Site work and paving for a civil project in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Completed plans call for site work for a road / highway; water / sewer project; and for paving for a road / highway.

A multi year (2024-2026) construction project that includes the installation of the 7,230 LF of 30" DIP water main, 11,075 LF of 24" DIP water main along Marksheffel Road, regrading of the ground surface above the proposed pipe according to approved plans, cathodic protection of potable water infrastructure within Colorado Springs (CITY) city limits, including trench backfill, compaction, asphalt patch back, storm drainage modifications, and landscape restoration. Question Deadline 06/18/2024 at 3:00 PM MT Anticipated Notice of Award: from 07/31/2024 2:00 PM to 07/31/2024 2:05 PM Qualifications of Bidders: To demonstrate qualifications to perform the Work, each Bidder must be prepared to submit with the bid as required by the bid documents or within seven (7) days after Bid opening upon Sourcing Owner's request for detailed written evidence such as financial data, safety plan, previous experience, present commitments and such other data as may be called for in this solicitation. Requirements for corporations domiciled outside the State of Colorado: Before or at the time that the contract is awarded to a corporation outside the State of Colorado, such corporation shall be responsible for meeting all local, state or federal statutes associated with performing the work hereunder. When required to perform the work in Colorado, such corporation must obtain (and make available upon request) a certificate of authority to do business in the State of Colorado has been issued by that office and is still valid. Utilities is an enterprise of the City of Colorado Springs, a Colorado home rule city and municipal corporation. Utilities is subject to the Colorado Open Records Act, C.R.S. 24-72-201 et seq. (CORA) and, as such, all responses to solicitations received by Utilities shall be subject to CORA. Any documents that Supplier needs to identify as confidential must be in accordance with CORA and this RFP. In the event of a CORA request for such documents, Supplier acknowledges that Supplier will be requested to indemnify Utilities from and against all attorney fees and costs, incurred by or awarded against Utilities in connection with any litigation brought under C.R.S. 24-72-204(5) challenging Utilities' denial of inspection and copying of these records, if Utilities agrees to withhold from disclosure documents identified by Supplier as "trade secrets, privileged information and/or confidential, commercial, financial, geological or geophysical data" under C.R.S. 24-72-204(3)(a)(IV). Unless otherwise waived herein, all construction or public works related projects require that each Bid must be accompanied by a Bid security made payable to Utilities in an amount of five percent (5%) of Bidder's maximum Bid price and in the form of a Bid Bond, as attached in the Contract Terms, issued by a surety meeting the requirements of the Contract Terms, or a certified or bank check. Certified or bank checks must be delivered to Utilities Sourcing Owner by certified mail or in-person. The Bid security of the Successful Bidder will be retained until such Bidder has executed the Contract, furnished the required contract security and met any other conditions of the Notice of Award, whereupon the Bid security will be released. If the Successful Bidder fails to execute and deliver the Contract and furnish the required contract security within ten (10) days after the Notice of Award, Sourcing Owner may annul the Notice of Award and the Bid security of that bidder will be forfeited. The Bid security of other Bidders whom Sourcing Owner believes to have a reasonable chance of receiving the award may be retained by Sourcing Owner until the earlier of the seventh day after the Effective Date of the Contract or the ninety first (91) day after the Bid opening, whereupon Bid security furnished by such Bidders will not be returned unless in the form of certified or bank check. Utilities in making the Bidding Documents available on the above terms so only for the purpose of obtaining Bids for the Work and confer a license or grant for any other use. Any requests for clarification or additional information regarding the submission of this IFB shall be directed to the Sourcing Owner identified in the Souring Event through the Discussion Forum. Any unauthorized contact regarding the subject matter of this IFB between any Bidder, its agent, employees, or others on the Bidder's behalf and UTILITIES' staff, other than Utilities Procurement personnel may result in rejection of the Bidder's Bid. The Bidder shall be responsible for actual submittal of the bid to GEP Smart before the deadline. Under no circumstances will Utilities accept a late bid via e-mail or any other means other than through GEP Smart. The bid must contain the electronic signature of a duly authorized officer or agent of the Bidder's company empowered with the right to bind the Bidder's company. All bids become the property of Utilities upon receipt of same by Utilities. The content of all bids will be kept confidential until an award is made, after which the content will no longer be kept confidential, except as provided herein. Bids may be withdrawn or modified in writing prior to the bid submission deadline. The Sourcing Owner listed in GEP Smart shall be notified by notice in the Discussion Forum of any Bids that are withdrawn, and Bidder shall withdraw in GEP Smart. Bids that are resubmitted or modified shall be resubmitted to GEP Smart prior to the bid submission deadline. Colorado Springs Utilities hereby notifies all Bidders that in regard to any contract entered into pursuant to this request for bid, small and disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to this request for bid and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, religion, color, sex, age or national origin in consideration for an award. Interpretations and Addenda. If it becomes necessary to revise any part of this IFB, an addendum will be posted onto the GEP SMART Discussion Forum which is available to all who have registered on the site. It is Bidder's responsibility to monitor and download any Exhibits and Addendums that may be posted on this website. Utilities will not be held responsible for additional notifications to Bidders. All questions about the meaning or intent of the Bidding Documents are to be directed to Utilities Sourcing Owner listed in GEP SMART through the Discussion Forum. Interpretations or clarifications considered necessary by Utilities Sourcing Owner in response to such questions will be issued by Addenda. Questions received less than five working days (5) prior to the date for opening of Bids may not be answered. Only questions answered by formal written Addenda will be binding. Oral and other interpretations or clarifications will be without legal effect. Addenda may also be issued to modify the Bidding Documents as deemed advisable by Utilities. The Utilities Sourcing Owner listed above is the primary designated liaison between Colorado Springs Utilities and Bidder. Any unauthorized contact between any Bidder, its agent, employees, or others on the Bidder's behalf and Utilities staff other than Procurement personnel may result in rejection of the Bid. Modification and Withdrawal of Bids: Bids may be modified or withdrawn by an appropriate document duly executed (in the manner that a Bid must be executed) and delivered to the Sourcing Owner by e-mail. If, within twenty-four hours after Bids are opened, any Bidder files a duly signed, written notice with Sourcing Owner and promptly thereafter demonstrates to the reasonable satisfaction of Sourcing Owner that there was a material and substantial mistake in the preparation of its Bid, that Bidder may withdraw its Bid and the Bid security will be returned. Thereafter, that Bidder may be disqualified from further bidding on the Work to be provided under the Contract Documents, including a rebid of the Project. All Bids will remain subject to acceptance for one hundred and twenty (120) days after the day of the Bid opening, but Sourcing Owner may, in its sole discretion, release any Bid prior to that date. Award of Contract: Sourcing Owner reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, including without limitation the rights to reject any or all nonconforming, nonresponsive, unbalanced or conditional Bids and to reject the Bid of any Bidder if Sourcing Owner believes that it would not be in the best interest of the Sourcing Owner to make an award to that Bidder, whether because the Bid is not responsive or the bidder is unqualified or of doubtful financial ability or fails to meet any other pertinent standard or criteria established by Sourcing Owner. Sourcing Owner also reserves the right to waive all informalities not involving price, time or changes in the Work, to award contract either in whole or in part to one or more bidders, and to negotiate Contract terms with the Successful Bidder if in the best interest of the Sourcing Owner to do so. Discrepancies between the multiplication of units of Work and unit prices will be resolved in favor of the unit prices. Discrepancies between the indicated sum of any column of figures and the correct sum thereof will be resolved in favor of the correct sum. Discrepancies between words and figures will be resolved in favor of the words. In evaluating Bids, Sourcing Owner will consider the qualifications of Bidders, whether or not the Bids comply with the prescribed requirements, and such alternates, unit prices and other data, as may be requested in the Bid Form or Pricing Sheet prior to the Notice of Award. Sourcing Owner may consider the qualifications and experience of subcontractors, suppliers, and other persons and organizations proposed for those portions of the Work as to which the identity of subcontractors, suppliers, and other persons and organizations must be submitted as provided in the Supplementary Conditions. Sourcing Owner also may consider the operating costs, maintenance requirements, performance data and guarantee of major items of materials and equipment proposed for incorporation in the Work when such data is required to be submitted prior to the Notice of Award. Sourcing Owner may conduct such investigations as Sourcing Owner deems necessary to assist in the evaluation of any Bid and to establish the responsibility, qualifications and financial ability of Bidders, proposed subcontractors, suppliers and other persons and organizations to perform and furnish the Work in accordance with the Contract Documents to Sourcing Owner's satisfaction within the prescribed time. If the Contract is to be awarded, it will be awarded to lowest Bidder whose evaluation by Sourcing Owner indicates to Sourcing Owner that the award will be in the best interests of the Sourcing Owner. If the Contract is to be awarded, Sourcing Owner will give Successful Bidder a Notice of Award within ninety (90) days after the day of the Bid opening. The Contract Terms set forth Sourcing Owner's requirements as to Performance, and Payment Bonds. When the successful Bidder delivers the executed Contract to Sourcing Owner, it must be accompanied by the required Performance and Payment Bonds.