LAWRENCE, KANSAS

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS - CITY BID NO. B09064  

Sealed bids for Project No.UT0923DS, 2009 Lawrence Municipal Airport Waterline Improvements will be received by the City Commission at the office of the City Clerk in the City of Lawrence, Kansas, until 2:00 p.m. on the _13^th  day of _October_, 2009.   

The major items of work to be done under this contract generally include, but are not limited to:  

· 12” Ductile Iron Waterline (In Place)              7,441               L.F.

· 8” Ductile Iron Waterline (In Place)                1,805               L.F.

· 22” Steel Casing (Bored)                                270                  L.F.

· Uncased Bore (Auger Bore)                           1,186               L.F.

BID RESULTS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE FOLLOWING SOURCES:

• After 4:00 P.M. the day following the bid opening from the Engineering Division.
• After 5:00 P.M. the day following the bid opening from the City of Lawrence

website at http://www.ci.lawrence.ks.us/govt2/finance/finance.html

The proposed contract documents consisting of the drawings and specifications, together with information for bidders, bid proposal, form and forms of contracts, performance bond and statutory bond, may be examined at the office of the City Engineer.  The proposed contract documents may be obtained by prospective bidders from the City Engineer at a non-refundable cost of $_100.00_ for each set.  

Each bid shall be accompanied by a certified check, cashier’s check on a solvent bank, or bid bond no less than 5% of the amount of the bid which may be made payable to the City of Lawrence, retained by the City Commission until a contract for the project shall have been awarded.  Bid bonds or check will be returned to the unsuccessful bidders when their bids are rejected.  The bid bond or check of the successful bidder will be returned when satisfactory bonds have been furnished.

The contractor agrees that the contractor shall observe the provisions of the Kansas Act Against Discrimination and shall not discriminate against any person in the performance of work under the present contract because of race, religion, color, sex, disability, national origin or ancestry.  The contractor shall in all solicitations or advertisements for employees include the phrase, “equal opportunity employer.”  The contractor agrees that if the contractor fails to comply with the manner in which the contractor reports to the Kansas Human Rights Commission in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 44-1031 and amendments thereto, the contractor shall be deemed to have breached the present contract and it may be canceled, terminated or suspended, in whole or in part, by the City.  If the contractor is found guilty of a violation of the Kansas Act Against Discrimination under a decision or order of the Commission which has become final, the contractor shall be deemed to have breached the present contract and it may be canceled, terminated or suspended, in whole or in part, by the City.

The City Commission reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive informalities.

                                                                        City of Lawr ence, Kansas

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                                                                         Jonathan Douglass, City Clerk