This project includes furnishing/ installing all labor, equipment, materials, and incidentals required to install approximately 300 feet of 2 water line to connect the Richfield Branch Public Library to the municipal water system. The work will involve directional boring and open cut excavation, installation of an ancillary meter vault, water meter, backflow preventers, plumbing modifications, replacing concrete walk, replacing concrete curb and other appurtenances as required, and site restoration work. Each proposal must contain the full name of the party or parties submitting the proposal and all persons interested therein. Each bidder must submit evidence of its experiences on projects of similar size and scope. Each bidder is required to furnish with his proposal a Bid Guarantee and Contract Bond in accordance to Section 153.54 of the Ohio Revised Code. The bid bond may be in the form of a bid guarantee, letter of credit for 100% of the project, or certified check from a solvent bank or cash in the amount of 10% of the total bid submitted. Bid security furnished in Bond form shall be issued by a Surety Company or Corporation licensed in the State of Ohio to provide such surety. Checks should be made payable to the Akron-Summit County Public Library. Bid guarantees/bid bonds will be returned to all unsuccessful bidders. The owner intends and requires Substantial Completion for this project to be no later than June 30, 2023 and Final Completion to be no later than July 14, 2023. Bidders are required to use the bidding forms included in the contract/bidding specifications. The Akron-Summit County Public Library reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive any and all informalities and the right to disregard all non-conforming, non-responsive, unbalanced or conditional bids. Also, the Library reserves the right to reject the bids of any bidder if the Library believes it would not be in the best interest of the Library to make the award of that bid; whether because the bid is not responsive or the bidder is unqualified or of doubtful financial ability or fails to meet any other pertinent standards or criteria established by the Library.