Contractor License: Any Contractor submitting a bid must be licensed by the State of Georgia. License numbers must be written on the face of the bid envelope. No bid will be opened unless it contains the Contractor's license number. See Instructions to Bidders for additional bidding requirements. Work To Be Done: The work to be done shall consist of furnishing all labor, materials and equipment necessary to construct the project titled Joiner Road Water Treatment Plant -New Treatment Facility Well No 4 as shown on the construction drawings. The major components of construction include site demolition, site improvements, a new filtration system and housing structure, existing chemical building modifications, yard and connecting piping, a new vertical turbine backwash pump, chemical feed equipment, SCADA upgrade, electrical standby emergency generator and new electrical equipment. Bonds: All bid forms must be accompanied by a Bid Bond in an amount not less than ten percent (10%) of the base bid. All bonds shall be by a surety company licensed in Georgia with an "A" minimum rating of performance and a financial strength of at least five (5) times the contract price as listed in the most current publication of "Best's Key Rating Guide Property Liability". The successful bidder, if awarded the Contract, will be required to furnish a Performance Bond and Payment Bond, each in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract amount. Each bond shall be accompanied by a "Power of Attorney" authorizing the attorney-in-fact to bind the surety and certified to include the date of the bond. All bonds must appear on the Treasury Department's most current Circular 570 Listing. Reservation of Rights: The Owner, reserves the right to reject any or all bids, including without limitation, the rights to reject any or all non-conforming, non-responsive, unbalanced or conditional Bids and to reject the Bid of any Bidder of Owner believes that it would not be in the best interest of the Project to make an award to that Bidder, whether because the Bid is not responsive or the Bidder is unqualified or of doubtful financial ability or fails to meet any other pertinent standard or criteria established by the Owner.