Site work for a playground / park / athletic field in Xenia, Ohio. Completed plans call for site work for a playground / park / athletic field.

Enclosed you will find work specifications from Schorr Architects for Greene County Parks and Trails to make several improvements at the Fairgrounds Recreation Center in Xenia, Ohio. Please note that all bids must be based on current federal prevailing wage rates (see attached) and should include a useful life statement as well as references. Work is expected to begin at Greene County Parks and Trails' discretion following contract execution, weather-permitting. Each bidder must insure that all employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of race, color, religion, handicap, age, familial status, sex, or national origin. If, at the time this contract is to be awarded, the lowest and most responsive base bid submitted by a responsible bidder does not exceed the amount of funds then estimated by the Greene County Board of Commissioners as available to finance the contract, the contract will be awarded on the base bid only. If such a bid exceeds such amount, the Greene County Board of Commissioners may reject all bids or may award the contract on the base bid combined with such deductible alternates applied in numerical order in which they are listed in the Form of Bid, as produces a net amount which is within the available funds. The contractor shall comply with the laws of the State of Ohio relating to insurance coverage and shall carry during the performance of this contract, and keep in full force, Workers' Compensation Insurance. A copy of the document evidencing said Workers' Compensation coverage shall be furnished to the Greene County Board of Commissioners upon request. The contractor agrees to obtain and maintain, at their expense at all times throughout the term of this contract, a policy of professional liability and commercial general liability insurance with an insurance company licensed in the State of Ohio. The policy shall have limits not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence and two million dollars ($2,000,000) aggregate to cover any loss, liability, or damage alleged to have been committed by the contractor or the contractor's agents, servants, or employees. If operation of an automobile occurs in commencement of services by the performance of this contract, the automobile liability insurance shall be mandatory in the amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence and two million dollars ($2,000,000) aggregate. All policies shall name the Greene County Board of Commissioners and the contracting Department as additional insured. This work is also subject to the conditions for contractors in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Community Development Program and Executive Order 11246 as amended. It is also subject to Executive Order 11246, entitled "Equal Employment Opportunity," as amended by Executive Order 11375, and as supplemented in the U.S. Department of Labor Regulations (41 CFR, Part 60). BID SECURITY Each bid must be accompanied by certified check, or a bid bond, duly executed by the bidder as principal and having as surety thereon a surety company approved by the Owner, in the amount of ten (10%) percent of the bid. Such checks or bid bonds will be returned to all except the awarded company promptly after the Owner and the accepted bidder have executed the contract, or, if no award has been made within thirty (30) days after the date of the opening of bids, upon demand of the bidder at any time thereafter, so long as the bidder has not been notified of the acceptance of his bid. TIME OF COMPLETION & PENALTIES The Bidder must agree to commence work on or before a date to be specified in a written "Notice to Proceed" of the Owner and to fully complete the project within 60 consecutive calendar days thereafter. The Bidder must agree also to pay as penalties, the sum of $100.00 for each consecutive calendar day thereafter as hereinafter provided in the General Condition ADDENDA & INTERPRETATIONS No interpretation of the meaning to the plans, specifications or other pre-bid documents will be made to any bidder orally. Every request for such interpretation should be in writing and addressed to "Greene County Board of Commissioners" 35 Greene Street, Xenia, Ohio 45385, and to be given consideration, must be received at least five (5) days prior to the date fixed for the opening of bids. Any and all such interpretations and any supplemental instructions will be in the form of written addenda to the specifications which, if issued, will be mailed by certified mail with return receipt requested to all prospective bidders (at the respective addresses furnished for such purpose), not later than three (3) days prior to the date fixed for the opening of bids. Failure of any bidder to receive any such addendum or interpretation shall not relieve such bidder from any obligation under his bid as submitted. All addenda so issued shall become part of the contract documents