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. . WARNING TO BIDDERS The signatory of this Contractor's Statement guarantees, as evidenced by the sworn affidavit required herein, the truth and accuracy of all .statements and of all answers to the interrogatories hereinafter made. Before a contractor shall be considered eligible to bid on owner's work of estimated construction cost of greater than , he must have filed a satisfactory' contractor's statement on this form, with the City of La Porte, Texas. This statement shall be made as of the last day of any month, and must be on file in the offices of the City of La Porte, at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date bids are to be opened, if a contractor is to be eligible to bid. A new Contractor's Statement shall be made annually. If a contractor has a satisfactory Contractor's Statement on file, he will be eligible to bid for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of the Contractor's Statement; however, City 'of La Porte reserves the right to require a new contractor's statement at any time. A contractor will be granted a three-month grace period to prepare and submit a new Contractor's Statement, provided he notifies the construction manager in writing, prior to the date his Contractor's Statement expires, of his intention to requalify. It is clearly understood that if discrepancies are found in this Contractor's Statement, the same will be considered unsatisfactory, and the contractor will be ineligible to bid until such discrepancies are satisfactorily explained to the construction project manager. In compiling the Contractor's Statement, all items must be filled in and all schedules must be completed in detail. If separate schedules are used, they must be specifically identified as to which schedule in the Contractor's Statement they support. FAILURE TO COMPLETE ALL ITEMS AND ALL SCHEDULES IN DETAIL WILL DISQUALIFY THE CONTRACTOR, AND THE CONTRACTOR WILL BE INELIGIBLE TO BID UNTIL A PROPERLY COMPLETED CONTRACTOR'S STATEMENT HAS BEEN FILED WITH the City of La Porte. If there is nothing to report in certain items or schedules, then make the notation "None". The amount as shown for each item must be actual, as taken from company's books and verified, and must not be "approximate" amounts. A CONTRACTOR SUBMITTING A BID ON OWNER'S WORK SHALL ENTER A BID WHICH STRICTLY CONFORMS TO THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS OF THE PROJECT AS ISSUED BY THE PROJECT'S ENGINEER(S). CONTRACTORS ENTERING BIDS ON OWNER'S WORK SHALL HQI SUBCONTRACT MORE THAN 50% OF WORK ON THE PROJECT, WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING THE EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE. All contractors (or a representative of the contractor) desiring to bid on owner's work must attend a pre-bid conference; otherwise, their bid will be returned unopened. No plans and specifications shall be issued by the engineer(s) after the pre-bid conference.