PUBLICATION NO. 8260
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
LETTING NO. 3/PROJECT NO. 18-03

Hutchinson, Minnesota

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Dated: 12/13/2017

The City Council of the City of Hutchinson, Minnesota, will receive bids at the Hutchinson City Center, Engineering Office, 111 Hassan St SE, Hutchinson MN, until 11:00 am on Wednesday, January 10th, 2018, for the making of the following described local improvement:

L3P18-03: 2nd Avenue SE: Relocation of existing watermain from bridge structure to subsurface installation (river crossing)

all in accordance with the Plans and Specifications on file in the Engineering Office.

Immediately following expiration of the time for receiving bids, the City Administrator and/or Director of Public Works/City Engineer will publicly open bids, in the Council Chambers at the Hutchinson City Center. The Council, will consider said bids and responsibility of the bidders during the Council Meeting at 5:30 pm on Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018 in the Council Chambers of the Hutchinson City Center.

The approximate major quantities of work involved are:

ITEM UNIT QUANTITY
12? Gate Valve & Manhole EACH 1
12? Gate Valve & Box EACH 1
14? Watermain HDPE (Directional Drilled) LIN FT 244
12? PVC Watermain LIN FT 180
Ductile Iron Fittings POUND 940

All bids shall be made on the Proposal Forms of the City and shall be accompanied by a cashier's check, bid bond or certified check, payable to the order of the City of Hutchinson, Minnesota, for not less than five percent (5%) of the amount bid.

Bids shall be directed to the City Engineer, securely sealed and endorsed upon the outside wrapper.

Plans and Specifications are expected to be available 12/21/2017. Complete digital project bidding documents are available at www.questcdn.com. You may download the digital plan documents for $20.00 by inputting Quest project #5468497 on the website's Project Search page. Please contact QuestCDN.com at 952-233-1632-or info@questcdn.com for assistance in free membership registration, downloading, and working with this digital project information.

An optional paper set of project documents is available for a nonrefundable price of $80.00 per set, which includes applicable sales tax and shipping. Please make your check payable to City of Hutchinson and send it to Hutchinson City Center, Attn: Plans & Specs, 111 Hassan St SE, Hutchinson MN 55350. Please contact us at 320-234-4209 if you have any questions.

In order to bid on this project, you must be a ?registered? plan holder. To be a ?registered? plan holder, you must purchase the digital bidding documents from QuestCDN or purchase the paper set of the bidding documents from the City of Hutchinson. Any bids submitted by contractors not on the Plan Holder List will not be considered at the time for opening of bids and will be returned to the contractor.

The City Council reserves the right to reject all bids and to waive any informalities and irregularities.

Matt Jaunich, City Administrator

PUBLISH IN HUTCHINSON LEADER ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20TH, 2017 AND WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27TH, 2017.
PUBLISH IN FINANCE & COMMERCE ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20TH, 2017 AND WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27TH, 2017.