CITY OF DUBUQUE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECT

2023 Asphalt Overlay Ramp Project Three

120.1    Time and Place for Filing Sealed Proposals

Sealed Bids for the work comprising each improvement as stated below must be filed before 2:00 p.m. on March 23, 2023, in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall - First Floor, 50 West 13th Street, Dubuque, Iowa. 

120.2    Time and Placed Sealed Proposals Will be Opened and Considered

Sealed proposals will be opened, and Bids tabulated at 2:00p.m. on March 23, 2023, at City Hall - Conference Room C, 50 West 13th Street, Dubuque, Iowa. The City of Dubuque, Iowa, reserves the right to reject any and all Bids. 

120.3    Time for Commencement and Completion of Work

Work on the Project must be commenced within ten (10) calendar days after the Notice to Proceed has been issued June 5, 2023, and shall be fully completed by August 4, 2023.

120.4        Bid Security

Each Bidder must accompany its Bid with a Bid security as security that the successful Bidder will enter into a contract for the work Bid upon and will furnish after the award of contract a corporate surety Bond, acceptable to the governmental entity, for the faithful performance of the contract, in an amount equal to one hundred percent of the amount of the contract. The Bid security must be in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the amount of the contract and must be in the form of a cashier’s check or certified check drawn on a state-chartered or federally chartered bank, or a certified share draft drawn on a state- chartered or federally chartered credit union, or the Bidder may provide a Bid Bond with corporate surety satisfactory to the governmental entity. The Bid Bond must contain no conditions except as provided in this section.

120.5        Contract Documents

Copies of the Contract Documents may be obtained at the Engineering Department, City Hall – Second Floor, 50 West 13th Street, Dubuque, Iowa 52001. The Contract Documents will also be available on the City’s website at www.cityofdubuque.org/bids.aspx. No plan deposit is required.

120.6    Preference for Iowa Products and Labor

By virtue of statutory authority, preference will be given to products and provisions grown and coal produced within the State of Iowa, and to Iowa domestic labor, to the extent lawfully required under Iowa statutes.

120.7    Sales Tax

The Bidder should not include State of Iowa sales tax in its Bid. A sales tax exemption certificate will be available for all material purchased in Iowa for incorporation into the Project.

120.8    General Nature of Public Improvement Project

2023 Asphalt Overlay Ramp Project Three CIP # 3001227-3 5421000002

Replacement of forty-two (42) access ramps at 18 intersections in conjunction with the Public Works Asphalt Overlay program at the following locations:

1.    Knob Hill Dr at Fremont Ave North intersection, two single directional ramps.

2.    Knob Hill Dr at Oak Ridge Dr, two single directional ramps.

3.    Knob Hill Dr at Beacon Hill Dr, two single and one double directional ramps.

4.    Knob Hill Dr at Camilla Ct, two single directional ramps.

5.    Knob Hill Dr at Council Hill Dr, two single directional ramps.

6.    Knob Hill Dr at Freemont Ave South intersection, two single directional ramps.

7.    Fremont Ave at Valentine Dr, two single directional ramps.

8.    Beacon Hill Dr at Fremont Ave, two single directional ramps.

9.    Beacon Hill at Council Hill Dr, two single directional ramps.

10.    Carriage Hill Dr at Fremont Ave, two single directional ramps.

11.    Carriage Hill Dr at Brookview Sq NW intersection, two single directional ramps.

12.    Brookview Sq at Candlewick Ct, two single and one double directional ramps.

13.    Brookview Sq at Rockwood Ct, two single directional ramps.

14.    Carriage Hill Dr at Brookview Sq SE intersection, two single and one double directional     ramps.

15.    Carriage Hill Dr at Carriage Hill Ct, two single directional ramps.

16.    Carriage Hill Dr at Thornwood Dr, two single directional ramps.

17.    Thornwood Dr at Thornwood Ct, two single directional ramps.

18.    Thornwood Ct at Tanglewood Ct, two single ramps.

Base Bid Estimated Total Cost = $176,521.45

120.9    Pre-Bid Construction Conference

No Pre-Bid will be held for this project. Call or Email the City of Dubuque Engineering Department with any questions regarding this project.

120.10    Title VI – Non-Discrimination Clause

The City of Dubuque in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d-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, sex, age, or disability in consideration for an award.

120.11    Notice to Bidders Distribution

On the following date, March 8, 2023, this Notice was posted at the following locations: 

1. Master Builders Website.

2. The City of Dubuque Website: www.cityofdubuque.org/bids