All Cleaning, Washing and Sealing of Steuben County Bridges work shall be completed and ready for final inspection by July 15, 2024. Work shall not be performed on bridges located at DEC yearling trout stocking sites or over trout spawning streams during the month of April.
The bidder shall include a fully executed original bid bond with its submittal. The bid bond shall be issued by a surety company authorized to do business in New York State. The bond shall be in the amount of five percent (5%) of the "Total Project Price Bid". A certified check, cashiers check, or a bank issued Irrevocable Standby Letter of Credit may be submitted in lieu of a bid bond. The awardee shall provide the County with a fully executed original performance bond for each project it has been awarded. Each performance bond shall be issued in the amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the dollar value of each award. The performance bond shall be issued by a surety company authorized to do business in New York State The awardee shall be required to pay "Prevailing Wage and Supplements in accordance with NYS Labor Law Articles 8 and/or 9; prevailing wage rate schedule PRC# 2024001830. A schedule of prevailing hourly wage rates and supplements can be found on the Department of Labor website at online. The County and the awardee recognize and agree that time is of the essence in this matter and that the County will suffer financial loss if the contracted work is not completed in the specified time. Additionally, both parties recognize the delays, expense and difficulties involved in proving in a legal or arbitration proceeding the actual loss suffered by the County if the work is not completed on time. Accordingly, instead of requiring any such proof, the County and the awardee agree that as liquidated damages for delay (but not as a penalty) the awardee shall pay the County five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each and every calendar day that expires beyond the time period stated herein. Steuben County reserves, as its right, the right to cancel the contract(s) resulting from an award of this bid solicitation at any time during the contract period, without penalty to Steuben County and without stated reason, by delivering a written ten (10) day notice of intent to the awardee(s) or its representative(s). Said notification mailed to the awardee or its representative via the US Postal Service; First Class Mail shall be considered sufficient and delivered.
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