Site work for a road / highway in Bismarck, North Dakota. Completed plans call for site work for a road / highway.

**As of April 10, 2024, project was awarded to Traffic Safety Services, Inc., Inc., in the amount of $138,970.25.** The City of Bismarck Public Works Service Operations is seeking bids for the Installation of Painted Pavement Marking. Project Schedule The spring season city-wide installation of 4", 6" and 8" painted pavement marking shall be fully completed no later than June 21, 2024. There will be an option for the CITY to have the CONTRACTOR return in the fall season to install painted pavement marking in the high traffic areas and chip seal projects throughout the City of Bismarck, North Dakota. All work shall be completed during the regular work week, and no work shall be performed on weekends or holidays without approval by the CITY. If the CONTRACTOR fails to substantially complete the work within this time, or such additional time as has been granted for excusable delays, there shall be deducted from any money due the CONTRACTOR liquidated damages per Section 106 and special provisions for each calendar day that the completion of the work is delayed beyond the final completion date. Such deducted amounts shall be charged as liquidated damages and not as a penalty. Painted Pavement Marking All pavement markings shall conform to Section 1210 for paint, glass beads, installation, and payment. The CONTRACTOR shall install painted pavement marking at the location of existing markings unless otherwise directed by the CITY. Four-inch painted pavement markings shall be separated by color and paid or at the unit price bid per liner foot (FT) for "1210-4.1A PVMT MRKNG PAINTED - 4" WHT LN" for white pavement markings or 1210-4.1B PVMT MRKNG PAINTED 4" YLW LN" for yellow pavement markings. Pavement Marking Skips All pavement marking skips shall be four (4) inches wide and skip lines shall be in lengths of ten (10) feet separated by gaps of thirty (30) feet unless otherwise directed by the CITY. Application Rate Testing The application rate and thickness of painted pavement markings shall conform to Section 1210 with the following addition: the paint shall be sprayed on a flat sheet of aluminum and measured with a wet film thickness gauge. This measurement will be made at the beginning of the project by the CITY and random measurements will be made during the pavement marking operation. Any deviation of wet paint thickness shall be grounds to reject the pavement painting and require repainting of all previous applications at no additional cost to the CITY. Contact Person: Gale Nicholson, publicworksservice@bismarcknd.gov or 701-355-1707 Business Hours: 8:00-5:00 Mon-Fri If a bid is to be faxed, the bid must be sent to a bidder's agent independent of the City of Bismarck, placed in a sealed envelope, labeled according to this specification, and delivered to the office of the City Administrator prior to the bid deadline. Bids must be submitted on blanks furnished by the City of Bismarck and in accordance with specifications and conditions contained therein. In accordance with North Dakota state law, a separate envelope containing a current North Dakota contractor's license and a bid bond or certified check in the amount of five (5) percent of the total amount bid must be attached to the proposal/bid envelope and labeled "Bid Bond." An application for a North Dakota contractor's license is not sufficient to fulfill this requirement. Checks or bonds of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned to them after making the award. The City, in its sole discretion, may extend the work completion deadline due to unforeseen circumstances, if it is determined to be in the best interest of the City to do so. The City shall reserve the right to hold all bids for a period of forty-five (45) days, to reject any and all bids, to waive irregularities or to accept such as may be determined to be for the best interest of the City of Bismarck. However, bids which do not comply with mandatory requirements imposed by law or late bids must be rejected. The City of Bismarck is committed to providing non-discriminatory service. No person shall, on the basis of a person's nation origin, race, color, disability, sex, age and/or income status, be excluded from participation or be subjected to discrimination or harassment by the City of Bismarck or any of its locations. The City of Bismarck will consider every request for reasonable accommodation to provide: an accessible meeting facility or other accommodation for people with disabilities, language interpretation for people with limited English proficiency (LEP), and translations of written material necessary to access City of Bismarck programs and information. Appropriate provisions will be considered when the City of Bismarck is notified at least 10 days prior to the meeting date or the date the written material translation is needed. To request accommodations, contact the City of Bismarck Title VI and ADA Coordinator, at 701-355-1332. TTY users may use Relay North Dakota at 711 or 1-800-366-6888. The work shall be performed in accordance with the City of Bismarck Construction Specifications for Municipal Public Works Improvements dated February 1969 and revised March 2021 as supplemented or modified with the enclosed Special Provisions. The Standard Specifications can be found electronically. The enclosed Special Provisions, if any, the Standard Specifications described above, the plans and all supplementary documents are essential parts of the contract, and a requirement occurring in one is as binding as though occurring in all. They are intended to be complimentary and to describe and provide for a complete work. In case of discrepancy, calculated dimensions will govern over scaled dimensions; plans will govern over standard specifications; supplemental specifications will govern over standard specifications, supplemental specifications, and plans. The contractor shall take no advantage of any apparent error or omission in the plans and specifications, in the event the contractor discovers such an error or omission, the contractor shall immediately notify the Director of Service Operations. The Director will then make such corrections and interpretations as may be necessary for the fulfilling the intent of the plans and specifications. The contractor shall give the work the constant attention necessary to facilitate the progress thereof, and shall cooperate with the Director of Service Operations, inspectors, and other contractors in every way possible. All work shall be completed during the regular work week, no weekends, and no holidays. All spring season work shall be completed on or before June 21, 2024