CITY OF MILBANK ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

CITY OF MILBANK

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Notice is hereby given that the City of Milbank, South Dakota will receive sealed bids for construction of the Milbank Lake Farley Campground Improvements Project. Project scope will include the following:  

• Site demolition;

• Site grading and drain tile installation; 

• Roadway grading and gravel placement; 

• Site restoration. 

The Bids must be prepared on bid forms supplied in the Bidding Documents and filed with the City Finance Officer, 1001 4th Avenue, Suite 301, Milbank, S.D. not later than 11:00 A.M. Local Time, September 10, 2020, at which time and place all Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud in the presence of Bidders and their representatives. No bids will be received after the specified hour and date, and bids which are not prepared and filed in accordance with the “Instructions to Bidders” may be rejected.

Each Bid must be submitted in a sealed envelope. Each sealed envelope containing a Bid must be plainly marked on the outside as Bid for Lake Farley Campground Improvements Project, Milbank, South Dakota. The envelope should also bear on the outside the name and address of the Bidder. If forwarded by mail or other delivery system, the sealed envelope containing the Bid must be sealed in another envelope, with the notation “Bid Enclosed” on the face thereof, and addressed to the   City of Milbank, 1001 4th Street, Suite 301, Milbank, SD  57252-0472.

Bidding Documents may be examined at the offices of Banner Associates, Inc. in Brookings, SD. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be ob­tained at the office of Banner Associates, Inc., 409 22nd Avenue South, P.O. Box 298, Brookings, SD 57006, (605) 692-6342 or may be ordered from  www.bannerassociates.com. Copies may be obtained upon a non-refundable payment in the sum of $106.50 including applicable taxes and fees for each set of Bidding Documents. Electronic copies are also available and can be ordered and downloaded from the above website for a $25.00 non-refundable fee. Upon request, in accordance with South Dakota Codified Law 5-18B-1, one copy of electronic or paper Bidding Documents shall be furnished, without charge, to each prime contractor resident in South Dakota who intends, in good faith, to submit a bid to the Owner. Additionally, if a paper copy is provided under the conditions of SDCL 5-18B-1, in consideration of the documents being provided at no charge, unsuccessful bidders agree to return the documents to the office of Banner Associates, at the address listed above, within thirty (30) days after the bid opening.

The Bidder to whom the contract is awarded will be required to fur­nish a construction per­form­ance bond and a construction payment bond to the Owner in the amount of one hundred per­cent (100%) of the contract award for each bond, in con­form­ance with the requirements of the Contract Documents. The construction per­form­ance bond and construction payment bond shall remain in full force until the completion of the Con­tract as specified in the General Conditions.

All bids must be accompanied by a Bid security.  Bid security will take the form of a bid bond in an amount of ten percent (10%) of the Bidder's maximum Bid price or a cashier's or certified check made payable to Owner in an amount of five percent (5%) of the Bidder's maximum Bid price.

The Bid security will be re­tained by the Owner as li­quidated damages if the suc­cess­ful bidder refuses or fails to enter into an Agreement within fifteen (15) days after Notice of Award or fails at time of execut­ing the con­tract to furnish a construction performance bond and construction payment bond guaranteeing the faithful per­form­ance of the work.

Payment for all work shall be in cash based on monthly estimates.

Bids may not be withdrawn after the time fixed for opening them. The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids, and to waive any ir­regularities therein.

By Order of the City Council of Milbank, South Dakota.

Date: 8/20/20 By: John Forman,

City Administrator, City of Milbank

August 26                              September 2