk. All bids shall be made on a form furnished by the City and shall be filed on or before the time specified above, in a sealed envelope addressed to the City Clerk of West Des Moines, Iowa, clearly stating that the envelope contains a bid on this project. Each proposal shall be accompanied by a bid bond, a cashier's or certified check drawn on an Iowa bank or a bank chartered under the laws of the United States in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the totals amount of the bid. If a bid bond is submitted it must be on the form provided with the contract documents. The successful bidder will be required to furnish a performance and payment bond in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price guaranteeing faithful performance of the contract and guaranteeing payment to all persons supplying labor and/or materials in the execution of the work provided for in the contract. Additionally the contractor must provide the City with a guarantee of maintenance of said improvement for a period of four (4) years from the time of acceptance by the City. In accordance with Iowa statutes, a resident bidder shall be allowed a preference as against a nonresident bidder from a state or foreign country if that state or foreign country gives or requires any preference to bidders from that state or foreign country, including but not limited to any preference to bidders, the imposition of any type of labor force preference, or any other form of preferential treatment to bidders or laborers from that state or foreign country. The preference allowed shall be equal to the preference given or required by the state or foreign country in which the nonresident bidder is a resident. In the instance of a resident labor force preference, a nonresident bidder shall apply the same resident labor force preference to a public improvement in this state as would be required in the construction of a public improvement by the state or foreign country in which the nonresident bidder is a resident. Work on said project shall commence within ten (10) days of a written notice to proceed. All trees in the project corridor must be cut no later than March 31, 2023 and all work on the project shall be completed by March 15, 2024. The contractor shall be allowed until June 1, 2024 to complete final seeding that cannot be completed prior to March 15, 2024 due to weather conditions. The City reserves the right to reject any and/or all bids and to waive any and/or all technicalities and/or all irregularities.