The work includes cleaning and painting the 250,000-gallon Morgantown Mall Water Tank (32-feet tall, 36 -feet 6 inch diameter). Bids are to be submitted in accordance with Article 13 of the "Instructions to Bidders." The two-envelope system will be used for the Bid opening procedures. All Bids submitted via U.S. Postal service must be addressed to Morgantown Utility Board, P.O. Box 852, Morgantown, West Virginia 26507-0852. All Bids hand-delivered or submitted via commercial carrier (such as UPS or Federal Express) must be addressed to Morgantown Utility Board, 278 Greenbag Road, Morgantown, West Virginia 26501. No Bid will be received unless accompanied by a Bid Bond equal to at least five percent of the Bid, payable to the Owner as a guarantee that after a Bid is accepted, Bidder will execute and file the Agreement, Insurance Certificate, and 100% Performance and Payment Bonds within fifteen days after the Notice of Award. Bids will be accepted from only those Bidders who obtain Documents from the Owner. In connection with the performance of work under this Contract, Contractor shall comply with all applicable Local, State and Federal labor laws. The Morgantown Utility Board reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, to waive any informality and/or technicality, and to accept any Bid which it deems advantageous. All Bids shall remain subject to acceptance for 90 days after the time set for opening Bids. West Virginia Code 21-1D-5 provides that any solicitation for a public improvement construction contract requires each vendor that submits a Bid for the work to submit at the same time an affidavit of compliance with the Bid. The enclosed Drug-Free Workplace Affidavit must be signed and submitted in the first envelope as evidence of the vendor's compliance with the provisions of Article 1D, Chapter 21 of the West Virginia Code. Failure to submit the signed Drug-Free Workplace Affidavit in the first envelope shall result in disqualification of such Bid. Any Contractor submitting a Bid on this project hereby certifies, indicates, and acknowledges that he/she has a Specialty - Painting and/or General Engineering Contractor License from the State of West Virginia and meets all the qualifications required by the statutes of the state and subdivision in which the work is to be performed.
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