Site work and paving for a sidewalk / parking lot in Newark, Delaware. Completed plans call for site work for a sidewalk / parking lot; and for paving for a sidewalk / parking lot.

The contract covers the installation of new curb ramps to comply with current ADA standards and City of Newark Standard Specifications. The City of Newark Standard Specifications for Road and Utility Construction and the Detail Standards, revised, January 30, 2001, which are, in their entirety, a part of the contract documents, can be viewed and downloaded from the City website under the Public Works Department, Standard Books. The download is free of charge. All questions/requests for information regarding this contract (bid process, drawings and technical specifications, etc.) must be submitted via email to contracts@newark.de.us by 5:00p.m. on Tuesday, June 20, 2023 to allow staff sufficient time to develop answers to questions deemed appropriate. Please submit all questions/requests for information in bulk (e.g., in a Word document attachment to an email) to limit the total number of emails received. Each bid must be accompanied by a certified check, cashier's check or bid bond in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the proposed bid price, payable to the City of Newark. Failure to provide the required bid security may be grounds for rejection of the bid. If a bid bond is submitted, the attached "Bond to Accompany Proposal" form must be completed and issued by a surety licensed to operate in the State of Delaware. The successful bidder shall provide the City with a Contract Surety Bond in the full amount of the contract guaranteeing faithful performance of the contract. Such bond shall be provided to the City with the executed contract within twenty (20) calendar days after receiving notice of award of the contract. Upon receipt of the contract surety bond, the City will return any certified check or cashier's check submitted as bid security by the 5 successful bidder. If the successful bidder fails or refuses to execute and deliver the contract and performance bond within twenty (20) calendar days after receiving notice of award of the contract, the successful bidder shall forfeit to the City for such failure or refusal the security deposited with the bid. Any certified check or cashier's check submitted as bid security shall be returned to all unsuccessful bidders sixty (60) calendar days after the bid opening date. If a warranty is included as part of this contract's scope of work, once the project is substantially complete the surety bond shall be converted into a warranty bond for the term of the warranty. Once substantial completion of the project is reached and approved, City staff shall release any remaining retainage and issue a close out letter to the vendor stating the start date of the warranty period. A copy of the above noted warranty bond shall be provided to the City Purchasing Division no later than thirty (30) days from the receipt of the City's close out letter. The Contractor shall commence work on a date to be specified by the City in a written "Notice to Proceed" and to fully complete all work under this contract 120 days from Notice to Proceed and no later than November 28, 2023. Liquidated damages of two hundred seventy-five dollars ($275.00) per day may be assessed to the Contractor by the City for each day the contract is extended beyond the completion date. Such damages shall be payable to the City immediately upon notice of a breach of contract completion timelines. Liquidated damages shall not be considered a penalty, but rather a reasonable estimate of the damages that would be suffered by the City in the event of a breach. The City and the contractor shall acknowledge that the actual damages resulting from a breach may be difficult to ascertain and that this provision represents a reasonable estimation of such damages. This provision shall not limit the City's right to pursue any other remedies available under law or equity. The Contractor shall at all times maintain and keep in force such insurance as will protect him from claims under Worker's Compensation Acts, and also such insurance as will protect him and the owner from any such claims for damages for personal injuries, including death, which may arise from operations under this contract, whether such operations be by the Contractor or by any Subcontractor or anyone directly or indirectly employed by any of them.