*SEE ABSTRACT*
SECTION 00100
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
FXS-0206(057), PCN 24338
BARNES COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA
Sealed bids will be received by Barnes County at the office of KLJ Engineering at 1010, 4th Avenue SW Valley City, ND 58072, until 1:00 PM CT, March 13th, 2025, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud for the furnishing of materials, labor, equipment and skill required for the construction of Milling, Rap-Hot Mix Asphalt Overlay, Fiber HMA Additive and incidental items in and for said Barnes County, as is more fully described and set forth in the plans and specifications therefore, which are now on file in the office of the KLJ Engineering LLC.
Bids shall be upon cash payment on the following estimated quantities and types of work:
Contract Bond, 1.0 L SUM; Railway Protection Insurance, 1.0 L SUM; Common Excavation-Subcut, 300 CY; Water, 118 M GAL; Shoulder Preparation, 8 MILE; Aggregate Base Course CL 5, 916 TON; Fog Seal, 9,733 GAL; Milling Pavement Surface, 148,478 SY; RAP-Superpave FAA 43, 31,547 TON; Fiber HMA Additive, 4,114 LBS; Cored Sample, 312 EA; PG 58H-34 Asphalt Cement, 1,735 TON; Mobilization, 1.0 L SUM; Flagging, 800 MHR; Traffic Control Signs, 1,714 UNIT; Tubular Markers, 288 EA; Pilot Car, 400 HR; Bituminous Laboratory, 1.0 EA; Contractor’s Laboratory, 1.0 EA; Geosynthetic Material Type R1, 900 SY; Rumble Strips – Asphalt Shoulder, 11.22 MILE; Rumble Strips – Intersection, 2 SET; Preformed Patterned Pvmt Mk-Message (Grooved), 265 SF; Short Term 4IN Line – Type NR, 84,363 LF; Pvmt Mk Painted 6IN Line, 133,335 LF.
The contract documents are on file and may be examined at the following:
KLJ Engineering LLC
1010, 4th Avenue SW
Valley City, North Dakota 58072
Complete digital project bidding documents are available at www.kljeng.com “Projects for Bid” or www.questcdn.com. You may download the digital plan documents for $23 by inputting Quest project #9555665 on the website’s Project Search page. Please contact QuestCDN at (952) 233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance in free membership registration, downloading, and working with this digital project information. An optional paper set of project documents is also available for a non-refundable price of $77 per set at KLJ, 1010 4th Avenue SW, Valley City, ND 58072. Please contact us at 701-845-4980.
All bids are to be submitted on the basis of cash payment for the work and materials, and each bid shall be accompanied by a separate envelope containing the contractor’s license and bid security. The bid security must be in a sum equal to five per cent (5%) of the full amount of the bid and must be in the form of a bidder’s bond. A bidder’s bond must be executed by the bidder as principal and by a surety company authorized to do business in this state, conditioned that if the principal's bid be accepted and the contract awarded to the principal, the principal, within ten (10) days after notice of award, will execute and effect a contract in accordance with the terms of his bid and the bid bond as required by the laws of the State of North Dakota and the regulations and determinations of the governing body. If a successful bidder does not execute a contract within ten (10) days allowed, the bidder’s bond must be forfeited to the governing body and the project awarded to the next lowest responsible bidder.
All bidders must be licensed for the full amount of the bid as required by Section 43‑07‑07 and 43-07-12 of the North Dakota Century Code.
The successful Bidder will be required to furnish Contract Performance and Payment Bonds in the full amount of the contract.
Contracts shall be awarded on the basis of the low bid submitted by a responsible and responsive bidder for the aggregate sum of all bid items. A single contract be awarded for the work.
All bids will be contained in a sealed envelope, as above provided; plainly marked showing that such envelope contains a bid for the above project. In addition, the bidder shall place upon the exterior of such envelope the following information:
1. The work covered by the bidder
2. The name of the bidder
3. Separate envelope containing bid bond and a copy of North Dakota Contractor's License or certificate of renewal.
4. Acknowledgement of the Addenda.
No Bid will be read or considered which does not fully comply with the above provisions as to Bond and licenses and any deficient Bid submitted will be resealed and returned to the Bidder immediately.
The work on the improvement will be completed by September 6th, 2025.
The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive any informality in any bid, to hold all bids for a period not to exceed 30 days from the date of opening bids, and to accept the bid deemed most favorable to the interest of the Owner.
Should the Contractor fail to complete the work within the time required herein or within such extra time as may have been granted by formal extensions of time approved by the Owner, there will be deducted from any amount due the Contractor the sum of $2,300 per day and every day that the completion of the work is delayed. The Contractor and his surety will be liable for any excess. Such payment will be as and for liquidated damages.
Dated this 21st day of February, 2025
