Project Description: Provide twelve additional electrical branch panels throughout the La Salle County Governmental Complex, 707 E. Etna Road, Ottawa, IL 61350 for future capacity. Contract Type: Single prime lump sum contract. Stipulations: Bidder will be required to provide Bid Security in the amount of not less than five percent (5%) of the bid amount. The successful bidder will be required to furnish and pay for a satisfactory Performance Bond and Labor & Material Payment Bond in the full amount of the contract. The successful bidder will be required to furnish and pay for a criminal background investigation for all employees involved in the project. The successful bidder will be required to comply with all provisions of the acts of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois related to Wage Rates, Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Alcohol Use, Preference to Illinois Workmen, Fair Employment Practices Commission, and Equal Employment Opportunity. No Illinois O.E. Sales Tax will be required for this work. Per latest prevailing wage ordinance adopted by La Salle County, the successful bidder shall not pay less than the prevailing rates of wages as determined by the Illinois Department of Labor to all laborers, workmen and mechanics performing work under this contract, and shall comply with the requirements of the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (820 ILCS 130/1-12). All contractors' bonds shall include a provision as will guarantee the faithful performance of such prevailing wage clause as provided by this bid specification or contract. The successful bidder shall be required to comply with the Substance Abuse Prevention on Public Works Act (Public Act 95-0635). Additional information and bidder requirements are included in the Instructions to Bidders and the Bid Documents. Owner reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, to waive any irregularities in the Bidding, and to award contract in Owner's best interests. Bid Security, in the amount stipulated in the Request for Bids, payable to the Owner, and in the form of a certified check, cashier's check or bid bond must accompany bids. Such security will be considered a pledge that Bidder will enter into a Contract on the terms stated in Bid and will furnish bonds covering the full performance of the Contract and full payment of all obligations arising therefrom. Should Bidder, if selected, refuse to enter into Contract or fail to provide satisfactory bonds, bid security will be forfeited to Owner as liquidated damages, not as a penalty. Bid security will not be forfeited in the event that the Owner fails to enter into a contract. Prior to execution of Contract, selected Bidder will be required to furnish Performance and Labor and Material Payment Bond guaranteeing faithful and complete performance of the Contract(s) and the full payment of all obligations resulting therefrom, including those of subcontractors. Said bonds must carry stipulation that, in event of conflict between the terms and provisions set forth in the bonds and the terms and provisions of the Bidding/Contract Documents, the terms and provisions of the Bidding/Contract Documents shall prevail. Bonds may be secured from Bidders selected source, the cost of which is to be included in the Base Bid. The Owner reserves the right to reject selected Bidder's source of bonds and to require bonds to be provided by a source acceptable to the Owner. In such a case, any cost differential therefore shall be adjusted in the contract price. The Owner has the right to reject all Bids and to reject any Bid not properly conforming to the requirements of these Bidding Documents. The Owner further has the right to waive any formalities or irregularities in the Bids or bidding procedures and to accept the Bid, which is deemed to be in Owner's best interests, as determined by the Owner.