CITY OF ARCADIA

INVITATION TO BID

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN on this 7th day of July 2006, that the City of Arcadia, Florida, hereinafter called the OWNER, will receive sealed proposals (bids) up to the hour of 2:00 p.m., on the 8th day of August, 2006, for furnishing transportation, materials, equipment labor services, and supplies necessary to construct the project titled:

CITY OF ARCADIA

SANITARY SEWER LINE REPLACEMENT

The project includes the mainline replacement of approximately 3,800 LF of 8-inch PVC gravity sewer pipe, mainline replacement of approximately 800 LF of 15-inch PVC gravity sewer pipe, and 11 manholes.

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 on the 8th day of August, 2006 after 2:00 p.m.

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 Blvd., Suite 200, Sarasota, FL 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.

All questions about the meaning/intent of the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS must be submitted in writing before 10:00 a.m., July 28th, 2006, to: Todd Bosso, PE, Boyle Engineering Corporation, 5971 Cattleridge Blvd., 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 cashier’s 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.