Site work for a transportation facility in Saint Cloud, Minnesota. Completed plans call for site work for a transportation facility.

The St. Cloud Regional Airport Authority will be soliciting bids for the Replacement of Air Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) Communications Equipment. All questions shall be submitted to Bill Towle via email (william.towle@ci.stcloud.mn.us) by 1 PM on Thursday, May 25, 2023. An addendum will be issued by Tuesday, May 30, 2023, if applicable. The St. Cloud Regional Airport Authority will act on the bids on the date above specified for receiving bids or at such later time as may then be fixed. The right is reserved, as the interest of the St. Cloud Regional Airport Authority may require, to reject all bids, to waive irregularities and informalities in bids received and to accept or reject any bid. A pre-bid meeting will not be held. The bidder shall make good faith efforts, as defined in Appendix A of 49 CFR Part 26, Regulations of the Office of Secretary of Transportation, to subcontract 5.33% of the total dollar value of the prime contract to small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs)). The apparent successful bidder will be required to submit information concerning the DBE's that will participate in this contract. The information shall include the name and address of each DBE, a description of the work to be performed by each named firm, and the dollar value of the contract. If the bidder fails to achieve the contract goal stated herein, it will be required to provide documentation demonstrating that it made good faith efforts in attempting to do so. A bid that fails to meet these requirements will be considered non-responsive. sealed envelope by either certified check drawn on a solvent Minnesota bank, a bid bond executed by a corporation authorized to contract as a surety in the State of Minnesota, or a share draft drawn on a solvent Minnesota credit union, in an amount not less than 5% of the bid amount. The bid security should be made payable to the "St. Cloud Regional Airport Authority" and must not contain any conditions either in the body or as an endorsement thereon. The bid security shall be forfeited to the St. Cloud Regional Airport Authority 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 the maintenance of said work, if required, pursuant to the provisions of this notice and other contract documents. The St. Cloud Regional Airport Authority will accept a bid bond approved by the Minnesota Department of Transportation and/or the United States government. The successful bidder will be required to furnish separate performance and payment bonds in amounts equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price, said bonds to be issued by a responsible surety approved by the St. Cloud Regional Airport Authority. The work under this contract for this construction shall be started within ten (10) days after the "Notice to Proceed" is issued. The project shall be substantially complete by June 1, 2024.