CONTRACTOR PRE-QUALIFICATION IS REQUIRED. Qualifications are due by 12:00 noon on October 23, 2023. Pre-Qualification forms can be obtained by contacting MSA Professional Services at 715-362-3244 or nstein@msa-ps.com. Potential bidders will be notified of qualifications status on or before October 27, 2023. The work for which bids are asked includes the following: Reconstruction of approximately seven blocks of urban street, including sanitary mains and laterals, water mains and services, storm sewers, breaker run, dense graded base, hot-mix asphalt pavement, concrete pavement (parking lanes), concrete sidewalks, concrete curb and gutter, street lighting, street furnishings, trees, and landscape plantings. No proposal will be accepted unless accompanied by a certified check or bid bond equal to at least 5% of the amount bid, payable to the OWNER as a guarantee that, if the bid is accepted, the bidder will execute and file the proper contract and bond within 15 days after the award of the contract. The certified check or bid bond will be returned to the bidder as soon as the contract is signed, and if after 15 days the bidder shall fail to do so, the certified check or bid bond shall be forfeited to the OWNER as liquidated damages No bid may be withdrawn within 60 days after the actual date of the opening thereof. The minimum wages to be paid on the project shall be in accordance with Federal Davis Bacon Wage Rates. Federal wage rates can be found at https://sam.gov/content/wage-determinations. Be aware that project Administrators, Bidders, and Contractors are required to use the latest federal wage rate available at the time of bid opening. OWNER reserves the right to waive any informalities or to reject any or all bids. The project, located on LaSalle Avenue from Mill Street to 7th Street, is funded in part by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation Municipal Street Improvement Discretionary (MSID) program which is part of the Local Road Improvement Program (LRIP). This project anticipates the use of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funding. Attention of Bidders is particularly called to the requirements as to conditions of employment to be observed and minimum wage rates to be paid under the contract, Section 3, Segregated Facility, Section 109 and E.O. 11246. This project anticipates use of Wisconsin DNR Safe Drinking Water Loan Program and Clean Water Fund Program funding. We encourage Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs), including Minority-owned Business Enterprises (MBEs), and Women's Business Enterprises (WBEs) to submit bid proposals. A municipality, in awarding prime contracts, and the primary engineer and primary contractor, in awarding subcontractors, are required to make a good faith effort to achieve a combined minimum goal of 15% participation for MBE/WBE utilization in accordance with s.NR 162.09(3), s.NR 166.12(4), and s.NR 167.18(4) Wis. Admin. Code. If a subcontractor awards subcontracts, these requirements shall apply to the subcontractor. The Contractor shall conform to the "Use of American Iron and Steel" provision of H.R. 3547 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014, section 436, including all iron and steel products used in the project. Bid Proposals may be denied if the requirements of this section are not met and waivers are required. EPA guidance for the use of American Iron and Steel (AIS).