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

For the construction of the Phase 1 Water Distribution System Improvements - 24th Street Elevated Storage Tank Construct Phase 1 Water Distribution System Improvements - 24th Street Elevated Storage Tank including all labor, materials, and equipment necessary construct 500,000 gallon elevated water storage tank, including excavation, backfill and site work, foundation, granular surfacing, buried piping, connection to existing system, painting, electrical wiring and conduit, controls integration, lighting, miscellaneous equipment, demolition of existing elevated storage tank, site grading, surface restoration and miscellaneous associated work, including cleanup. All work and materials are to be in accordance with the proposed plans, specifications, form of contract and estimate of cost now on at the Denison Municipal Utilities, Denison, Iowa, and by this reference made a part thereof as though fully set out and incorporated herein. All proposals and bids in connection therewith shall be submitted to the Denison Municipal Utilities of said City on or before the time herein set for receiving bids. All proposals shall be made on official bidding blanks furnished by the City, and any alterations in the official form of proposal will entitle the Board, at its option, to reject the proposal involved from consideration. Each proposal shall be sealed and plainly identified. Each proposal shall be made out on a blank form furnished by the municipality and must be accompanied by bid security in a sealed envelope by either (1) a certified or cashiers check drawn on a solvent Iowa chartered bank or a 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, in an amount equal to 5% of the bid, or (2) a bid bond executed by a corporation authorized to contract as a surety in the State of Iowa, in the penal sum of 5% of the bid. The bid security should be made payable to DENISON MUNICIPAL UTILITIES. The bid security must not contain any conditions either in the body or as an endorsement thereon. The bid security shall be forfeited to the City as liquidated damages in the event the successful bidder fails or refuses to enter into a contract within 10 days after the award of contract and post bond satisfactory to the City insuring the faithful fulfillment of the contract and the maintenance of said work, if required, pursuant to the provisions of this notice and other contract documents. Bidders shall use the bid bond form included in the specifications. In accordance with the requirements of the Iowa Department of Labor all bidders must submit a fully completed Bidder Status Form. The Bidder Status Form must be included with and is considered an essential attachment to the Proposal. Any Proposal that does not include a fully completed Bidder Status Form may result in the Proposal being determined non-responsive and rejected. Bidders will be required to comply with the Presidents Executive Order No. 11246. The requirements for bidders and contractors under this order are explained in the Federal grant documents. Bidders will be required to take affirmative steps to involve Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) in the work under the contract if the City awards the contract. Bidders shall complete the applicable certification attached to the proposal. The certification shall include a listing of DBEs, the work and estimated dollar amount to be performed by each such enterprise, and the percentage of the total bid to be used for disadvantaged business enterprise(s). The bidder commits itself to the goals for DBE participation contained herein and all other requirements, terms and conditions of these bid conditions when it submits a properly signed bid. Any bidder or equipment supplier whose firm or affiliate is listed in the GSA publication List of Parties Excluded from Federal Procurement and Nonprocurement Programs will be prohibited from the bidding process. Anyone submitting a bid who is listed in this publication will be determined to be a nonresponsive bidder in accordance with 40 CFR Part 31. A Contractors Suspension/Debarment Certification will be contained in the specifications; however, this certification should not preclude any interested party from ascertaining whether the certifying person is actually on the List of Parties Excluded from Federal Procurement and Nonprocurement Programs. Bidders will be required to follow prevailing wage rate requirements if the City awards the contract. The prevailing wage rates table will be contained in the specifications. By virtue of statutory authority, preference will be given to products and provisions grown and coal produced within the State of Iowa, and to Iowa domestic labor, to the extent lawfully required under Iowa Statutes; provided that the award of contract will be made to the lowest responsible bidder submitting the lowest responsive bid, which shall be determined without regard to state or local law whereby preference is given on factors other than the amount of the bid. 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. The Utility reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive informalities and technicalities and to enter into such contract as it shall deem for the best interest of the Utility. The Utility reserves the right to defer acceptance of any proposal for a period not to exceed sixty (60) calendar days from the date of hearing. On the basis of the bids received, the Board may propose award for the contract. Final award will not be made until the proposed award is approved by the Department of Natural Resources of the State of Iowa. It is anticipated that such approval will be made within thirty (30) days after application for approval of the proposed award. No claims for compensable delay shall arise as the result of delay in the approval of award. The successful bidder will be required to furnish bonds in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price, said bonds to be issued by responsible surety approved by the Board and listed in the U.S. Treasury Departments most current list (Circular 570, as amended) and authorized to transact business in the State of Iowa and shall guarantee (1) the faithful performance of the contract and the terms and conditions therein contained, (2) the prompt payment to all persons, firms, subcontractors and corporations furnishing materials for or performing labor in the prosecution of the work, and (3) the maintenance of improvements in good repair for not less than two (2) years from the time of acceptance of the improvements by the Utility. All Contractor(s) and subcontractor(s) are required to obtain tax exemption certificates from the Denison Municipal Utilities for this project. These tax exemption certificates are only for use on this specific project as covered under the Contract. The work under the contract shall commence within ten (10) days after date set forth in written Notice to Proceed. The interim completion date with the elevated storage tank and appurtenances tested and operational and adjacent area seeded is September 30, 2024. All work on the contract shall be completed by May 30, 2025, subject to any extensions of time which may be granted by the Utility. Damages in the amount of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per calendar day may be assessed for each day that the elevated storage tank and appurtenances are not tested and operational and the adjacent area is not seeded after September 30, 2024 at the sole discretion of the Utility with due allowance for extensions of the contract period due to conditions beyond the control of the Contractor. Damages in the amount of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per calendar day may be assessed for each day that the project is not completed after May 30, 2025 at the sole discretion of the Utility with due allowance for extensions of the contract period due to conditions beyond the control of the Contractor. Separate damage assessments may be made for each of the two completion dates. Payment to the Contractor for said improvements will be from any one of the following sources at the sole discretion of the Board: (1) cash to be derived from the proceeds of the issuance and sale of Sewer Revenue Bonds, which will be payable solely and only out of the future net revenues of the Municipal Sewer Utility, and/or from such other cash funds on hand of said Utility as may be lawfully used for said purpose; (2) cash derived from the proceeds of the issuance and sale of General Obligation Bonds of said City; (3) cash from such general funds of said City as may be legally used for such purpose; (4) cash from proceeds of a State Revolving Loan Fund. The Owner shall retain five (5) percent of the amount of each payment as provided in the Code of Iowa until final completion and acceptance of all work covered by the contract documents. The Owner shall have the right to enter the premises for the purpose of doing work not covered by the contract documents. This provision shall not be construed as relieving the Contractor of the sole responsibility for the care and protection of the work, or the restoration of any damaged work except such as may be caused by agents or employees of the Owner.