Any bid received after said time and date will not be considered by the Owner. No bid may be withdrawn after the closing time for the receipt of bids for a period of sixty (60) days. SCOPE OF WORK The work shall consist of furnishing all products and equipment and performing all labor necessary to perform the following: Sanitary sewerage system rehabilitation including, but not limited to, replacing clay sewer mains with approximately 4,700-LF of 8" HDPE sewer mains using the pipe burst method. The project will also consist of sewer lateral replacement, and manhole rehabilitation. Water system improvements including, but not limited to, installation of 2,850-LF of 6" C900 PVC water main, three connections into the existing water main, four new 6" gate valves, and four 6" fire hydrant assembly including 6" cut off valves. The project will also consist of pavement replacement, 860 Tons of roadway pavement overlay, sediment control, and grassing. CONTRACTOR LICENSE The Scope of Work as described herein is defined as "utility contracting" in accordance with O.C.G.A 43-14-2(17) so the Contractor performing the work must provide proof of a valid license by the State of Georgia as a "Utility Contractor" and must also employ a "Utility Manager" certification holder who will have oversight of all the work. See Instruction to Bidders for additional bidding requirements FUNDING SOURCES Funding is to be provided by the Community Development Block Grant Program which is administered by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs. Funding also provided by the City of Sylvania. All Bidders must comply with 41 CFR 60-4, in regard to affirmative action, to ensure equal opportunity to females and minorities and will apply the timetables and goals set forth in 41 CFR 60-4, as applicable to the area of the project. This project is covered under the requirements of Section 3 of the HUD Act of 1968. RESERVATION OF RIGHTS Owner reserves the right to reject any or all Bids and to waive informalities, including without limitation, the rights to reject any or all nonconforming, non-responsive, unbalanced or conditional Bids and to reject the Bid of any Bidder if 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. E-VERIFY Contractor shall comply with E-Verify regulations. CDBG GRANT No. 22p-x-124-2-6312 All questions about the meaning or intent of the Bidding Documents are to be directed to Engineer. The person submitting the request shall do so in writing and be responsible for its prompt delivery. Interpretations or clarifications considered necessary by Engineer in response to such questions will be issued by Addenda mailed or delivered to all parties recorded by Engineer as having received the bidding Documents. Questions received less than seven (7) calendar days prior to the date for opening of Bids may not be answered. Only questions answered by formal written Addenda will be binding. Oral and other interpretations or clarifications will be without legal effect.