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NORMANDY DRIVE STORM SEWER PROJECT
Sealed proposals will be received by the City Clerk of the City of Iowa City, Iowa, until 3:00 P.M.
on the 23rd day of October, 2024. Sealed proposals will be opened immediately thereafter. Bids
submitted by fax machine shall not be deemed a "sealed bid" for purposes of this Project.
Proposals received after this deadline will be returned to the bidder unopened.
Proposals will be acted upon by the City Council at a meeting to be held in the Emma J. Harvat
Hall at 6:00 P.M. on the 4th day of November, 2024, or at special meeting called for that purpose.
The Project will involve the following:
Removal of approximately 200 feet of 54” x 34” Corrugated Metal Arch Pipe and replacement with
approximately 400 feet of twin 36” diameter Reinforced Concrete Pipe; removing and replacing
an existing intake; and installing a gate valve structure. Approximately 745 square yards of street
and sidewalk pavement will be removed and replaced as necessary to complete the Project; and
the Project is located in the 600 block of Normandy Drive, Iowa City, Iowa 52246.
All work is to be done in strict compliance with the Project Manual prepared by Bolton & Menk, of
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, which has heretofore been approved by the City Council, and are on file for
public examination in the Office of the City Clerk.
Each proposal shall be completed on a form furnished by the City and must be submitted in a
sealed envelope. In addition, a separate sealed envelope shall be submitted containing a
completed Bidder Status Form and a bid security executed by a corporation authorized to contract
as a surety in the State of Iowa, in the sum of 10% of the bid. The bid security shall be made
payable to the TREASURER OF THE CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA, and shall be forfeited to the
City of Iowa City in the event the successful bidder fails to enter into a contract within ten (10)
calendar days of the City Council’s award of the contract and post bond satisfactory to the City
(in the form shown in Section 0510) ensuring the faithful performance of the contract and
maintenance of said Project, if required, pursuant to the provisions of this notice and the other
contract documents. The City shall retain the bid security furnished by the successful bidder until
the approved contract has been executed, the required Performance, Payment, and Maintenance
Bond (as shown in Section 0510) has been filed by the bidder guaranteeing the performance of
the contract, and the contract and security have been approved by the City. The City shall
promptly return the checks or bidder’s bonds of unsuccessful bidders to the bidders as soon as
the successful bidder is determined or within thirty days, whichever is sooner.
The successful bidder will be required to furnish a Performance, Payment, and Maintenance Bond
in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price and in the form shown in
Section 0510, said bond to be issued by a responsible surety approved by the City, and shall
guarantee the prompt payment of all materials and labor, and also protect and save harmless the
City from all claims and damages of any kind caused directly or indirectly by the operation of the
contract, and shall also guarantee the maintenance of the improvement for a period of Five (5)
year(s) from and after its completion and formal acceptance by the City Council.
The following limitations shall apply to this Project:
Completion Date: May 31st, 2025
Liquidated Damages: $240 per day
The Project Manual may be examined at the office of the City Clerk. Copies thereof and blank
forms may be secured at the office of Technigraphics, a division of Rapids Reproductions located
at 415 Highland Ave, Suite 100, Iowa City, Iowa 52240, Phone: (319) 354-5950, Fax: (319) 354-
8973, Toll-Free: (800) 779-0093.
Prospective bidders are advised that the City of Iowa City desires to employ minority contractors
and subcontractors on City projects. A listing of Targeted Small Business contractors can be
obtained from the Iowa Department of Administrative Services at (515) 242-5120.
Bidders shall list on the Proposal the names of persons, firms, companies or other parties with
whom the bidder intends to subcontract. This list shall include the type of work and approximate
subcontract amount(s).
The Contractor awarded the contract shall list on the Contract its subcontractors, together with
quantities, unit prices and extended dollar amounts.
By virtue of statutory authority, preference must 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. The Iowa reciprocal resident bidder preference law applies to this Project.
The City reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, and also reserves the right to waive
technicalities and irregularities.
Posted upon order of the City Council of Iowa City, Iowa.
KELLIE GRACE, CITY CLERK