Legal Advertisement The Johnson County Drainage Board

Legal Advertisement

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 25 miles
of brush and broadleaf ap-
plication for 2026 and ap-
proximately 13 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 Surveyors 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 scheduled
March 3rd meeting, of
6:00 p.m. in the West An-
nex Auditorium, 86 W
Court Street, Franklin, In-
diana 46131. The public
will be able to attend said
opening.
This will be a 2-year
contract for the spray sea-
son of 2026 and 2027,
with an option for 2028.
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 2028.
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 in-
cident
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 com-
pleted on or before May
31, 2026 (if unfavorable
weather conditions exist a
two-week extension may
be granted);
2) All ditch banks shall
be sprayed from the
waters 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 Surveyor. Only
those products labeled for
use on and around
Non-irrigation ditch banks
will be allowed to be used.
Please include the materi-
als list to be used in the
herbicide mix - all chemi-
cal names and amounts
per 100 gallons of water,
with chemical names
again provided to County
Surveyor prior to applica-
tion;
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 speci-
fied. The contractor shall
submit a photocopy of his
license with his bid;
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 con-
tractor will be compen-
sated for documented ex-
penses to date upon ter-
mination 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 vehicle with pneu-
matic tires and a
500-gallon minimum ca-
pacity, extended hose and
backpack), Contractor
shall disclose proposed
equipment within the Con-
tractor 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 Sur-
veyors Office. Bids are to
be submitted on the forms
furnished within the con-
tract packet with the re-
quired bond and/or check,
properly executed in ac-
cordance with the direc-
tions contained in the In-
structions 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 10:00 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 pro-
posed work and fully ac-
quaint 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 Surveyors Of-
fice, 86 West Court Street,
Franklin, IN 46131.
3. The Drainage Board,
as appears in these speci-
fications is the Johnson
County Drainage Board
and their agents or repre-
sentatives. The Surveyor
appears in these specifi-
cations is the Johnson
County Surveyor, his dep-
utys, or agents.
4. The equipment used
to apply herbicides to ditch
banks shall consist of a
vehicle capable of travers-
ing rough terrain. The ve-
hicle shall have
four-wheeled drive. Tires
should be adequate to
provide floatation and trac-
tion over varying terrain
and should be designed to
provide the maximum pos-
sible protection against
punctures. The vehicle
shall have an engine with
a minimum rating of fifty
(50) horsepower. The
transmission shall have
adequate gear ratios to
provide for varying appli-
cation and transport
speeds. The driver shall
be located in a position to
have maximum visibility of
both the traveling area
and the spraying opera-
tion. Rollover protection
shall be provided for both
the driver and the applica-
tor. Optional equipment is
a front mounted hydrauli-
cally controlled blade suit-
able for pushing brush and
small obstacles from the
travel path.
5. A spray tank capable
of holding not less than
five hundred (500) gallons
of liquid shall be firmly
mounted on the spray ve-
hicle. The main pump
shall consist of a piston
pump with a minimum op-
erating range of fifty (50)
to six hundred (600) psi of
pressure with adequate
capacity to facilitate the
placement of herbicide
mixtures. Application
should primarily be done
through a boom mechan-
ism to achieve a continu-
ous broadcast. A pressure
regulator shall provide a
flexible range of pressure
control to the handgun
and boom mechanism to
insure proper coverage of
the target vegetation. The
spray material shall be de-
livered through state of the
art handguns and boom
arrangements. 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 include a
list of equipment to be
used for the project along
with color photos of the
spraying equipment to be
used, if not previously dis-
closed in CQF.
EXHIBIT A:
Legal Drains / Water-
sheds and their pro-
posed spray lengths for
both 2026 and 2027
TRADITIONAL SPRAY
Bid

2026
ROUSE 21,750 FT
MONTAGUE 42,500 FT
B. RAGSDALE 5,000 FT
PR GRIFFITH 10,600 FT
T. CAMPBELL 8,800 FT
EM FISHER 9,700 FT
TROUT 9,300 FT
TROUT II 6,800 FT
HURRICANE G. 10,200
FT
GRUBBS 7,400 FT
TOTAL 132,050 FT
2027
RYKER 11,500 FT
AMITY 32,500 FT
HAZELETT 5,150 FT
P HEROD 9,000 FT
BOLES 1,725 FT
SHUCK 1,800 FT
TOTALS 61,675 FT