INVITATION TO BID

NOTICE IS HERBY GIVEN on this 7th day of April, 2006, that the City of Arcadia, Florida hereinafter called the OWNER, will receive sealed proposals (bids) up to the hour of 11:30 a.m., on the 12th day of May, 2006, for furnishing transportation, materials, equipment, labor, services, and supplies necessary to construct the PROJECT, described briefly as follows:

RECLAIMED WATER MAIN EXTENSION

Bids will only be received at the office of the City Administrator, Arcadia City Hall Annex at 23 North Polk Avenue, Arcadia, Florida 34266 (863)494-4114. Bids will be opened at the City Council Chambers located in the City Hall Annex on North Polk Avenue. The bid opening will be Public.

Said bids shall conform to and be responsive to the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS for the PROJECT and must be accompanied by the security referred to therein.

Copies of the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS are on file and may be examined at the office of the ENGINEER, Boyle Engineering Corporation, 5971 Cattleridge Boulevard, Suite 200, Sarasota, Florida 34232 and at the Arcadia City Hall Annex.

Copies may be purchased at the office of the ENGINEER by payment of $75.00 per set (non-refundable). Extra plan sheets may be purchased for $2.00 per sheet. Extra pages from the project manual may be purchased for $0.10 per sheet. No extra plan sheets or pages will be sold unless at least one complete set of the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS is purchased.

A Pre-Bid Conference will be held the 25th day of April, 2006, at 10:00 a.m., in the City Council Chambers located in the City Hall Annex on North Polk Avenue. All questions about the meaning/intent of the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS must be submitted in writing before 10:00 a.m., May 5th, 2006 to Julie L. Karleskint, PE, Boyle Engineering Corporation, 5971 Cattleridge Boulevard, Suite 200, Sarasota, Florida 34232. Questions will be answered in accordance with Article 5 of the “Instructions to Bidders”.

Each bid or proposal shall be made out or submitted in duplicate on a form furnished as part of the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS, and must be accompanied by a cashiers check, or certified check, or a bidder’s bond in the amount specified in the BID FORM, made Payable to the Order of, or for the benefit of the OWNER, as the case may be. Said check or bond shall be given as guarantee that the bidder will enter into a CONTRACT with the OWNER if awarded the WORK, and will be declared forfeited if the successful bidder refuses to enter into said CONTRACT.

The OWNER reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any and all irregularity in any bid.