Project AP013-XXXX-32, Whitfield County                    Dates: April 26, May 10
City Of Dalton, Georgia                                  

Separate sealed Proposals for the construction of Improvements to Dalton Municipal Airport will be received by the City Of Dalton, Georgia, hereinafter referred to as the Owner, at Dalton City Hall until 1:00 p.m., local time, Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at which time all proposals will be opened but not read aloud. Proposals received after this time will not be accepted and will be returned unopened. By law the Owner cannot accept any Proposal that is not accompanied by a signed and notarized affidavit required by the Georgia Security & Immigration Compliance Act affidavit.

The Work includes the following principal items at the Dalton Municipal Airport:
Base Proposal: Clearing and Grubbing
Additive Alternates: Clearing, Grubbing and Demolition

Total Contract Time for completion of the work is 90 calendar days.

Liquidated damages for delay will be in the amount of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per calendar day that the project remains incomplete after the specified completion time.

Other Proposal Requirements, Contract Forms, Conditions of the Contract, Specifications, Drawings and other Proposal and Contract Documents may be examined at the office of the following:
Barge, Waggoner, Sumner and Cannon, Inc., 200 Clinton Avenue, Suite 800, Huntsville, Alabama 35801, Phone (256) 533-1561
City Of Dalton (Administration Office), 300 West Waugh Street, Dalton, Georgia  30720
Copies of the Proposal Documents may be obtained from the Engineer, Barge, Waggoner, Sumner and Cannon, Inc., 200 Clinton Avenue, Suite 800, Huntsville, Alabama 35801, Phone (256) 533-1561, upon prior payment of $100.00 per set for printing, reproduction, handling and distribution costs. No partial or "split sets" will be issued. All checks for copies of the Proposal Documents shall be made payable to Barge, Waggoner, Sumner and Cannon.

Proposal Security: Each Proposer must deposit with its Proposal, as security, a Bid Bond payable to the Owner in an amount equal to five (5) percent of the total amount of the Proposal.
Contract Security: The successful Proposer will be required to furnish separate performance and payment bonds payable to the Owner. Each bond shall be in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract Price as security for Contractor’s faithful performance and payment of all obligations under the Contract Documents.

No Proposal may be withdrawn by the Proposer within one hundred twenty (120) days after actual date of opening thereof.

Proposals in the case of corporations not chartered in Georgia, must be accompanied by proper certificate evidencing that such corporation is authorized to do business in the State of Georgia.

Proposals are to be based upon prevailing wages in Whitfield County, Georgia; and in no case are wages considered less than those predetermined by the Secretary of Labor, a schedule of which is contained in the Contract Documents.

The successful Proposer whether a resident or nonresident shall be required to comply with all City, County and State licensing and/or permit laws.

The Owner reserves the right to refuse to issue a proposal form to a prospective Proposer should such Proposer be in default for any of the following reasons:
(a)    Failure to comply with any prequalification regulations of the Owner, if such regulations are cited, or otherwise included, in the proposal as a requirement for submitting a Proposal.
(b)    Failure to pay, or satisfactorily settle, all bills due for labor and materials on former contracts in force (with the owner) at the time the owner issues the proposal to a prospective Proposer.
(c)    Contractor default under previous contracts with the Owner.
(d)    Unsatisfactory work on previous contracts with the Owner.

Proposals shall be on the forms included in the Proposal Documents and submitted in an opaque sealed envelope clearly identified on the outside as follows:
PROPOSAL FOR CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS TO DALTON     MUNICIPAL AIRPORT
PROJECT AP013-XXXX-32, Whitfield County
SUBMITTED BY: (Name of Proposer and Current Georgia General Contractor's License Number).

The Proposal shall be addressed to:
City of Dalton Finance Department
Bid #AP20131
300 West Waugh Street
Dalton, Georgia 30720

Proposals submitted by mail shall be registered.
No-Collusion:  By submission of a proposal, the contractor certifies, under penalty of perjury, that to the best of its knowledge and belief:

(1)    The prices in the proposal have been arrived at independently without collusion, consultation, communications, or agreement, for the purpose of restricting competition, as to any matter relating to such prices with any other vendor or with any competitor.

(2)    Unless otherwise required by law, the prices, which have been quoted in the proposal, have not been knowingly disclosed by the vendor prior to opening, directly, or indirectly, to any other vendor or to any competitor.

(3)    No attempt has been made, or will be made, by the vendor to induce any other person, partnership, or corporation to submit or not to submit a proposal for the purpose of restricting competition.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all Proposals, to waive any informalities or irregularities in the Proposals received, and to accept the Proposal which is deemed most favorable to the Owner at the time and under the conditions stipulated.

THE OWNER IS NOT BOUND BY ANY ORAL REPRESENTATIONS, CLARIFICATIONS, OR CHANGES MADE TO THE WRITTEN SPECIFICATIONS BY OWNER’S EMPLOYEES, UNLESS SUCH CLARIFICATION OR CHANGE IS PROVIDED TO THE PROPOSERS IN WRITTEN ADDENDUM FORM FROM BARGE, WAGGONER, SUMNER AND CANNON, INC.

CITY OF DALTON
By:  Mr. Ty Ross, City Administrator