2004-03-22 Regular Meeting, Public Hearing and Workshop Meeting Minutes

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eMf Job No. 03-093 City of La Porte Public Work's Metal Building (e) Ouestions - Submit questions about bidding documents to the Engineer. Inquiries are permitted until one week prior to bid opening. Necessary replies will be issued to bidders of record as addenda, which become a part of the bidding documents. Bidders should contact the Engineer not less than 72 hours before bid opening to secure any addenda that may affect bidding. (f) Qualifications of Bidders - The Low Bidder will be asked to submit a statement of the qualifications of the Bidder to properly execute the work. Include in the statement of qualifications a list of ten (10) references minimum. The references shall consist of projects of similar nature, cost of the project, owner's name, engineer or prime contact and his telephone number. (g) Right of Reiection - The owner reserves the right to reject the bid of any bidder if evidence or investigation indicates that the bidder is not properly qualified, in the opinion of the Owner, to complete the work satisfactorily or in the opinion of the Owner, it is in the City's best interest that the bid be rejected. Upon consideration of the proposals the City plans to award a Contract, however the City reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive any and all formalities and technicalities, and to accept any bid which it deems advantageous to the City. Each bidder agrees to waive any claim it has or may have against the Owner, the Engineer, and their respective employees, arising out of or in connection with the administration, evaluation or recommendation of any bid. The successful bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and payment bond in an amount of 100% of the total contract price. (h) Reiection of Irregular or Improper Bid - Any bid which contains any omission, alteration, erasure, addition or change of any nature, or which does not include prices for each and every bid item (excluding optional items) may, at the option of Owner, be deemed irregular. In order for any such bid to be considered, any alteration, erasure or other change must be initialed by the bidder prior to submission of the bid. In addition, any bid in which the prices are obviously unbalanced or which fails in any manner to conform to the bidding procedures as set forth may be considered irregular. Any bid proposal which is deemed irregular may be rejected and returned to the bidder without being considered. Further, any proposal containing any conditions which provide for changes in the stated bid price due to increases or decreases in the cost of materials, labor or other items required for the project will be rejected and returned to the bidder without being considered. IB-3