ROAD WORK
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Paper bids not exceeding a monetary value of $250,000 and electronic bids sub-mitted through the BidExpress website for constructing or improving Various Routes, Job J8P2294, Christian, Dallas, Douglas, Hickory, Ozark, Taney, Texas, Webster, Wright Counties will be received by the Commission until 11:00 o’clock a.m. (pre-vailing local time) on 10/22/2010. Paper bids not exceeding a monetary value of $250,000 addressed to:
STATE OF MISSOURI, acting by and through
THE MISSOURI HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
Jefferson City, Missouri
will be received at the office of the Sec-retary to the Commission in the Missouri Department of Transportation Central Office Building, 105 West Capitol Avenue, Jeffer-son City, Missouri.
The proposed work includes: Removal of trees in the clear zone on the above state road on various routes and counties in rural District 8.
Special Needs: If you have special needs addressed by the Americans with Disabili-ties Act, please notify Pamela Harlan, Secre-tary to the Commission, at (573) 751-2824 or through Missouri Relay System, TDD 1-800-735-2966, at least five (5) working days prior to the bid opening you plan to attend.
The wages rate applicable to this project have been predetermined as required by law and are set forth in the appendices. When federal wage rates are applicable and in-cluded, this contract is subject to the “Work Hours Act of 1962,” (P.L. 87-581, 76 State. 357) and implementing regulations.
By virtue of statutory authority, prefer-ence shall be given on other than Federal Aid Projects, to materials, products, sup-plies, provisions and other articles, pro-duced, manufactured, made or grown within the state of Missouri, where same are of a suitable character and can be obtained at reasonable market prices in the state and are of a quality suited to the purpose intended and can be secured without additional cost over foreign products or products of other states.
The commission hereby notifies all bid-ders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, religion, creed, sex, age, ancestry, or national origin in consideration for an award.
Plans and specification may be inspected in the offices of the Commission at Jefferson City, or the district engineer at Springfield, Missouri. Plans may also be viewed on the Internet at http://modot.indoxservices.com/. Complete instructions to bidders and bid-ding documents may be obtained at the Jefferson City office. All questions concern-ing the bid document preparation shall be directed to the Central Office – Design Division at (573) 751-2876.
Bids must be on forms provided.
The right is reserved to reject any or all bids.
THE MISSOURI HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
Chief Engineer
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