The general description of work for which bids are to be received consists of furnishing all labor, material, and equipment necessary to perform all operations for the acceptance and disposal of nonhazardous solid waste the City collects from residential, commercial, and industrial customers. Bidders must submit a financial statement, a statement of experience, the bidder's proposed plan or plans for performing the contract, and the equipment that the bidder has available for the performance of the contract. This work must conform with the Bid Documents for Solid Waste Disposal Agreement on file at the Crawfordsville Sanitation Department, 107 N. Vermont Street, Crawfordsville, Indiana 47933. Interested bidders should direct any questions to Sanitation Commissioner Scott Hesler at (765) 364-5166. Bid documents are also on file in the office of the Clerk-Treasurer of the City of Crawfordsville, Indiana. Bids must be properly and completely executed on the State Board of Accounts Form No. 96 and must be accompanied with the appropriate financial statement and other required documents. The bidder, if awarded a contract, must furnish a performance bond or irrevocable direct-pay letter of credit to be approved by the City conditioned upon the true and faithful performance of the contract in the amount of 100% of the proposed cost for services proposed in the contract term. The Performance Bond amount for any succeeding contract term must be the proposed amount for the successive contract term, and the performance bond must be renewed by the Contractor and maintained throughout the contract term. Upon the contractor's successful completion of the contract to the City's satisfaction, the City will release the performance bond. Bidders must include its Federal identification number on Page one of Form 96 under the "Oath and Affirmation" section. Any bidder to whom the Board of Public Works and Safety awards a contract for Solid Waste Disposal Agreement services must provide an additional Bid Surety Bond with authority of the Attorney-in-Fact, payable to the City of Crawfordsville, a Letter of Credit, payable to the City of Crawfordsville, or cash, in an amount, when taken as a whole with the initial five-percent bond, is equal to the total bid amount, guaranteeing the successful bidders performance and fulfillment of the contract. This project does not involve Wage Scale requirements. All bids will be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder. The Board of Public Works and Safety reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids, to waive, to the extent permitted by the laws of the State of Indiana, any terms and conditions or provisions in the specifications or any informality, irregularity, omission of any bid provided that such waiver shall, at the Board's discretion. Bids may be withdrawn before, but no bidder may withdraw its bid for 30 days after the bid openings.
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