Advertisement for Bids – Brown Ave Sewer Project

Sealed bids are solicited for the: Construction of BROWN AVE SEWER PROJECT, City of Negaunee, Marquette County, Michigan. The project includes approximately 1433 feet of sanitary sewer replacement on Brown Avenue from Main Street to Cherry Street. The project will include bypass pumping, removal of existing sanitary sewer, placing new 18” sanitary sewer; and re-alignment of curb at the Brown/Cherry/Mitchell intersection. The project will also consist of reconstructing Brown Avenue within the existing curb, subbase, gravel, sidewalk and ADA ramps, final gravel grading, dust control, slope restoration, and traffic control. This project will not include HMA paving.

Bids will be received by the City of Negaunee and addressed to: Negaunee City Clerk, City of Negaunee, P.O. Box 70, 319 W. Case Street, Negaunee, MI 49866, until 1:00 p.m. ET, April 3, 2019, at which time these sealed Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at the City of Negaunee Office. Contractors please clearly mark “BID ENCLOSED: Brown Ave Sewer Project” on the outside envelope of sealed bid.

The Contract Documents may be examined at the office of U.P. Engineers & Architects, Inc. at 424 South Pine Street, Ishpeming, Michigan 49849. Direct any questions to Mark Daavettila at the UPEA Ishpeming office. All bidders shall contact U.P. Engineers & Architects, Inc. to be added to the Bidders List for pending addenda and supplemental information if necessary.

Hard copies of the Contract Documents may be obtained from the Ishpeming office of U.P. Engineers & Architects, Inc., 424 South Pine Street, Ishpeming, MI 49849, (906) 485-1011, it will be $50 for each copy.

No Bid shall be received unless accompanied by a certified check or satisfactory Bid Bond payable to the Owner in an amount no less than five percent (5%) of the maximum bid as a guarantee, that if the Bid is accepted, the Bidder will execute and file the Contract, Performance and Payment Bonds, and Insurance Certification, as required by the Contract Documents within fifteen (15) days after the Notice of Award and may not be withdrawn for a period of 60 days after bid deadline.

The Owner reserves the right to waive any informalities or to reject any or all bids.

There will be a mandatory on-site pre-bid conference on Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 1:00pm ET at the intersection of Brown Avenue and Cherry/Mitchell intersection located near the project limits in the City of Negaunee. All interested bidders must attend.