Question Deadline 09/24/2024 Bidder shall submit all questions about the meaning or intent of the Bidding Documents to Engineer in writing. Contact information and submittal procedures for such questions are as follows: Engineer: Attn: Christian R. Cooper, P.E., CPESC. . Questions received less than seven days prior to the date for opening of Bids may not be answered. MSA Professional Services 2117 State Street, Suite 200 Bettendorf, Iowa 52722 Phone: (563) 424-3696 E-mail: ccooper@msa-ps.com The work for which bids are asked includes the following: The Feldhahn Storm Water Basin Project consist of the excavation of about 700LF of ditch to convey storm water runoff from the Ingleby Subdivision site near the City's east water tower, known as Sunset Farms. About 1500 CY of earth will be excavated to construct this ditch. The project will also include excavation of earth in Feldhahn Park, within the western lobe of the park's trail system. This excavation will create a storm water basin that will provide storm water detention for the future Sunset Farms Subdivision and existing homes along the east side of 14 th Avenue. This same basin will also provide storm water runoff quality improvements. About 11,750 CY of earth will be excavated to make the basin. The project will also consist of about 855 LF of storm sewer to convey mitigated storm water from the proposed basin, along UIS Route 6, towards Mud Creek. Each BIDDER shall accompany its bid with a bid security as security that the successful BIDDER will enter into a contract for the work bid upon and will furnish after the award of CONTRACT a corporate surety bond, acceptable to the OWNER, for the faithful performance of the CONTRACT, in an amount equal to 100 percent 00 21 13 1 Instructions for Bidders (C) 2024 MSA Professional Services, Inc. of the amount of the CONTRACT. The bid security shall be in an amount fixed by the OWNER and shall be in the form of a cashier's check, or certified check drawn on a state chartered or federally charted bank, or a certified share draft drawn on a state-chartered or federally chartered credit union. The Bid Bond shall contain no exceptions. The successful BIDDER shall be required to furnish a performance BOND and a payment BOND, each in the amount of 100 percent of the CONTRACT PRICE, with a corporate surety approved by the OWNER, within ten (10) calendar days of the date when the NOTICE OF AWARD is delivered to the BIDDER. The NOTICE OF AWARD shall be accompanied by the necessary AGREEMENT and BOND forms. In case of failure of the BIDDER to execute the AGREEMENT, the OWNER may at his option consider the BIDDER in default, in which case the BID BOND shall become property of the OWNER.