Site work and outdoor lighting for a road / highway in Wall, South Dakota. Completed plans call for site work for a road / highway; and for outdoor lighting for a road / highway.

The project generally consists of, but is not necessarily limited to, the following major items: Furnish and installation of concrete footings, pathway lights, roadway lights, pedestrian flashing beacons, conduit, and wiring to complete Manderson Pathway lighting along BIA Routes 28 and 33 in the community of Manderson on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The Contract Documents consisting of a Project Manual with plans and details may be examined or obtained from KLJ, 330 Knollwood Drive, Rapid City, SD 57701. The Contractor shall comply with all applicable Federal civil rights laws and regulations. The Contractor shall, in all solicitation or advertisements for employees placed by or on behalf of the Contractor, state that all applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, creed, color, or national origin, and that a preference shall be applied for qualified Indian applicants. This contract includes a Native American Preference. If a Native American contractor s bid is less than five percent higher than a non-native American contractor s bid, the contract may be awarded to the Native American Contractor. Firms or individuals seeking such preference must submit evidence of Indian ownership and control in the sealed bid envelope. The successful Bidder and subcontractors in performance of the construction work will be required to comply with all applicable federal labor laws including minimum wage rates decisions of the United States Department of Labor (Davis-Bacon Act) and the Oglala Sioux Tribe. The Contractor shall be required to comply with the terms and conditions of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, including Ordinance No. 97-18 which Amended Ordinance 93-07 of the Tribal Employment Rights Office (TERO). The TERO Information sheets and Compliance Plan are included in the Project Manual only for the Vendor s convenience, with all TERO documentation to be submitted to the proper TERO authorities listed in the documents. The Contractor must submit a letter stating proof of compliance to the Owner, copied to the Engineer, prior to commencing work. The Tribal Employment Rights Office can be contacted for questions at (605) 867-5167. The Bidder shall not include the 4% TERO fee in the total bid price, as this portion of the successful bidder s obligations will be administered by the OST Department of Transportation. Each TERO payment owed by the successful bidder shall be calculated on payments for the project and remitted to the TERO office. The purposes of this procedure are to ensure timely payment to the OST TERO office, and to relieve the successful bidder of the administrative burden of the 4% TERO fee compliance calculations and payments. The Bidder shall include the 1% EPA Construction and Demolition Solid Waste Disposal Fee in the total bid price. Bidders are responsible for contacting the Tribe with regard to Tribal tax laws and the business license fee and other requirements. The taxes include contractors excise, sales and use taxes, additional information is included in the specifications. For more information, contact the Oglala Sioux Tribe Revenue Department, PO Box 363, Pine Ridge, SD 57770 and (605) 867-5821. The contract work shall be finally completed by December 31, 2024. Upon award of the contract a Notice to Proceed will be issued stating when construction operations are to begin. All bids are to be submitted on the basis of cash payment for the work and materials, and each bid shall be accompanied by a certified check or cashier s check or draft for five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid, such check to be certified or issued by either a state or national bank and payable to the Oglala Sioux Tribe or in lieu thereof, a bidder's bond in a sum equal to ten percent (10%) of the full amount of the bid. Successful Bidder shall furnish an approved Construction Performance Bond and Construction (Labor and Materials) Payment Bond, each in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount. Should the Contractor fail to complete the work within the time required herein or within such extra time as may have been granted by formal extensions of time approved by the Owner, there will be deducted from any amount due the Contractor the sum of $800.00 per day for each working day that the work is not complete. The Contractor and his surety will be liable for any excess. Such payment will be as liquidated damages and not as a penalty. All bidders are invited to be present at the public opening of the bids. All questions about the meaning or intent of the Bidding Documents are to be submitted to Owner in writing Questions received less than ten (10) days prior to the date for opening of Bids may not be answered.