Legal Advertisement RE: Alternative Terrain Spraying

Legal Advertisement
RE: Alternative Terrain
Spraying

The Johnson County
Drainage Board does
hereby invite sealed bids
for the spraying of legal
drains in Johnson County
Indiana, comprising a total
of approximately 15 miles
of brush and broadleaf ap-
plication for 2026 and ap-
proximately 8 miles for
2027. Bids will be
awarded to the lowest,
most competent bidder on
a price per gallon applied
basis. Sealed bids will be
received at the Johnson
County Surveyor's Office,
86 W. Court Street, Frank-
lin Indiana 46131, until
6:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)
on Tuesday, March 3rd,
2026. At that time bids
will be publicly opened by
the Johnson County
Drainage Board, and read
aloud at its regular sched-
uled March 3rd meeting,
of 6:00 p.m. in the West
Annex Auditorium, 86 W
Court Street, Franklin, In-
diana 46131. The public
will be able to attend said
opening.
This will be a 1-year
contract for the spray sea-
son of 2026, with an op-
tion for 2027.
If the Johnson County
Drainage Board elects to
exercise this option to re-
new, then the compensa-
tion provided for shall be
increased in an amount
equal to five percent (5%)
for the year 2027.
Also, each bidder shall
submit with their bid, proof
of insurance in the amount
as follows:

1) Personal Injury: $300,000.00 - per person
$1,500,000.00 - per inci-
dent
2)Property Damage:
$300,000.00

The Work of Project
consists of but is not nec-
essarily limited to the fol-
lowing:
1) All work is to be
completed on or before
May 31, 2026 (if unfavora-
ble weather conditions ex-
ist a two-week extension
may be granted);
2) All ditch banks
shall be sprayed from the
water's edge to a point ap-
proximately 10 feet be-
yond the top of the bank,
where practicable;
3) The products used
must be registered for sale
and use within the State of
Indiana as verified from
the Office of Indiana State
Chemist.
The products used and
the method of application
must also be approved by
the Johnson County Sur-
veyor. Only those prod-
ucts labeled for use on
and around Non-irrigation
ditch banks will be allowed
to be used. Please include
the materials list to be
used in the herbicide mix -
all chemical names and
amounts per 100 gallons
of water, with chemical
names again provided to
County Surveyor prior to
application;
4) The contractor
shall guarantee a 90%
weed and brush kill;
5) The contractor
shall conduct his work so
as to avoid any damage
outside the ditch
right-of-way. Any damage
outside the ditch
right-of-way, resulting from
the contractors operations,
shall be the sole responsi-
bility of the contractor;
6) The contractor will
be held responsible for all
damage occurring during
the performance of and up
to 2 years from date of
start of work, said respon-
sibility will continue even
though partial payments
may have been made un-
der the contract. The con-
tractor will be held liable
for all damages that may
occur to persons, prop-
erty, animals or vehicles
arising from defective ap-
paratus or any negligence
on the part of himself or
his employees. The con-
tractor is hereby expressly
bound to indemnify and
save harmless the County,
the Drainage Board, the
Surveyor and their agents
and employees, from de-
fense thereof including at-
torney fees, of any nature
and, description arising
out of any claim or suit
brought against the said
County Drainage Board or
Surveyor for, or on ac-
count of, any injuries or
damages received or sus-
tained by any party by or
from any act or omission
of the said contractor or
agents occurring in the
performance of said work
or by or account of any act
or omission of said con-
tractor or his agent. The
contractor is hereby ex-
pressly bound to appear
and defend all such suits
or actions and to hold the
Drainage Board and the
Surveyor harmless from
any loss on account of
such suits or action.
7) The contractor
shall be licensed by the
State of Indiana for the
work specified. The con-
tractor shall submit a pho-
tocopy of his license prior
to contract execution;
8) The contractor
agrees that the Board may
terminate this contract at
any time with just cause.
Just cause may include,
but shall not be limited to,
improper application, loss
of license, loss of insur-
ance, identifiable liability
for damages, or other lim-
iting factors. The contrac-
tor will be compensated
for documented expenses
to date upon termination
of this contract by the
Board;
9) The contractor
shall be responsible for
having the necessary
equipment to spray all
areas to be treated (i.e.
all-wheel-drive spray
equipped skidder type ve-
hicle with skid tracks, ex-
tended hose and back-
pack), Contractor shall
disclose proposed equip-
ment within the Contractor
Qualification Form (CQF)
to be made part of the bid
packet;
10) Attached Exhibit A
is a list of the legal
drains/watersheds and
their proposed spray
lengths for both 2026 and
2027 along with a John-
son County map showing
their locations.
Contract Documents,
including maps, specifi-
cations and bid forms are
available to be viewed at
the Johnson County
Surveyor's Office. Bids
are to be submitted on the
forms furnished within the
contract packet with the
required bond and/or
check, properly executed
in accordance with the di-
rections contained in the
Instructions to Bidders.
An executed notarized
non collusion affidavit
must be submitted with
the bid bond or certified
check in the amount of 5%
of the bid must be submit-
ted with the bid. (bond
should be based on your
projected total project
cost)
A 125% PERFOR-
MANCE BOND WILL BE
REQUIRED BEFORE
SIGNING OF THE CON-
TRACT
A pre-bid meeting will
be held prior on February
23, 2026, at 11:00 a.m.
(Eastern Time) in the of-
fice of the Johnson County
Surveyor, to familiarize
Bidders with this Project.
All prospective bidders are
asked to attend the meet-
ing.
The Bids will be read at
6:00 p.m. during March
3rd, 2026, Regular John-
son County Drainage
Board Meeting, and
awarded based on the
lowest responsive, and re-
sponsible Bid. The John-
son County Drainage
Board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids or
waive any informality or
technicality in any bid.
Published by the au-
thority of the Johnson
County Drainage Board,
attention J. Gregg
Cantwell, Johnson
County Surveyor, 86 W
Court Street, Franklin, In-
diana 46131. Phone:
317 346-4341
DITCH SPRAYING
SPECIFICATIONS
1. Each contractor
shall visit the site of the
proposed work and fully
acquaint himself with the
existing conditions which
could affect the successful
completion of the work.
The contractor shall not be
relieved of any obligation
under the contract, be-
cause of his failure to re-
ceive or examine any legal
instrument or because of
his failure to visit the site
of the work.
2. The lengths of the
drains, as shown on the
attached list, are believed
to be accurate. The
lengths and/or locations of
the drains may be deter-
mined from the attached
maps, or from the John-
son County Surveyor's Of-
fice, 86 West Court Street,
Franklin, IN 46131.
3. The Drainage
Board, as appears in
these specifications, is the
Johnson County Drainage
Board and their agents or
representatives. The Sur-
veyor appears in these
specifications is the John-
son County Surveyor, his
deputy's, or agents.
4. The equipment
used to apply herbicides
to ditch banks shall con-
sist of a vehicle capable of
traversing rough terrain.
The vehicle shall have
track skid steer. Skid
Steer Tracks shall be ade-
quate to provide traction
over varying terrain. The
vehicle shall have an en-
gine with a minimum rat-
ing of seventy-four (74)
horsepower. The trans-
mission shall have ade-
quate gear ratios to pro-
vide for varying application
and transport speeds.
The driver shall be located
in a position to have maxi-
mum visibility of both the
traveling area and the
spraying operation.
Rollover protection shall
be provided for both the
driver and the applicator.
Optional equipment is a
front mounted brush cutter
suitable for pushing / cutt-
ing brush and small obsta-
cles from the travel path.
5. A spray tank shall
be firmly mounted on the
spray vehicle. The main
pump shall consist of a
piston pump with a mini-
mum operating range of
fifty (50) to six hundred
(600) psi of pressure with
adequate capacity to facili-
tate the placement of
herbicide mixtures. Appli-
cation should primarily be
done through a boom
mechanism to achieve a
continuous broadcast. A
pressure regulator shall
provide a flexible range of
pressure control to the
handgun and boom mech-
anism to insure proper
coverage of the target
vegetation. The spray
material shall be delivered
through state of the art
handguns and boom ar-
rangements. A platform
from which spraying can
be performed shall be de-
signed to permit the appli-
cation of spray material
from either side of the ve-
hicle and set at a height to
facilitate the proper place-
ment of the spray mixture
with a minimum amount of
overspray and drift.
6. Please also in-
clude a list of equipment
to be used for the project
along with color photos of
the spraying equipment to
be used, if not previously
disclosed in CQF.

2026 RA ALEXANDER 7,950 FT
HURRICANE-(NORTH) 8,500 FT
HURRICANE-(FORSYTHE) 4,880 FT
WM FISHER 17,000 FT
TRACY (EAST) 1,300 FT J. PARK 4,800 FT COVERT-DEER 3,000FT TRACY 17,600 FT
LEE PARK 7,400 FT
POWELL TILE 700 FT
CANARY CLEARING
2,250 FT
CANARY POND 1,200 FT
2027 FISH-TUCK-SHIP 7,100 FT
RAGSDALE 6,800 FT
HURRICANE (SOUTH)
CANARY POND 1,200 FT
WS VANDIVIER 5,100 FT
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