Notice of Bid/Request for Proposal

OTHER AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
City of Arcadia
Water Plant Disinfection Conversion

INVITATION TO BID

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN on this 7th day of March 2008, that the City of Arcadia, Florida, hereinafter called the OWNER, will receive sealed proposals (bids) for the Water Treatment Plant Disinfection Conversion (PROJECT) at the office of the City Administrator, at the Way Building, 23 North Polk Avenue until 2:00 p.m., on the 8th day of April 2008, and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud.

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.

A pre-bid conference will be held on the 25th day of March 2008, at 10:00 a.m., in the office of the City Administrator, Arcadia City Hall Annex, 23 North Polk Avenue, Arcadia, FL 34266. All questions about the meaning/intent of the contract documents must be submitted in writing before 12:00 Noon, on the 31st day of March 2008 to: Iqbal Hossain, P.E., 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”.

Copies of the Contract Documents are on file and may be examined at the office of Boyle Engineering Corporation, 5971 Cattleridge Blvd., Suite 200, Sarasota, FL 34232.

Copies may be purchased at the office of the ENGINEER by non-refundable payment of $150.00 per full-size set and $100.00 per half-size set.

Each bid or proposal shall be made out or submitted 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.