INVITATION TO BID

Sealed bids for furnishing the following ITEM will be received at the Sauk County Highway Office, which is located at the following address: 620 Linn St, Baraboo, WI 53913(by hand delivery) or P.O. Box 26 (United States Postal Service Delivery) until the time specified below at which time the bids will be publicly opened and read:

ITEM BID OPENING

Bid : CTH HH Paving Project December 11, 2023, 3 p.m.

In general, this request for bids is for services and equipment involved HMA 4MT58-28 Paving Binder, HMA 4MT58-28 Paving Surface, Tack Coat, Cold-In-Place Recycling, ¾” Base Aggregate Dense, Removing Pavement Butt Joints, and Traffic Control as outlined in the documents listed in the table of contents.

It is required that the work to be done under this contract be completed by June 30, 2024, but a contract extension shall be at the discretion of the Highway Commissioner. Time is of the essence regarding the completion deadline, and all other deadlines specified herein. Unless a written extension is granted, all work shall be completed by the end of June 2024 .

Specifications and bid forms may be obtained at the Highway office, the address of which is 620 Linn St Baraboo, WI 53913 Monday through Friday between 7:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. or by emailing a request to brady.rufenacht@saukcountywi.gov OR Patrick.gavinski@saukcountywi.gov starting November 6, 2023.

Contract documents may be reviewed at the Highway Office, the address of which is 620 Linn St Baraboo, WI 53913 Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.

Bids will be opened in the Highway Office, the address of which is 620 Linn St, Baraboo, WI 53913 on December 11, 2023, at 3:00 p.m. Each Bid must be accompanied by a bid security consisting of a BID BOND, CASH, or CERTIFIED CHECK issued by a responsible bank or trust company in the amount of 10% of the bid price.

The bid will be awarded at a meeting of the Highway Committee on December 12 OR 13, 2023 at 5:00pm or as soon as the matter may be heard.

This is an LRIP project using CHIP funds, all bids for this project are subject to applicable public bidding laws of Wisconsin.

There will be no pre-bid meeting for this project.

The successful bidder must furnish a 100% Performance Bond and a 100% Payment Bond in the

contract sum with a corporate surety approved by the Owner (Sauk County).

Selection of the contractor will be based upon bidder qualifications, including but not limited to evidence of past performance in similar projects, and bid price. The contract will be awarded to the bidder deemed by the awarding authority to be the lowest properly responsive, responsible and eligible bidder.

Contractors submitting bids must perform at least 50% of the work outlined in the bid documents.

The bidder agrees that its bid shall be good and may not be withdrawn for a period of 30 days,

Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays excluded, after the opening of the bids.

Sauk County reserves the right to waive any informalities, to accept or reject, in whole or in part any or all bids, or take whatever other action may be deemed to be in the best interest of the

County.

Sauk County, by:

Name: Patrick Gavinski

Title: Highway Commissioner