Legal Notice
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS BIDDING
Sealed bids for the City Hall and Recreation Center for the City of Ellsworth, MN, will be received by the City of Ellsworth no later than 2:00 PM CDT on September 5, 2019. Bids will be received at the City of Ellsworth Offices, PO Box 355, 322 S. Broadway Street, Ellsworth, MN 56129. Bids will be opened at that time.
The project consists of a wood framed structure for city hall and an additive bid alternate for the recreation center. The recreation center will be a 60’ x 125’ pre-engineered structure attached to the city hall structure and separated by a fire wall. The project includes site demolition and repair, foundations, concrete, wood framing, steel structure, insulation, stone veneer, lap siding, steel wall and roof panels, and related work as shown and described on the bid documents. Refer to the documents for details related to the project.
The work will be completed per the “Summary of the Work,” as is listed in the project specifications. It is suggested that the bidder review the “Contract Documents” consisting of the project specifications and contract drawings in addition to visiting the actual site. Bids will be received for a single prime contract on a lump sum basis for all the required work. All construction will conform to the latest Standards of the International Building Code and Minnesota State Building Codes.
INSPECTION OF DOCUMENTS
All bids shall be in accordance with forms and specifications attached to and made a part of the contract documents. Contract documents including plans and specifications may be examined at the following locations:
City of Ellsworth Office, Ellsworth, MN
Falls Architecture Studio, Sioux Falls, SD
Mankato Builders Exchange, Mankato, MN
Plains Builders Exchange, Sioux Falls, SD
Sioux Falls Builders Exchange, Sioux Falls, SD
COPIES OF THE DOCUMENTS
Bidders may obtain digital copies of the contract documents through the office of the Architect – Falls Architecture Studio, LLC, 4300 S. Louise Avenue, Suite 103, Sioux Falls, SD 57106, 605-334-0402, in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders. No partial sets will be issued. Only one set will be issued to bidders. If a paper copy is requested, Bidders must provide a 48 HR notice prior to picking up printed contract documents. Electronic copies will be immediately available.
RIGHT TO REJECT ANY AND ALL BIDS
This Advertisement for Bids does not commit the Owner to award a contract, nor to pay any costs incurred in the preparation of bid(s) or to procure supplies. The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive any informalities or irregularities and to re-advertise when it is in the best interest of the City of Ellsworth, Minnesota.
BID SECURITY
Each bid shall be accompanied by a certified check, cashier’s check or draft in the amount of 5% of the base bid and all add alternates and drawn on a State or National Bank or a 10% bid bond issued by a Surety authorized to do business in the State of Minnesota and made payable to the City of Ellsworth, Minnesota.
PERFORMANCE AND PAYMENT SECURITY
The successful bidder will be required to furnish and pay for satisfactory performance and payment bonds in the amount of 100% of the amount of the Contract Award.
Bids received which do not fully comply with the above provisions and any deficient bids submitted may be resealed and returned to the bidder. No bids shall be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days after the opening of the bids without the consent of the Owner.
Dawn Huisman, MCMC
City Clerk-Treasurer
City of Ellsworth
08-14-19, 08-21-19
