Site work for a communication facility in Gurley, Alabama. Completed plans call for site work for a communication facility.

The New Hope Telephone Cooperative will receive sealed bids, priced on a Unit Cost Basis, technically accepted, to provide all necessary equipment, labor and supervision necessary, as outlined in the Plans, Specifications, and NHTC Specifications Manual for Fiber Network Construction of Killingsworth Cove. Bidders must attend the Pre-Bid meetingto bid on the project. INVITATION FOR BID: Killingsworth Cove Project APPROXIMATE BUILD: 20 Miles of Aerial Fiber - 12 Miles of Buried Fiber - Total 32 Miles CONSTRUCTION TIMEFRAME: One Hundred-Twenty (120) days period of performance PROJECT MANAGER - Howard Gorter, P.E. howard.gorter@palmettoeng .com New Hope Telephone Cooperative (NHTC) P. O. Box 452, New Hope, AL 35670 (mailing address) OWNER PROJECT MANAGER:Lara Till lara.till@nhtc.coop The contract documents, plans, and specifications will be available for inspection atthe Pre-Bid Meeting. Any bidder finding discrepancies in or omissions from documents or in doubt as to their meaning should immediately notify Palmetto Engineering. If necessary, written additional instructions or clarifications will be sent to all plan holders in the form of an addenda issued by New Hope Telephone Cooperative. The qualifications, ability, and responsibility must qualify according to RUS bidder qualifications and be General Contractors licensedby the State of Alabama Licensing Board of General Contractors of Alabama as required by Code of Alabama (1975) Titles 34 and 46 as amended. Only bids of such Contractors who are licensed prior to the date of the bid opening will be considered. Any bid submitted without the current General Contractor's License Number clearly noted on the outside of the sealed envelope will not be opened andwill be rejected. In accordance with Alabama Code 39-3-5, preferences shall be given to Alabama resident contractors and nonresident bidder domiciled in a state having laws granting preference to local contractors shall be awarded the contract only on the same basis as the nonresident bidder's state awards contracts to Alabama contractors bidding under similar circumstances. All bids received prior to the time of bid opening shall be keptsecure and unopened. Late bids will not be accepted.