The City of Aztec is requesting bids for the McWilliams Road Improvement Project. All work shall be performed in accordance with the contract documents and in particular, the design drawings and the technical and administrative specifications for this project. The City reserves the right to select any combination of services bid. McWilliams Improvements Project will include paving an existing gravel roadway, curb and gutter, drainage swales, staked retaining wall, concrete sidewalk, paved multi-modal trail, and fencing. The last day to ask questions about the project or construction documents is Thursday, January 4, 2024, at 10:00 am. All questions must be submitted in writing to Vanessa Tanner at vtanner@aztecnm.gov or through Electronically Bid security in the amount of 5% of the amount of the bid shall accompany the bid proposal and must be in the form of a certified or bank cashiers check made payable to OWNER or a bid bond issued by a surety licensed to conduct business in the State of New Mexico and named in the current list of Surety Companies Acceptable on the Federal Bonds as published in the Federal Register by the Audit Staff Bureau of Accounts, U.S. Treasury Department. If you have any questions regarding this solicitation, please contact Vanessa Tanner at vtanner@aztecnm.gov. A performance bond and a labor and material payment bond, each in the amount of 100 percent of the Contract Price, with a corporate surety approved by the OWNER, will be required for the faithful performance of the Contract. Surety must be licensed to conduct business in the State of New Mexico and named in the current list of Surety Companies Acceptable on the Federal Bonds as published in the Federal Register by the Audit Staff Bureau of Accounts, U.S. Treasury Department. Attorneys-in-fact who sign the payment bond and performance bond must file with each bond a dated, certified and effective copy of their power of attorney The bidder agrees the work will be substantially completed within 90 calendar days from the Notice to Proceed, as may be modified by change order, and work will be completed and ready for final payment within 104 calendar days from the date of the Notice to Proceed, as may be modified by change order. The bidder agrees liquidated damages will be paid to the Owner for each day beyond each completion expiration in the amount of $500.00 per calendar day for completion of remaining work and readiness for final payment beyond completion expiration date. All Bids shall remain open for sixty (60) days after the day of the Bid opening; but OWNER may, in his sole discretion, release any Bid and return the Bid Security prior to that date. OWNER reserves the right to reject any and all Bids and waive any and all informalities and the right to disregard all nonconforming or conditional Bids or counter proposals. The City may not award all projects or only some of the projects depending on bid amounts and the available funding for the projects McWilliams Improvements Project will include paving an existing gravel roadway, curb and gutter, drainage swales, staked retaining wall, concrete sidewalk, paved multi-modal trail, and fencing.