NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN on this 21st day of May 2010, that the City of Arcadia, Florida, hereinafter called the OWNER, will receive sealed proposals (bids) for the DESOTO COUNTY POTABLE WATER INTERCONNECT (PROJECT) at the office of the City Administrator, in the Way Building, 23 North Polk Avenue, Arcadia, FL 34266 until 2:00 p.m. on the 21st day of June 2010, 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.

All questions about the meaning/intent of the contract documents must be submitted in writing, by 5:00 p.m., 10 days before the bid opening date to Julie Karleskint, PE, Hazen and Sawyer, P.C. (ENGINEER) 2201 Cantu Ct., Suite 109, Sarasota, FL 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 Hazen and Sawyer, P.C., 2201 Cantu Ct., Suite 109, Sarasota, FL 34232.

Copies may be purchased at the office of the ENGINEER by payment of $100.00 per set (non-refundable, no cash is allowed).

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.

BY ORDER OF THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, FLORIDA

Dated: 5/21/10    By: Rachelle M. Baumann

                                Interim Administrator