Legal Advertisement NOTICE TO BIDDERS Notice is hereby

Legal Advertisement
NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Notice is hereby given
that City of Franklin, by
and through its Board of
Public Works and Safety,
will receive sealed bids for
the construction of:

STRUCTURE
REPLACEMENT
FORSYTHE STREET
OVER HURRICANE
CREEK
CITY OF FRANKLIN,
INDIANA

Sealed proposals will
be received at the City of
Franklin Office of Planning
and Engineering, 3rd
Floor, City Hall, 70 E.
Monroe Street, Franklin,
Indiana 46131 by 2:00
P.M. (local time) on No-
vember 24, 2026. All pro-
posals will then be publicly
opened and read aloud
during the Bid Opening
meeting, which begins at
2:00 P.M. (local time). Any
proposals received after
the above-designated time
will be returned unopened.
The proposed construc-
tion will include existing
structure removal and in-
stallation of twin 76 15 x
8 coated reinforced con-
crete box culverts. Addi-
tional work consists of in-
stallation revetment riprap
at each end of new cul-
vert, asphalt overlay, and
all incidental work re-
quired, as specified in the
Contract Document and
Plans.
All proposals must be
submitted on State Board
of Accounts Form No. 96
together with the proper
forms included in the Con-
tract Documents, and the
Contractors Financial
Statement (completely
filled out and signed). The
entire set of which shall be
filed intact as a bid.
The Contract Docu-
ments, including Plans
and Specifications, are on
file in the office of the City
of Franklin Office of Plann-
ing and Engineering, 3rd
Floor City Hall, 70 E. Mon-
roe Street, Franklin, Indi-
ana 46131 for review only.
The contract documents
are available at
QuestCDN
(www.questcdn.com ). This
contract is QuestCDN
project number 10373796.
A contractor may view the
contract documents at no
cost prior to deciding to be
a plan holder. To be a
plan holder for bidding
purposes, a contractor
must register with
QuestCDN.com and pur-
chase the contract docu-
ments in digital form at a
cost of $22.00. Register-
ing for all prime contrac-
tors and subcontractors is
recommended as plan
holders will receive auto-
matic notice of adden-
dums and other contract
document updates via
QuestCDN. Contact
QuestCDN Customer Sup-
port at (952) 233-1632 or
[email protected] for
assistance in membership
registration or download-
ing digital project informa-
tion.
Bidders shall assure
that they have obtained
completed sets of draw-
ings and Contract Docu-
ments and shall assume
the risk of any errors or
omissions in bids pre-
pared in reliance on in-
complete sets of drawings
and Contract Documents.
SECURITY: Any per-
son, firm or corporation
who submits a proposal
MUST file with their bid a
CERTIFIED CHECK,
BANK DRAFT, CASH-
IERS CHECK OR
MONEY ORDER issued
by a financial institution in-
sured by an agency of the
United States in the
amount of ten percent
(10%), made payable to
the Treasurer of City of
Franklin. In lieu of the
above, any person, firm or
corporation who submits a
proposal and has a princi-
pal place of business in
the State of Indiana MAY
file with their proposal a
BID BOND in the amount
of ten percent (10%),
made payable to the
Board of Public Works
and Safety of City of
Franklin.
Proposals may be held
by the Public Works and
Safety for a period not to
exceed sixty (60) calendar
days from the public open-
ing.
The successful Con-
tractor will be required to
furnish a Performance
Bond and Payment Bond
in the amount of one hun-
dred percent (100%) of
the contract price, each,
within ten (10) days after
award of the contract and
a two (2) year Mainte-
nance Bond in the amount
of thirty percent (30%) of
the contract price prior to
completion and final pay-
ment of the contract.
No Contractor may
withdraw his proposal
within sixty (60) days after
the actual date of the
opening thereof.
The City of Franklin
Board of Public Works
and Safety reserves the
right to ask for clarification
for any bid submitted. In
comparing bids, consider-
ation will not be confined
to price only. The suc-
cessful bid will be the low-
est responsible and re-
sponsive bidder, however
the Board of Public Works
and Safety reserves the
right to reject any pro-
posal, to waive technicali-
ties or irregularities
therein, to delete any bid
item or items and to award
a contract on the proposal
that in their judgment is
most advantageous to City
of Franklin.

City of Franklin Board of
Public Works
Steve Barnett, Mayor
Ken Austin, Member
Tina Jobe, Member
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