Renovation of a residential development in Harper, Kansas. Completed plans call for the renovation of a residential development.

The City of Harper will be soliciting bids for Rehabilitation on the property located at 1211 Central. The CDBG Home Rehabilitation Project is a vital effort to enhance the safety and wellbeing of the Harper community. This project is being supported with U.S. Department of Housing and Community Development, Block Grant, Home Rehabilitation grant funding. Therefore, certain restrictions and other federal requirements attach to this opportunity. Please contact, Megan Unruh, at munruh@sckedd.org for a list of required contractor certifications for this project and the official bid tour packet. The City of Harper hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, sex, or national origin in consideration for an award. The City of Harper is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage all small and minority owned firms and women's business enterprises to participate. No bidder may withdraw their bid within (60) days after the actual date of the opening thereof. A detailed listing of all subcontractors shall be provided by the Bidder. In accordance with the Contract Documents, documentation that the prospective contractor and its subcontractors meet minimum qualifications shall be provided and submitted. Questions - Megan Unruh at munruh@sckedd.org, 316-440-3472 The owner reserves the right to waive any informalities or to reject any or all bids. A. Concrete Work 1. The concrete mix shall be 3,000 pounds transit mix or with a 5 1/2 sack mix for both interior and exposed concrete. 2. No concrete shall be poured on frozen ground. 3. All concrete flat work must be over a 2" layer of gravel/sand on compacted earth and be reinforced properly. 4. All flat work concrete must be a minimum of 4" thick with 1/2" pre-molded asphalt or nonbituminous fiber-filled material expansion joints at entrance platforms, steps, intersections with driveways or walks, and in long runs at least every 50'. 5. Control joints must be provided at no more than 5' intervals for sidewalks and 20' intervals for floors, concrete drives, and parking slabs. 6. Footings must be below the freeze line, 8" thick, and reinforced properly with rebar. 7. Foundation walls must be 8" wide and reinforced properly with rebar. B. Masonry Work 1. No masonry work shall be done when the temperature of the surrounding air is likely to cause freezing. 2. All joints must be completely filled with mortar. 3. All brick, stone, or block used should match, if possible, adjacent work. The owner(s) must approve samples before starting the work, unless the work is to be painted or covered. 4. Soft salmon type brick shall not be allowed. 5. Tuck-pointing shall only be done after the joints have been raked out to a minimum depth of 1/2" and wetted. 6. All damaged, loose, or salmon brick, in area to be rebuilt, must be removed until sound brickwork is encountered. 7. New brick patches must be toothed into and match in the existing work in site, joints, and bond. 8. Veneer brickwork must be tied to frame wall with galvanized wall ties on every third course, 32" on center, and shall conform to above specifications. 9. All new retaining walls over 24" high must have #4 steel dowels placed every 2' and be imbedded at least 6" into the footings. 10. Retaining wall footings shall be three times the thickness of the wall in width and 8" deep, containing three (3) #4 steel rebar. 11. All retaining walls over 24" high shall have weep holes at grade level at 8' intervals. 12. All block replacement foundation walls shall have a galvanized steel bed reinforcement (8" mesh) in 2nd course and 5th course of block. Concrete block or poured wall may be used for all foundation walls. C. Grade Shall mean backfill along foundation with topsoil and provide sufficient slope in finish grade to provide drainage away from house. D. Framing Lumber 1. Must be No. 3 Southern Pine, SB, SPF, standard grade, or better. 2. Studs must be Stud Grade. 3. Allowable spans for floor, roof, and ceiling joists no greater than 24" centers. 4. Bearing partition stud walls may not be less than 2" x 4" studs with dimension perpendicular to the wall, 16" on center. 5. Floor joist spacing may be no more than 16" on center when 25/32" flooring is to be applied directly to the joist; or, 16" on center when any lesser thickness of finish flooring is to be laid over a sub-floor. 6. Gutting of structural members shall not be done without the approval of the Project Inspector. E. Sub-Flooring 1. Plywood shall be Southern Yellow Pine (SYP), 1/2" minimum where 25/32" finished flooring is to be laid or 5/8" where resilient flooring is to be laid and joists are not over 16" on center. 2. Nail plywood sub-floor to joint at each bearing with No.8 cemented or galvanized, or No. 6 threaded nails spaced 6" on center along all edges, and 10" on center along intermediate members. 3. Install plywood with outer piles at right angles to the joists and staggered so that the end joists in adjacent panels bear on different joists. 4. Common boards used as sub-flooring shall not be over 11" wide or less than 3/4" thick when laid on joist spaced 10" on center, and shall be laid diagonally if hard wood flooring is laid. 5. Nail boards with No. 8 box nails or No. 6b threaded nails, as follows: a. Two (2) nails in 3" boards. b. Two (2) nails in 4" boards. c. Three (3) nails in 6" boards. d. Four (4) nails in 8" boards. e. Five (5) nails in 12" boards. F. Underlayment 1. Shall be 3/8" structural grade plywood or 1/4" underlayment. 2. Nail underlayment with cement coated, rosin coated, or ring shank nails placed on 4" centers on all edges and over the face of each piece. 3. Cement Board in high moisture area installed using Manufacturer Specifications G. Finish Flooring 1. Strip Wood Flooring a. Material must be softwood with 25/32" minimum thickness.