Site work and paving for a civil project in West Oglala Lakota, South Dakota. Completed plans call for site work for a bridge / tunnel; road / highway; and for paving for a road / highway.

This is for the furnishing of materials, labor, equipment, and skill required for the purpose of grading, box culvert installation, asphalt concrete and base course, traffic control, pavement markings and erosion control, as is more fully described and set forth in the Plans and Project Manual, which are now on file in the office of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Pine Ridge, South Dakota and at the office of KLJ. The project generally consists of, but is not necessarily limited to, the following major items: Grading, box culvert installation, asphalt concrete and base course, traffic control, pavement markings and erosion control. The Bidder is advised that the Owner is a federally recognized Indian Tribe and is completing CULVERT REPLACEMENT PROJECT as part of its Tribal Transportation Program (TTP) with funds received under its Federal TTP Agreement as set forth more fully in the Bid Form and the Supplementary Conditions. The Project shall be conducted in accordance with all applicable Laws and Regulations and the terms of the Owner's Federal TTP Agreement including the requirement that the project be listed on the TTP Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) approved by the Federal Highway Administration. The Contractor shall comply with all applicable Federal civil rights laws and regulations. The Contractor shall, in all solicitation or advertisements for employees placed by or on behalf of the Contractor, state that all applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, creed, color, or national origin, and that a preference shall be applied for qualified Indian applicants. This contract includes a Native American Preference. If a Native American contractor's bid is less than five percent higher than a non-native American contractor's bid, the contract may be awarded to the Native American Contractor. Firms or individuals seeking such preference must submit evidence of Indian ownership and control in the sealed bid envelope. The successful Bidder and subcontractors in performance of the construction work will be required to comply with all applicable federal labor laws including minimum wage rates decisions of the United States Department of Labor (Davis-Bacon Act) and the Oglala Sioux Tribe. The Contractor shall be required to comply with the terms and conditions of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, including Ordinance No. 97-18 which Amended Ordinance 93-07 of the Tribal Employment Rights Office (TERO). The TERO Information sheets and Compliance Plan are included in the Project Manual only for the Vendor's convenience, with all TERO documentation to be submitted to the proper TERO authorities listed in the documents. The Contractor must submit a letter stating proof of compliance to the Owner, copied to the Engineer, prior to commencing work. The Tribal Employment Rights Office can be contacted for questions at (605) 867-5167. The Bidder shall not include the 4% TERO fee in the total bid price, as this portion of the successful bidder's obligations will be administered by the OST Department of Transportation. Each TERO payment owed by the successful bidder shall be calculated on payments for the project and remitted to the TERO office. The purposes of this procedure are to ensure timely payment to the OST TERO office, and to relieve the successful bidder of the administrative burden of the 4% TERO fee compliance calculations and payments. The Bidder shall include the 1% EPA Construction and Demolition Solid Waste Disposal Fee in the total bid price. Bidders are responsible for contacting the Tribe with regard to Tribal tax laws and the business license fee and other requirements. The taxes include contractor's excise, sales and use taxes, additional information is included in the specifications. For more information, contact the Oglala Sioux Tribe Revenue Department, PO Box 363, Pine Ridge, SD 57770 and (605) 867-5821. The contract work shall be finally completed by December 31, 2025. Upon award of the contract a Notice to Proceed will be issued stating when construction operations are to begin. All bids are to be submitted on the basis of cash payment for the work and materials, and each bid shall be accompanied by a certified check or cashier's check or draft for five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid, such check to be certified or issued by either a state or national bank and payable to the Oglala Sioux Tribe or in lieu thereof, a bidder's bond in a sum equal to ten percent (10%) of the full amount of the bid. Successful Bidder shall furnish an approved Construction Performance Bond and Construction (Labor and Materials) Payment Bond, each in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount. Insurance as required shall be provided by the successful Bidder and a certificate of that insurance shall be provided in accordance with Article 5 of the General Conditions as amended. No bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled time for the opening of the Bids specified above. The Oglala Sioux Tribe reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive any informality in any bid, to hold all bids for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days from the date of opening bids, and to accept the bid deemed most favorable to the interest of the Tribe. Should the Contractor fail to complete the work within the time required herein or within such extra time as may have been granted by formal extensions of time approved by the Owner, there will be deducted from any amount due the Contractor the sum of $1250.00 per day for each working day that the work is not complete. The Contractor and his surety will be liable for any excess. Such payment will be as liquidated damages and not as a penalty. All bidders are invited to be present at the public opening of the bids. Questions should be directed to the TERO Director, at Oglala Sioux Tribal Employment Rights Office; P.O. Box 379; Pine Ridge, South Dakota 57770 All questions about the meaning or intent of the Bidding Documents are to be submitted to Owner in writing. Interpretations or clarifications considered necessary by Owner in response to such questions will be issued by Addenda mailed or delivered to all parties recorded by Owner as having received the Bidding Documents. Questions received less than ten (10) days 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