066-20 - NOTICE TO BIDDERS: ARENS FIELD – 2020

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

ARENS FIELD – 2020

INSTALL RWY 9/27 LIGHTING AND VERTICAL / VISUAL GUIDANCE SYSTEM (REIL; PAPI); INSTALL TWY LIGHTING; GUIDANCE SIGNAGE; AND AIRPORT ROTATING BEACON

The Winamac-Pulaski County Board of Aviation Commissioners, Winamac, Indiana (Owner) will receive sealed bids for the following project until 7:00 PM, local time, on the 5th day of May, 2020, at the administration building, Arens Field, Winamac, Indiana. All responsive bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at this location immediately after the bid proposal due time by the Owner.

A voluntary Pre-bid conference will be held at the Arens Field administration building, at 11:00 AM, local time, on the 22th day of April, 2020. 

Bids to be mailed shall be addressed to the attention of the Winamac-Pulaski County Board of Aviation Commissioners, 2595 North U.S. 35, Winamac, Indiana, 46996, and shall be clearly marked “Sealed Bids, DO NOT OPEN”. Bids delivered in person may be taken to the same address prior to the bid proposal due date and time.

 The project consists of demolition of the existing RWY 9/27 incandescent edge and threshold lighting fixtures along with the corresponding circuit constant current regulator, Runway End Identifier Lights (REIL), Precision Approach Path Indicators (PAPI), taxiway edge lighting, taxiway guidance sign, and airport rotating beacon; abandoning the existing electrical conduit, cable, and counterpoise wire; installing new electrical conduit, cable, and counterpoise wire (or pulling the existing electrical cable and using the existing electrical conduit); installing new RWY 9/27 edge and threshold lighting fixtures along with a new circuit constant current regulator, REIL, PAPI, taxiway guidance sign, and airport rotating beacon (using LED equipment where eligible); and restoring disturbed areas as more specifically set out in the Plans and Specifications.

Federal laws and regulations require that the successful bidders be contractually subject to applicable federal contract provisions and that the bidders incorporate such provisions in each subcontractor, material supplier, or service provider contract or agreement used for the proposed project. The full text of each contract provision, its source law or regulation, and its applicability to the proposed construction contract are contained in the Contract Documents. Certain contract provisions are included in this Notice to Bidders by reference while the full text is included in the proposed construction contract:

(1) Buy American Preference requires all steel and manufactured goods be produced in the United States;

(2) Foreign Trade Restriction prohibits the use of product or services from a foreign country that discriminates against the United States as published by the Office of the United States Trade Representative;

(3) Davis-Bacon Act ensures that laborers and mechanics employed receive pay no less than the prevailing wages and fringe benefits determined by the Department of Labor;

(4) Affirmative Action Requirement sets goals for minority participation in federally funded projects;

(5) Government-wide Debarment and Suspension requires that bidders must certify that they are not suspended, debarred, or excluded by any Federal department or agency;

(6) Government-wide Requirements for a Drug-free Workplace prohibits the unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession, or use of a controlled substance in the Owner’s workplace. 

A certified check or bank draft payable to the Winamac-Pulaski County Board of Aviation Commissioners, Winamac, Indiana, or a satisfactory bid bond, executed by the Bidder and an approved surety company in an amount not less than five (5) percent of the bid, shall be submitted with each bid.

(1) The bidder must supply all the information required by the bid on proposal forms.

(2) The bids shall be based upon rates of wages at least as high as the minimum rates established by the Davis-Bacon wage rate determination included in the contract documents.

The Contract Documents including the Plans, Specifications and Bid Proposal are on file at Arens Field, Winamac, Indiana and at the office of Woolpert, Inc., 333 North Alabama Street, Suite 200, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46204. Copies of the Contract Documents may be obtained at cost for the document reproduction and shipping, non-refundable from Integrity One Technologies, contact between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM by telephone at 317-631-1000 to order. Information on the bid documents may be viewed online at: http://www.integrityonetechnologies.com/.

The Owner, in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, (78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000d to 2000d-4) and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office of the Secretary, Part 21, Nondiscrimination in Federally-assisted programs of the Department of Transportation issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, national origin or sex and consideration for an award. MBE’s interested in participating in the construction program and bidding upon the project, upon request, will be supplied with information or plans and specifications desired.

The Owner is cognizant of the time limitation for awarding contracts and giving Notice to Proceed pursuant to IC 36-1-12-6. However, due to the time requirements anticipated for obtaining approval of appropriate public agencies, and other required procedures, it is anticipated that the contract cannot be finally executed and Notice to Proceed be given until 90 days following the opening of the bids. Accordingly, bidders should be prepared to grant an appropriate extension of time pursuant to IC 36-1-12-6 at the time of making the tentative award to the lowest responsible bidders as determined by the Owner.

No bidders shall be allowed to withdraw their bid after its opening unless written approval is granted by the Owner. The Owner reserves the right to waive any informalities in bidding if such waiver is in its best interests and conforms to local laws pertaining to the letting of construction contracts and to reject any and all bids.

066-20 G 04/01, 04/08

 

Pulaski County Journal

114 W. Main Street
Winamac, IN 46996

(574) 946-6628
 

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