This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Ames, Iowa. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

The general nature of the work on which bids are requested is: Services contract for routine maintenance and emergency service repairs on circuit breaker and protective relay maintenance, service, adjustment, repair, and rebuilds at the Ames Electric Services Power Plant located at 200 E. 5th Street, Ames, Iowa. Reproduction of these documents without the express permission of the City of Ames is prohibited. First term of contract shall be from July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024. The contract is renewable for up to four additional one-year terms The City of Ames reserves the right to defer acceptance of any bid for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days after receipt of bids, and no bid may be withdrawn during this period The City of Ames, Iowa has imposed a one-percent local option sales tax. Each bidder is responsible for determining how these taxes may affect the bid submitted for this project. Questions concerning application of the one-percent local option sales tax and the 1% tax for local schools should be addressed to the Iowa Department of Revenue, Hoover State Office Building, Des Moines, Iowa 50319 Written questions will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. local time on April 26, 2023. Said questions may be e-mailed to amanda.moore@cityofames.org, or mailed or delivered to the Purchasing Division at 515 Clark Avenue, Ames, IA 50010. All bids shall be submitted to said city clerk on or before the time set herein for the bid opening. Bids shall be made on the Bid Form furnished by the City of Ames, in a sealed and plainly marked envelope indicating it is a bid in response to this notice. Each bidder shall accompany its bid with bid security as defined in Code of Iowa Section 26.8 and asspecified in the Instructions to Bidders. Said bid security shall be based on an amount equal to at least 5% of the total budgeted amount of $110,000. Each successful bidder shall be required to furnish a corporate surety bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of its contract price.