Site work for a water / sewer project in Ankeny, Iowa. Completed plans call for site work for a water / sewer project.

**As of April 11, 2024, the project was awarded to O&J Coatings for $289,000.** **As of March 19,2024 has not yet been awarded. A timeline for the award has not yet been established.** The Magazine Ground Storage Rehabilitation project includes abrasive blast cleaning the reservoir exterior to an SSPC-SP6 commercial standard with containment and the application of a four (4) coat zinc epoxy urethane fluoropolymer system, along with abrasive blast cleaning and application of a two (2) coat epoxy system to the reservoir foundation, and the installation of an impressed current cathodic protection system and associated coating repairs to the wet interior. Other repairs consist of the installation of a sidewall manway, gasket on the wet interior roof hatch, deflector bar on the draw pipe, overflow discharge modification, sidewall platform with vandal guard, pressure vacuum vent, and roof handrail sections at the sidewall ladder and roof ladder. The Magazine Ground Storage Reservoir is 1,000,000 gallons with an approximate sidewall height of forty (40) feet and diameter of approximately sixty-eight (68) feet located at 701 SE Magazine Rd in Ankeny, Iowa Work on the improvement shall be commenced any time after a written Notice to Proceed is issued, no earlier than April 1, 2024, and shall be completed as stated below. The Notice to Proceed will be issued after the preconstruction conference, which is expected to occur in March 2024. Work on the improvement is prohibited between June 3, 2024 and September 6, 2024, which leaves a construction window of April 1, 2024 through June 3, 2024 OR September 6, 2024 through October 25, 2024. Each Bidder shall accompany its bid with bid security as defined in Iowa Code Section 26.8, as security that the successful Bidder will enter into a Contract for the work bid upon and will furnish after the award of Contract a corporate Surety Bond, in a form acceptable to the City of Ankeny, for the faithful performance of the Contract, in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of the Contract. The Bidder's security shall be in the amount fixed in the Instructions to Bidders and shall be in the form of a cashier's check or a certified check drawn on an FDIC insured bank in Iowa or on an FDIC insured bank chartered under the laws of the United States; or a certified share draft drawn on a credit union in Iowa or chartered under the laws of the United States; or a Bid Bond on the form provided in the Contract Documents with corporate Surety satisfactory to the City of Ankeny. The bid shall contain no condition except as provided in the specifications. Each successful Bidder will be required to furnish a corporate Surety Bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of its Contract price. Said Bond shall be issued by a responsible Surety approved by the City of Ankeny and shall guarantee the faithful performance of the Contract and the terms and conditions therein contained and shall guarantee the prompt payment of all material and labor, and protect and save harmless the City of Ankeny from claims and damages of any kind caused by the operations of the Contract and shall also guarantee the maintenance of the improvement caused by failures in materials and construction for a period of two (2) years from and after acceptance of the Contract. The Contractor shall fully complete the overall project no later than October 25, 2024. Full completion for the overall project shall be defined as all work including punch list items completed, and all improvements ready for final acceptance. Should the Contractor fail to fully complete the work in this timeframe, liquidated damages of One Thousand Twelve Hundred Fifty Dollars ($1,250.00) per calendar day will be assessed for work not fully completed within the designated Contract term(s) The City of Ankeny does hereby reserve the right to reject any or all bids, to waive informalities, and to enter into such contract, or contracts, as it shall deem to be in the best interest of the City