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

PREBID MEETING INFORMATION A pre-bid meeting has not been scheduled for this project. This project includes construction of a wetland area to be used as a runoff buffer between farmland and Indian Creek located in Marion Township, Linn County, Iowa. This project also includes the construction of a bioreactor to assist with nutrient reduction from subsurface farm tile. All improvements shall be completed in accordance with the contract documents, including the plans, specifications, and contract, prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture (Natural Resources Conservation Service) and HDR Engineering Inc. Contractor shall fully complete the project in accordance with the schedule below. Should the contractor fail to complete the improvements in this timeframe, liquidated damages of $500.00 per calendar day will be assessed for work not completed within the designated contract term. 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. Each proposal shall be completed on the form included with the contract documents and must be submitted in a sealed envelope. In a separate sealed envelope attached to the outside of the bid proposal envelope, each bidder shall accompany its bid with bid security as defined in Iowa Code Section 26.8, as security that the successful bidder will enter into a contract for the work bid upon and will furnish after the award of contract a corporate surety bond, in a form acceptable to the Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency, for the faithful performance of the contract, in an amount equal to 100% of the amount of the contract. The bidder's security shall be in the amount fixed in the Instruction to Bidders and shall be in the form of a cashier's check or a certified check drawn on an FDIC insured bank in Iowa or on an FDIC insured bank chartered under the laws of the United States; or a certified share draft drawn on a credit union in Iowa or chartered under the laws of the United States; or a bid bond on the form provided in the contract documents with corporate surety satisfactory to the Owner. The bid shall contain no condition except as provided in the specifications. The Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency reserves the right to defer acceptance of any bid for a period of sixty (60) calendar days after receipt of bids and no bid may be withdrawn during this period. Each successful bidder will be required to furnish a corporate surety bond (Performance, Payment, and Maintenance Bond) in an amount equal to 100% of its contract price. Said bond shall be issued by a responsible surety approved by Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency and shall guarantee the faithful performance of the contract and the terms and conditions therein contained and shall guarantee the prompt payment of all material and labor, and protect and save harmless Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency from claims and damages of any kind caused by the operations of the contract and shall also guarantee the maintenance of the improvement caused by failures in materials and construction for a period of two (2) years from and after acceptance of the improvement. The Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency, in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office of the Secretary, Part 21, Nondiscrimination in Federally-assisted programs of the Department of Transportation issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for an award. The Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency does hereby reserve the right to reject any or all bids, to waive informalities, and to enter into such contract, or contracts, as it shall deem to be in the best interest of the Owner.