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Volume 41 - Issue 19 - May 12, 2022

State of Kansas

Department of Agriculture
Division of Conservation

Notice to Contractors

Separate sealed bids for the construction of Dam Improvements for GSDD No. 117 will be received until 10:00 a.m. (CDT) Friday June 17, 2022, by the Wakarusa Watershed Joint District No. 35, PO Box 139, Overbrook, KS 66524-0139. At the said location, date, and time all sealed bids received will be publicly opened and read aloud. Any bid received after the said date and time will be returned un-opened.

All bids shall be submitted in sealed envelopes addressed to Contracting Officer, Wakarusa Watershed Joint District No. 35, PO Box 139, Overbrook, KS 66524-0139, and plainly marked on the outside as a Bid for Dam Improvements for GSDD 117, along with the bidder’s name, address, and license number, if applicable.

Hard copies of the contract documents (full size plans and specification) may be obtained or examined at the office of Sunflower Design, LLC, 3601 SW 29th St., Suite 125, Topeka, KS 66614 (telephone 785-249-1885) upon a non-refundable payment of $50 for each set. Digital copies are available at no cost.

The project consists of approximately 3,500 cubic yards of fill to raise the top of the dam by 2.25 feet, removal and replacement of the intake structure (including the trash rack), removal and replacement of the drawdown pipe including the gate valve, installation of in-situ liner pipe (0.5”) inside the primary spillway pipe (24” CMP), placement of 2,000 cubic yards of riprap, installation of 2350 feet of bio log, installation of 8500 square yards of erosion control blanket, installation of pipe support at the primary spillway outfall, regrade the stilling basin, regrade the auxiliary spillway, and miscellaneous other items.

Bidders must satisfy themselves of the accuracy of the estimated quantities in the bid schedule by examination of the project site and a reviewing the project drawings and specifications, including addenda. After bids have been submitted, the bidder shall not assert that there was a misunderstanding concerning the quantities of work or the nature of the work to be done.

The owner reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids and to waive any technicalities or irregularities therein. No bidder may withdraw their bid for a period of sixty (60) days after the actual date of the opening thereof. Other bid and contract requirements and stipulations are included in the information for bidders within the said contract documents.

Each bid shall be accompanied by either a cashier’s check, a certified check drawn on an acceptable bank, or an acceptable bid bond made payable without conditions to the Wakarusa Watershed Joint District No. 35, Overbrook, Kansas, in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the total amount of the bid. The bidder should review the instructions to bidders in the contract documents for other requirements and stipulations.

The bidder to whom a contract for the work is awarded will be required to furnish insurance certificates along with a performance bond and a payment bond, each in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the awarded contract amount, with a corporate surety approved by Wakarusa Watershed Joint District No. 35, Overbrook, Kansas.

Andrew Lyon
Executive Director

Doc. No. 050121

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