Site work for a road / highway in Canton, Ohio. Completed plans call for site work for a road / highway.

The City of Canton intends to enter into contract with a landscape contractor for installation services for the above-named Project. The project will involve site preparation, earthwork and landscape plant material installation. The selected contractor will also be required to provide oversight of all installation services required for this contract. The selected contractor will be required to comply with any and all applicable federal, state, and local laws pertaining to the completion of this project. The City has already secured permits (agreements) from ODOT; the firm must abide by all requirements in the ODOT permit and comply with all ODOT traffic safety requirements. The City will disqualify any bid not received on or before 2:00 PM local time on May30, 2023. A certified check, cashier's check or surety bond made payable to the City of Canton must accompany the bid. Draw this check or bond from a solvent bank or bonding company satisfactory to the Director of Public Safety as a guaranty the contract and its performance are properly secured if the bid is accepted. The Bidder shall verify the certified check, cashiers check or bid bond for five hundred dollars ($500.00). The City of Canton will only accept original checks and bid bonds. Therefore, if any company and/or bidder submits a copy (including faxed copies) of his $500.00 security, the City will disqualify the bid. The Director of Public Safety reserves the right to waive any technical defects in any bid bond submitted so long as the bond is in substantial compliance with State law. Should any bid not be awarded or be rejected, such check or bond will be returned to the bidder or bidders after the execution of the contract. Any bidder may withdraw his bid, by written request, at any time prior to the deadline set for the bid opening. Please be advised, the City of Canton may impose a $500.00 penalty to any bidder that withdraws his bid after the bid opening and prior to a contract award(s). Each bid must contain the full name of every person or company participating in the bid. The Board of Control reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to accept the bid(s) deemed most beneficial to the City of Canton. All companies must submit their Federal ID Number for IRS purposes. The bidder is responsible for monitoring the above-named website for any official addenda. It is requested that the bidder print the entire Invitation to Bid and submit an original bid packet in its entirety. Please contact Assistant Director of Purchasing Katie Wise at purchasing@cantonohio.gov if you have any questions regarding this bid. This section shall be applicable to all contracts for equipment, goods, machinery, materials, supplies, vehicles and/or services, which are purchased, leased and/or constructed at a cost in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) and which require bidding pursuant to Ohio R.C. 735.05 through 735.09 and Ohio R.C. 737.03.