Site work, paving and renovation of a mixed-use development in Waterloo, Iowa. Completed plans call for the renovation of a transportation facility; for site work for a transportation facility; and for paving for a transportation facility.

The project is for the improvements at the Waterloo Regional Airport, Waterloo, Iowa, consist of: -Replacement of the existing passenger boarding bridge -Removal and replacement of pavement marking on aircraft parking apron -Provide portable passenger boarding bridge Doc Note - Optional paper copies of the Plans and Specifications are available from AECOM, 501 Sycamore Street, Suite 222, Waterloo, Iowa, upon receipt of a $30.00 deposit (CHECK ONLY). Deposits are fully refundable if the plans and specifications are returned in usable condition (i.e., generally free of highlights, ink markings, tears, stickers, water stains and soiling) to the Waterloo AECOM office listed above by the end of the 14th consecutive day after the project has been awarded. No deposits will be refunded for any requests or plans received after the 14th consecutive day, which includes plans returned via mail service. Plan holders are responsible for ascertaining when the project has been awarded. If the plan holder is the prime contractor, or a subcontractor or supplier of the prime contractor that has been awarded the project, Plans and Specifications do not need to be returned to receive the deposit. The prime contractor must submit a list of his subcontractors and suppliers for the City and consulting engineer to verify eligibility for the refundable deposit. Site Address: Waterloo Regional Airport Bidders are expected to visit the locality of the work and to make their own estimate of the facilities needed and the difficulties attending the execution of the proposed Contract, including local conditions. All bids must be accompanied in a separate envelope by a certified or cashier's check drawn on an Iowa bank, or a bank chartered under the laws of the United States, a certified share draft drawn on a credit union in Iowa or chartered under the laws of the United States, or bid bond, (on the form furnished by the City) payable to the City of Waterloo, Iowa, in the sum of not less than five percent (5%) of the bid submitted, which certified check, certified share draft or bid bond will be held as security that the Bidder will enter into a Contract for the construction of the work and will furnish the required bonds, and in case the successful Bidder shall fail or refuse to enter into the Contract and furnish the required bonds, his bid security may be retained by said City as agreed upon liquidated damages. If bid bond is used, it must be signed by both the Bidder and the surety or surety's agent. Signature of surety's agent must be supported by accompanying Power of Attorney The successful bidder will be required to furnish a "Performance Bond" and a "Payment Bond" within ten (10) days after forms are presented to him in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price, said bond to be issued by a responsible surety approved by the City Council and shall guarantee the faithful performance of the contract and the terms and conditions therein contained, and shall guarantee the prompt payment of all materials and labor and protect and save harmless the City from claims of any kind caused by the operations of the contractor. A goal of at least ten percent (10%) for MBE participation on all City funded construction projects that are estimated at $50,000.00 or more. A goal of at least two percent (2%) for WBE participation on all City funded construction projects that are estimated at $50,000.00 or more. Any project funded in part or in total with federal funds shall follow the respective agencies contract compliance program and goals. Time is an essential element of this contract. It is important that the work be diligently pursued to completion. If the work is not completed within the overall contract period of 270 calendar days, plus authorized extensions, the contractor shall pay to the City Liquidated Damages in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500.00) per calendar day, for each calendar day, as further described herein, in excess of the authorized time. The work under the proposed contract shall be commenced within ten (10) working days after receipt of "Notice to Proceed" and shall be completed according to the terms of the entire contract within four hundred twenty (420) calendar days from the date established in the Notice to Proceed. Failure to complete within the allotted time will result in assessment of liquidated damages in the amount of $500.00 per calendar day for each day in excess of the authorized contract time. Goals for minority participation for each trade 4.7% Goals for female participation in each trade 6.9% Calendar days beyond the specified overall contract period of 270 calendar days for which Liquidated Damages will be charged will be calendar days that the contractor does or could have worked. Partial working days will be considered as a full working day. Calendar days chargeable for Liquidated Damages will include rain days, weekends, and legal holidays. If the wage determination of the Department of Labor incorporated in the advertised specifications does not include rates for classifications deemed appropriate by the bidder, the bidder is responsible for ascertaining the rates payable for such use in accomplishing the work. No inference concerning practice is to be drawn from their omission. Further, the omission does not, per se, establish any liability to the Government for increased labor costs resulting from the use of such classifications. The City reserves the right to reject any or all bids, re-advertise for new bids, and to waive informalities in the bids submitted that might be in the best interest of the City.