Online Bids through Bid Express (www.bidexpress.com) will be received until 10:00 A.M. Eastern Standard Time on May 8, 2020, for the CLEVELAND MASSILLON ROAD IMPROVEMENTS (PID 103293).
The City of Fairlawn will only accept and consider bids that have been produced and submitted via Bid Express. All handwritten bids and bids generated electronically from software other than Bid Express shall be considered non-responsive and ineligible for award.
PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS (including bid forms) AND GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS may be obtained at the following link: www.bidexpress.com
Generally, the Project includes the widening of Cleveland Massillon Road between I-77 and Brookwall Drive, including construction of a roundabout at the intersection of Rothrock Road and Cleveland Massillon Road.
All Contractors must be pre-qualified with the Ohio Department of Transportation.
The Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) goal for this project is 8%.
No Pre-Bid meeting will be held. Questions can be submitted via the solicitation on the BidExpress website. Answers to questions will be posted as part of the online solicitation.
Each bidder is required to file with its bid a certified check or cashier’s check for an amount equal to five percent (5%) of its bid, but in no event more than fifty thousand dollars, or a bid bond for ten percent (10%) of its bid payable to the “City of Fairlawn.” Copies of the Check or Bid Bond shall be included as an attachment to the online bid solicitation. The Contractor shall submit the original check or bid bond to guaranty its bid to the City of Fairlawn up to 72 hours in advance of the letting. The Office of the Mayor must receive the check or bond by 10:00 a.m. on the day the project sells. All checks and bonds must be delivered to the City of Fairlawn, Office of the Mayor, 3487 S Smith Road, Fairlawn, OH 44333 in a sealed envelope marked “Cleveland Massillon Road Improvements Bid Guaranty, [Contractor Name]”. No proposal will be considered unless accompanied by a check or bond drawn on a solvent bank made payable to the City of Fairlawn, OH.
This project is funded by the Federal Highway Administration and thus all bidders shall comply with the prevailing wage rates as determined by the United States Secretary of Labor, along with other provisions included within the contract documents that are applicable to Federal-Aid projects. Contractors shall use only the classifications and wage rates set forth in the United States Department of Labor (USDOL) wage decision found at website noted below on certified payrolls. Additionally, please note that the wage modification in effect at the time of the project sale date, shall be used by all contractors.
http://www.wdol.gov/dba.aspx#0 and http://www.access.gpo.gov/davisbacon/
The engineer’s estimate of cost for this project is $8,630,000.
The right is reserved to reject any or all proposals, to waive technicalities or to advertise for new proposals, if in the judgment of the awarding authority the best interests of the City will be promoted thereby.