Renovation of a water / sewer project in Cumming, Iowa. Completed plans call for the renovation of a water / sewer project.

Providing and installing new RTU and ductwork for the High Service Pump electrical room. The existing RTU will remain. Structural and electrical modifications to be included in the scope of work. There is a bid alternate to remove and replace the existing ballasted roof with a fully-adhered EPDM membrane roof. The construction of the improvements shall be in accordance with the project plans and specifications and general stipulations for said improvements as approved by the Board. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive informalities in any bid. The Board also reserves the right to accept the bid that it determines to be in the best interest of the Board in accordance with Chapter 26 and Subchapters II and III of Chapter 73A, Code of Iowa. The Proposal shall be made out on a pre printed form furnished by the Board and must be accompanied in a separate envelope by a Bid Bond or other security ("bid security") permitted by statute. The amount of the bid security shall be ten percent (10%) of the bid submitted by the bidder. The bid security shall be made payable to the Board. 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 Board as liquidated damages in the event the successful bidder fails or refuses to enter into a Contract within ten (10) days after the award of Contract and post bond satisfactory to the Board. The Contractor's Bond shall be in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract price, be issued by a responsible surety approved by the Board, guarantee the faithful performance of the Contract and the terms and conditions therein contained, protect and save harmless the Board from claims and damages of any kind caused by the operation of the Contractor, guarantee materials and workmanship to be free of defects for a period of two (2) years from and after completion and acceptance by the Board, guarantee surface restoration work in public right-of-way to be free of defects for a period of four (4) years from and after completion and acceptance by the Board, and shall otherwise in all respects comply with the Code of Iowa. The Board reserves the right to defer acceptance of any Proposal for a period not to exceed forty-five (45) calendar days from the date of receipt of bids. The Notice to Proceed will be issued after the Contract is signed and the Contract, the Contractor's Bond, and the insurance certificates required by the Contract are received by the Board. Work shall begin within ten (10) calendar days after the date set forth in the written Notice to Proceed. The improvements shall be completed within two hundred seventy four (274) consecutive calendar days from the date set forth in the Notice to Proceed. Bidders are urged to consult the Contract Documents before submitting a proposal. Those documents include, among other things, liquidated damage provisions.