Site work for a water / sewer project in Washington, Missouri. Conceptual plans call for site work for a water / sewer project.

All prospective bidders must hold or obtain a valid City license prior to commencement of work, provide the specified bid, payment and performance security, and provide proof of the specified liability insurance. Payment and performance bonds are not required for projects estimated to cost less than $50,000.00. Each bid, and accompanying bid security in the form of a Bid Bond, Cashier's Check or a Certified Check in the amount of 5%, shall be placed in a sealed envelope, and on or across the envelope shall be written the words "Earth Crest Extension - Sanitary Sewer Project ". The bid security accompanying each bid shall become the property of the City in case the contract for such work is awarded and the bidder should fail, neglect, or refuse within ten (10) days from the award of the work, to enter into the written contract and give the performance bond required of him/her. The City Council of said City reserves the right to reject any and/or all bids, and to waive any irregularities therein. Special Needs: If you have special needs addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act, please notify Sherri Klekamp at (636) 390-1003, or e-mail: sklekamp@washmo.gov, or through the Missouri Relay System, 800 735-2966 [TTY] or 800 735-2466 [voice], at least five (5) working days prior to the bid opening you plan to attend. The City of Washington hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) will be afforded full opportunity to submit bid openings in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, religion, creed, sex, age, ancestry, or national origin in consideration for an award. Employment of Unauthorized Aliens Prohibited (a) Contractor agrees to comply with Missouri Revised Statute Section 285.530.1 in that it shall not knowingly employ, hire for employment, or continue to employ an unauthorized alien to perform work within the State of Missouri. (b) As a condition for the award of this contract, the Contractor shall, by sworn affidavit and provision of documentation, affirm its enrollment and participation in a federal work authorization program with respect to the employees working in connection with the contracted services. The Contractor shall also sign an affidavit affirming that it does not knowingly employ any person who is an unauthorized alien in connection with the contracted services. (c) Contractor shall require each subcontractor to affirmatively state in its contract with Contractor that the subcontractor shall not knowingly employ, hire for employment or continue to employ an unauthorized alien to perform work within the State of Missouri and shall not henceforth do so. Alternatively, Contractor shall require each subcontractor to provide Contractor with a sworn affidavit under the penalty of perjury attesting to the fact that the subcontractor's employees are lawfully present in the United States. Construction Safety Program Requirements: (a) Contractor shall provide a ten-hour Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) construction safety program for its employees working onsite on the project. The program shall include a course in construction safety and health approved by OSHA or a similar program approved by the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations which is at least as stringent as an approved OSHA program. All employees working on the project are required to complete the program within sixty (60) days of beginning work on the construction project. (b) Any employee found on the worksite subject to this section without documentation of the successful completion of the course required under subsection (a) shall be afforded 20 days to produce such documentation before being subject to removal from the project. (c) Contractor shall require all onsite employees of any subcontractors to complete the ten-hour training program required under subsection (a). (d) Pursuant to Sec. 272.675 RSMo., Contractor shall forfeit as a penalty to the City $2,500.00 plus $100.00 for each employee employed by Contractor or subcontractor, for each calendar day, or portion thereof, such employee is employed without the required training. The penalty shall not begin to accrue until the time periods in subsections (a) and (b) have elapsed. City shall withhold and retain from the amount due Contractor under this contract, all sums and amounts due and owing City as a result of any violation of this section.