This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Lafayette, Louisiana. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

The work shall generally consist of mitigation work on five (5) channels located within Lafayette Parish. The work shall include, but is not limited to, the cleaning and clearing with hand equipment, or mulching from inside the channel such as to minimize disturbance of the slopes, removal of vegetation and siltation above the historical grades as defined in the plans and cross sections, disposal outside floodways and flood zones; mobilization; temporary signs and barricades as needed; providing mobile sanitary facilities as well as any miscellaneous work which would be required to match the intent of the specifications. The contractor shall note that no wetlands may be disturbed as a result of activities associated with this project. All work to be completed within one hundred sixty (160) workings days from the issuance of Notice to Proceed. LCG reserves the right to increase of decrease work within the channels at the mutual agreement of owner and vendor and the availability of fund. Only a bid bond, certified check or cashiers check shall be submitted as the bid security. Electronic copies of both the front and back of the check or bid bond shall be included with the electronic bid. A Corporate Resolution or Certificate of Authority authorizing the person signing the bid is required to be submitted with bid. Failure to submit a Corporate Resolution or Certificate of Authority with the bid shall be cause for rejection of bid. Each bid shall be accompanied by a certified check, cashiers check, or bid bond payable to the Lafayette Consolidated Government, the amount of which shall be five percent (5%) of the base bid plus additive alternates. If a bid bond is used, it shall be written by a surety or insurance company currently on the U.S. Department of the Treasury Financial Management Service list of approved bonding companies which is published annually in the Federal Register, orby a Louisiana domiciled insurance company with at least an A-Rating in the latest printing of the A.M. Bests Key Rating Guide to write individual bonds up to ten percent (10%) of policyholders surplus as shown in the A.M. Bests Key Rating Guide, or by an insurance company in good standing licensed to write bid bonds which is either domiciled in Louisiana or owned by Louisiana residents. No contractor may withdraw its bid prior to the deadline for submission of bids. Withdrawal of bids thereafter shall be allowed only pursuant to la r.S. 382214.C. Otherwise, no bidder may withdraw his bid for at least forty-five (45) days after the time scheduled for the bid opening of bids. The bid bond shall be issued by a company licensed to do business in Louisiana. The certified check, cashiers check, or bid bond shall be given as a guarantee that the bidder shall execute the contract, should it be awarded to him, in conformity with the contract documents within ten (10) days. Each bid shall be submitted only on the bid form provided within the specifications. The successful bidder will be required to execute performance and labor and material payment bonds in the full amount of the contract as more fully defined in the bid documents. The successful contractor will be required to execute performance and labor and material payment bonds in the full amount of the contract as more fully defined in the bid documents. No contractors may withdraw his bid for at least forty-five (45) days after the time scheduled for the opening of bids. Each bid shall be submitted only on the bid form provided with the specifications. Contractors or contracting firms submitting bids in the amount of $50,000.00 or more shall certify that they are licensed contractors under chapter 24 of title 37 of the louisiana revised statutes of 1950 and show their license number on the front of the sealed envelope in which their bid is enclosed. Contractors shall be licensed for the classification of highway streets and bridge construction or heavy construction bids in the amounts specified above which have not bid in accordance with the requirements, shall be rejected and shall not be read. Additional information relative to licensing may be obtained from the louisiana state licensing board for contractors, baton rouge, louisiana. The lafayette consolidated government strongly encourages the participation of dbes (disadvantaged business enterprises) in all contracts or procurements let by the lafayette consolidated government for goods and services and labor and material. To that end, all contractors and suppliers are encouraged to utilize dbes business enterprises in the purchase or sub-contracting of materials, supplies, services and labor and material in which disadvantaged businesses are available. The lafayette consolidated government reserves the right to reject any and all bids for just cause in accordance with la r.S. 382214.B. Document Notes : Copies of section c standard specifications for roads, drainage, bridges and other infrastructure 2023 edition are available from the public works department at 1515 e university avenue, building a, lafayette la 70501. Bid documents shall be available until twenty-four hours before the bid opening date. Questions relative to the bidding documents shall be addressed to heather kestler at hkestler@lafayettela.Gov