ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

CP 71-681-017
CR 81 from Lake Ridge Dr to CR 73

SHERBURNE COUNTY, MINNESOTA

NOTICE is hereby given that electronic bids will be accepted through the Sherburne County online bid portal https://bidvault.mn.uccs.com/ until 1:00 PM on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 . This will be the only means of submittal of a bid.
The Major Quantities of Work are:
CLEARING & GRUBBING LS 1
EXCAVATION (EV)-COMMON/MUCK CY 40,731
COMMON EMBANKMENT (CV) C Y 28,689
AGGREGATE BASE CLASS 5 TON 23,172
BITUMONOUS WEARING COURSE MIX TON 12,890
15" - 24” CP PIPE CULVERT L F 954
6" – 12” WATER MAIN LF 345
1.25" NON-METALLIC LF 28,800
SEEDING ACRE 30
PAVEMENT MARKINGS L F 46,884

The bids will be reviewed by the County Engineer and County Attorney for the approval of the bid bond and the results of the review shall be posted within 3 business days at the following website: https://mn-co-sherburne.app.rtvision.com/oneoffice. Review of the bids by the County Engineer and the County Attorney should not be construed as an award of the bid. The final approval of the bid requires action by the County Board.
Plans & specifications may be examined at the office of the Sherburne County Highway Engineer, 13880 Business Center Drive Suite 100, Elk River MN 55330, Monday-Friday 8 am to 4:30 pm, or online at https://www.co.sherburne.mn.us/publicworks/index.php & follow the Construction Projects & Bids (eGram) link. A user ID & password is required to download the Plans & Specifications. Contact Public Works at 763-765-3300 to obtain the necessary information.
The advertisement for this project may also be viewed at the MnDOT State Aid for Local Transportation eAdvert web site at https://eadvert.rtvision.com
The cost to download the Plans & Specifications is free.
The cost to obtain a hard copy of the Plans & Specifications is $50.00 with an additional $10.00 mailing fee.
THE COST TO SUBMIT A BID WILL BE $25.00 PAYABLE TO RTVISION WHICH ALLOWS ACCESS TO THE ELECTRONIC BID DOCUMENTS VIA BID VAULT AT https://bidvault.mn.uccs.com
All bids shall be accompanied by a bid bond for at least five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid.
No bidder may withdraw their bid (which shall include the bid bond) within 15 days of the scheduled bid submittal date of Wednesday, January 19, 2022.
The County Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive minor irregularities. The County Board will consider award of the contract at the February 1, 2022 County Board Meeting contingent upon County Engineer & County Attorney review.
It is the County’s intent to begin construction the middle part of February and completed by middle part of August .
The County Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids & waive informalities.

Dated at Elk River Minnesota, this 20th day of December 2021.

Signed: Bruce Messelt, Sherburne County, Minnesota

PUBLIC NOTICE
Sherburne County has designated its official website as https://www.co.sherburne.mn.us/publicworks/index.php. Official publication of bids, requests for information, and requests for proposals will be done on the official website as an alternative means to disseminate solicitations of transportation construction and maintenance projects.