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Volume 44 - Issue 8 - February 20, 2025

(Published in the Kansas Register February 20, 2025.)

Vermillion Watershed District No. 70

Notice to Bidders

Sealed bids, in single copy, will be received until 11:00 a.m. (Central Time) March 13, 2025, at the Rural Water District Marshall County #3 office, 707 Main St., Beattie, KS 66406, and at that time publicly opened. Bids are for the construction of improvements to Site 7-31B as outlined in the project plans. Site 7-31B is located in Section 31, Township 1 South, Range 9 East, Marshall County, Kansas.

The proposed work includes but is not limited to the following main bid items:

  • Excavation: 2,390 CY
  • Earthfill: 2,360 CY
  • 18” PVC: 165 LF
  • Canopy Inlet Housing
  • Rip Rap: 340 TN
  • Seeding

All bids must be accompanied by bid bond, certified check, cashier’s check, money order, or cash in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the amount bid.

The successful bidder will be required to execute a formal contract and furnish performance and payment bonds in amounts of 100% each of the total amount of the contract. Corporations executing the bonds as sureties must be among those appearing on the US Treasury Department’s list of approved sureties.

All work shall be completed within 60 calendar days after the date of the Notice to Proceed. A penalty of $500 per workday will be charged against the contractor for each workday required to complete this contract in excess of the 60 calendar days given to complete the contract. Notice to Proceed shall be issued at the contractor’s request, however it shall be issued no later than October 1, 2025 (late start date).

Questions about the project can be addressed to the office of the project engineer, CES Group Inc., 605 Broadway, Marysville, KS 66508; phone 785-562-5148; email aholthaus@cesgroup.biz.

Copies of the plans and specifications may be purchased from the project engineer at a charge of $50 per set to cover postage and production costs, due and payable upon contractor’s receipt of the plan documents. Bids will not be accepted if payment in full is not made by the time of bid opening. Electronic copies are available for no charge through the project engineers office plan room at http://www.cesgroup.biz/plan-room/. Three (3) sets of plans and specifications for each site will be provided to the successful bidder upon execution of the construction contract at no additional charge.

Tony Duever
Vermillion Watershed District No. 70

Doc. No. 052888

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