All questions must be submitted electronically to Michael Plummer, Project Manager with HDR Engineering Michael.plummer@hdrinc.com All Contractors are hereby notified that they shall be properly licensed under the State Laws governing their respective trades. (General Statutes 87, State Of North Carolina.) For all further requirements regarding bid submittal, qualifications, procedures, and contract award, refer to the Instructions to Bidders that are included in the Bidding Documents. Gaston County encourages the participation of minority and women/historically underutilized business enterprises. All bidders are hereby notified that they shall comply with the Gaston County Minority and Women's Business Enterprise (MWBE) Policy. MWBE requirements are included in the specifications. Gaston County reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to award the contract in a manner deemed to be in the best interest of Gaston County. Each proposal must be accompanied by a cash deposit or certified check drawn on a bank or trust company insured by the FDIC payable to the Gaston County Board of Commissioners in the amount of five percent (5%) of the gross amount of the proposal. A bidder may offer a bid bond of five percent (5%) of the proposal executed by a surety company licensed under the laws of North Carolina to execute such bonds. The deposit shall be retained by the Owner as liquidated damages in the event of failure of the successful bidder to execute the contract within ten days after the notice of award. Gaston County reserves the unqualified right to reject any or all bids. All bidders must be properly licensed under applicable laws of the State of North Carolina, at the time of bid submittal. Gaston County has established a verifiable goal of 10% for participation by minority business in construction contracts. To place an order click on "PLACE ORDER" at the upper right of this page. Payment can be made by either: 1.Credit Card 2.Check made payable to Duncan-Parnell - mail check to: PO Box 35649, Charlotte, NC 28235 ATTENTION: MICHAELA. To expedite your order you can email copy of your check to michaela.bruinius@duncan-parnell.com. Printing will not begin until a copy of the check OR the check is received 3.Duncan-Parnell Account Any print order placed on this site includes all plans and specifications, including any addenda released at the time of order. Downloads do not include addenda, they are all available on the "Addenda" tab of this page. Planholders will be notified by email when future addenda are issued. It is the responsibility of each plan holder to download the addenda. Shipping, if required, will be charged to each order. Online orders are filled within 1-2 business days after payment is secured. All project notifications, including addenda, are sent via email from the mail domaine of "@dpibidroom.com". This could be flagged as spam by your company network firewall. To prevent delay of project notifications, including addenda, have your company's Information Technology Manager and "white list"the domain of dpibidroom.com to prevent emails from being captured. The Project includes the following Work: Replacement of a sediment basin, construction of an underdrain, and site grading, including site clearing of the Unit III area for future landfill construction