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Project:

City of Alexandria Runestone Community Center Expansion

802 3^rd Avenue West

Alexandria, MN 56308

Owner:

City of Alexandria

704 Broadway Street,

Alexandria, MN 56308

Architect:

JLG Architects, Inc

525 Broadway Street,

Alexandria, MN 56308

Construction Manager:

RJM Construction

830 Boone Avenue North

Golden Valley, MN 55427

NOTICE TO QUALIFIED CONTRACTORS – Notice is hereby given that the City of Alexandria and RJM Construction will receive sealed bids from qualified bidders until 1:00 p.m., Thursday, July 11, 2024 at Alexandria City Hall, 704 Broadway Street, Alexandria, MN 56308.

NOTE, THIS ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS PERTAINS ONLY TO BID CATEGORY 6A ROUGH & FINISH CARPENTRY.

The project work scope consists of renovating a portion of the existing community center and new construction of an addition to the community center.

A bid security in the amount of 5% of the base bid will be required to accompany bids. Bids received after that time will not be accepted and will be returned unopened.

Sealed bids will be received at the Alexandria City Hall, 704 Broadway Street, Alexandria, MN 56308 until 1:00 p.m., Thursday, July 11, 2024, at which time bids will be publicly opened, reviewed, and read aloud. Envelopes containing bids must be sealed, marked City of Alexandria Runestone Community Center Expansion and the Bid Category No. being bid with attention to Martin Schultz – City Administrator. The name and address of the Bidder must be shown on the outside of the envelope.  The date and time of the bid is to be noted on the label.  Bids received after this time will not be accepted and will be returned unopened.

Bidding documents including the Proposal Form, Drawings and Specifications will be on file at the office of the Construction Manager:

RJM Construction

830 Boone Avenue North

Golden Valley, MN 55427

952-837-8600

HOW TO GET PLANS:

Complete digital Bidding Documents are available at www.questcdn.com for $22.00 by inputting project number: 9171562 on the website’s Project Search page. Paper Bidding Documents may also be viewed at RJM Construction, 830 Boone Avenue N, Golden Valley MN 55427 or can be purchased from National Reprographics by calling 651-779-8000.  Complete set(s) of hard copy Bidding Documents can be obtained through National Reprographics as noted in AIA Document A701, Article 1.  A digital download of the documents will be available for purchase for access with check made payable to National Reprographics.  They are also available at any of the building exchanges. Plans will be available on or about June 12, 2024.

Make Bids in duplicate in exact accordance with the proposal form in the Project Manual, and sign in long-hand.  No oral, telegraphic or fax bids will be accepted or considered.

Combined bids including multiple bid categories will be accepted. However, in order to be considered, bidders must also submit separate individual bids in addition to the combined bid.  Combined bids will not be accepted if individual bids are not submitted.  Each separate bid or combined bid must appear alone on a bid form and submitted in separate envelopes.

Submit with each bid a certified check, bank money order or acceptable bidders bond issued by a surety meeting city requirements payable to the City of Alexandria in the amount equal to five percent (5%) of the total bid. For requirements, please reference specification section 00 11 00 – Instructions to Bidders.

All bids will be evaluated by the Owner, the Architect and the Construction Manager. The Owner reserves the right to accept any bid or reject any or all bids, or parts of such bids and waive informalities or irregularities in bidding.  Successful bidders will be required to furnish satisfactory Labor and Material Payment Bond, Performance Bond, and Certificates of Insurance and a signed contract within 10 days of award of contract.  No bidder may withdraw his/her bid for at least 60 days after the scheduled bid opening.

The successful bidder must be a “responsible contractor.” The term “responsible contractor” means a contractor as defined in Minnesota Statutes Section 16C.285, subdivision 3. Any prime contractor, subcontractor, or motor carrier that does not meet the minimum criteria or fails to comply with the verification requirements is not a responsible contractor and is not eligible to be awarded a construction contract for the project or to perform work on the project. A prime contractor, subcontractor, or motor carrier that makes a false statement under oath verifying compliance with the minimum criteria will be ineligible to be awarded a construction contract on the project and the submission of a false statement may result in termination of a contract awarded to a prime contractor, subcontractor, or motor carrier that submits the false statement. A prime contractor shall include in its verification of compliance a list of all its first-tier subcontractors that it intends to retain for work on the project. Before execution of a construction contract, a prime contractor shall submit a supplemental verification under oath confirming that all subcontractors and motor carriers that the prime contractor intends to use to perform project work have verified to the prime contractor, through a signed statement under oath by an owner or officer, that they meet the minimum criteria for a responsible contractor.

The schedule for the project is to commence work June 2024, substantial completion scheduled for Summer 2025.  Work will be completed according to the preliminary project construction schedule issued in the Bid Documents.

Please direct all inquiries to Matt Lennartson, RJM Construction at 612-735-1079 or [email protected].

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