2023 Street Cut Repairs The City of Bentonville, Arkansas is accepting formal, sealed bids from properly qualified, licensed, and experienced contractors to perform the 2023 Street Cut Repairs, inclusive of but not limited to the furnishing of all tools, labor and materials and performing the necessary work to be done in the street cut repairs. The work shall include but shall not be limited to the application of an estimated 548.58 tons of ACHM, 365.72 Cubic Yards of Aggregate Base Course, 642.78 Cubic Yards of Excavation, and 9,972 Linear Feet of Saw Cutting to specified utility cuts, for the City of Bentonville Street Department. All necessary work, materials, and every item of construction shall be in accordance with the specifications as prepared by the City or as referenced in the IFB-23-58 Bidding Documents. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Guarantee in the form of a bid bond, certified check, or cashier's check in the amount of 5% (five percent) of the Total Bid Price, payable without condition to the City of Bentonville, as a guarantee that the Bidder will enter into a contract and execute performance and payment bonds after the Notice of Award has been issued. The Bid Guarantee shall provide that the Bidder or surety must pay the damage, loss, cost, and expense subject to the amount of the Bid Bond directly arising out of the Bidder's default in failing to execute and deliver the Contract and bonds. Personal checks and company checks are NOT acceptable as a Bid Guarantee. The City reserves the right to cancel this request at any time in accordance with the City's best interest, to reject any Bid received, and to waive irregularities in accordance with the City's best interest. Submitters agree that such rejection shall be without liability on the part of the City of Bentonville for any damage or claim brought by any Bidder because of such rejections, nor shall the Submitter seek any recourse of any kind against the City because of such rejections. The filing of any Bids in response to this Invitation shall constitute an agreement of the Bidder to these conditions. The City encourages all qualified small, minority owned, and women owned business enterprises to submit Bids for capital improvements, projects, and purchases. Encouragement is also made to all general (prime) contractors that in the event they subcontract portions of their work, consideration is given to the identified groups. Questions must be submitted via written communication only to purchasing@bentonvillear.com. The deadline to submit questions related to this Invitation is September 15, 2023, at 4:30 PM CST, after this time the City will only provide clarifications or responses pertaining to items in the Bidding Documents that do not result in a change or Addendum. Questions must be submitted via written communication only to purchasing@bentonvillear.com. The deadline to submit questions related to this Invitation is October 20, 2023, at 4:30 PM CST, after this time the City will only provide clarifications or responses pertaining to items in the Bidding Documents that do not result in a change or Addendum (see Bidding Documents for additional information).