Rhododendron Drive Realignment - Wildwinds to 35th Street

INVITATION FOR BIDS 
November 13th, 2023 
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be accepted by the City Public Works Director or Directors' designee at the City of Florence, 2675 Kingwood Street, Florence, Oregon 97439; the time of the bid receipt will be recorded by either official. Acceptance of bids will be officially closed at 2:00 PM Pacific Time: November 30th, 2023 and immediately thereafter the bids will be publicly opened and read in the conference room of the Public Works Operations Center. 

The City of Florence is requesting qualified Contractors to submit bids on the CITY OF FLORENCE RHODODENDRON DRIVE REALIGNMENT. The project generally consists of the following work: 6500 Tons of Asphalt Concrete Pavement, 14,000 Tons of Aggregate Base, 11,000 Square Feet of Modular Block Retaining Wall, 10,800 Square Feet of Soil Nail Retaining Wall, 1300 Lineal Feet of 18-inch Sewer Main including Six (6) 48-inch manholes, 309 Lineal Feet of Storm Sewer Pipe including two (2) 48-inch manholes and 10 inlet structures, 2600 Lineal Feet of 8-inch Water Main, 2800 Lineal Feet of Concrete Curbs, 1500 Square Feet of concrete sidewalks, 20,000 Lineal Feet of thermoplastic striping, planting 24 street trees, design and installation of drip irrigation system for street trees. 

The schedule for the work is time-sensitive and the Contractor is expected to be prepared to begin construction by January 15th, 2024. The work shall be substantially complete by March 31st, 2025. 
The bid proposal shall be submitted under sealed cover and marked with the Contractor's name and following project: 

CITY OF FLORENCE 
RHODODENDRON DRIVE REALIGNMENT CITY PROJECT NO. ST 02-2023 

All proposals must be submitted on the regular forms furnished and shall be accompanied by an unconditional certified check or bidder's bond in an amount equivalent to five (5) percent of the total amount of the bid. The award will be made to the lowest responsible bidder who will be asked to furnish a separate 100% Corporate Surety Performance Bond and a separate 100% Payment Bond for the faithful performance of the contract. The Contractors may be asked to have their Surety furnish a letter certifying they have currently reviewed the Contractor's financial statement and that the Contractor is financially sound prior to award. 

Complete digital contract documents are available at http://www.rh2.com under the Bidding tab. The complete digital contract documents may be downloaded for a $22.00 non-refundable fee by inputting the QuestCDN project #8833795 on the website. Please contact QuestCDN.com at 952-233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance in free membership registration, downloading, and working with this digital project information. An informational copy of the contract documents is on file for inspection at the City of Florence office. All prospective bidders must provide a valid e-mail address and be added to the Plan Holders List by downloading the documents from www.questcdn.com. Notification of Addenda issuance will be issued via e-mail to the addresses listed on the Plan Holders List. Bid results will be made available on the city's website.

Technical questions regarding the project should be directed to Kris Lillie, PE at 541-326-4375, klillie@rh2.com.

This is for public work and therefore subject to prevailing wage requirements of ORS 279C.800 thru 279C.870. A subcontractor listing is required and shall be submitted with the bid. If the subcontractor listing is not submitted with the bid, it must be received within two (2) hours after the bid closing time and date at the City of Florence, 2675 Kingwood Street, Florence, OR 97439 to the attention of Mike Miller (facsimile is acceptable at 541-590-4017). Failure to supply a correct subcontractor listing will result in bid rejection. 

Request for specification changes must be made a minimum of ten (10) days prior to the proposal receipt date. Protests of bid results must be in writing, must be made within five (5) days of the posted award date, and must otherwise be in accordance with City Public Contracting Rule 137-049-0260.
The City may reject any bid not in compliance with all prescribed public bidding procedures and requirements, and may, for good cause, reject all bids upon a finding by the City of Florence if it is in the public interest to do so in accordance with ORS 279C.395.