ADVERTISEMENT / NOTICE TO BIDDERS TOWN OF PENDLETON, INDIANA Residential Solid Waste, Yard Waste, Recycling Collection and Disposal Notice is hereby given that Sealed Bids for Residential Solid Waste, Yard Waste, Recycling Collection and Disposal will be received by the Town of Pendleton, Indiana (the "Town"), at the office of the Town Manager, Pendleton Town Hall, 100 W. State Street, Pendleton, Indiana 46064, until 10:00 a.m., local time, on Tuesday, July 31, 2018. Any Bid received after the designated time will be returned unopened. The Bid should be clearly marked "BID ENCLOSED Residential Solid Waste, Yard Waste, Recycling Collection and Disposal" on the outside of the envelope, and as otherwise set forth in the Bidding Documents. The Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at the Pendleton Town Hall and then taken under advisement. Required Pre-Bid Conference All Bidders are required to attend the Pre-Bid Conference with representatives of the Town to discuss the Services and implementation of those Services at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 25, 2018, Pendleton Town Hall, 100 W. State Street, Pendleton, Indiana 46064. No additional costs of any type will be allowed for the Bidder's failure to attend. In general, the Services consist of weekly pick-up and disposal of up to two 96-gallon totes, provided by Contractor, containing bagged, containerized and/or bundled household Solid Waste and Yard Waste, from all eligible Residential Units within the geographic limits of the Town and also collection of Solid Waste and Yard Waste from designated public trash containers, with the following alternatives: pick-up one Bulky Waste item pick-up per month; or Allow for addition charge for bi-weekly curbside commingled Recycling from all eligible Residential Units within the geographic limits of the Town; all as required by the Bidding Documents, the Contract Between the Town of Pendleton, Indiana and Contractor and Town of Pendleton Residential Solid Waste, Yard Waste, Recycling Collection and Disposal Specifications (the "Specifications"). Copies of the Bidding Documents may be examined without charge or purchased from the Office of the Town Manager, Pendleton Town Hall, 100 W. State Street, Pendleton, Indiana 46064, for payment of $100.00, check only, payable to Town of Pendleton, for each set of Bidding Documents. Residential Solid Waste, Yard Waste, Bids must be submitted on the forms in the Bidding Documents, must contain the names of every person or company interested therein, and shall be accompanied by: Revised Form No. 96 as prescribed by the Indiana Board of Account and as required in the Instruction to Bidders, including a financial statement, a statement of experience, a proposed plan or plans for performing the Services and the equipment the Bidder has available for the performance of the Services; Bid Bond or certified check in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the total Bid amount, including alternates with a satisfactory corporate surety or on a solvent bank. The Bid Bond or certified check shall be evidence of good faith that the successful Bidder will execute the Contract as included in the Bidding Documents. The Bid Bond or certified check shall be made payable to the Town. Any Bid may be withdrawn prior to the scheduled closing time for receipt of Bids, but no Bidder shall withdraw its Bid within 60 days after the actual opening of the Bids. All Bid Bonds and certified checks of unsuccessful Bidders will be returned upon selection of the successful Bidder and execution of the Contract, and provision of the required Performance and Payment Bonds. A Performance Bond with good and sufficient surety, acceptable to the Town, on the form enclosed, shall be required of the successful Bidder in an amount equal to at least one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Sum for one year, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the Contract. The Contractor shall execute a Payment Bond to the Town, approved by the Town, on the form enclosed, and for the benefit of the Town, in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Sum for one year. The Payment Bond is binding on the Contractor, its subcontractors and material suppliers, and their successors and assigns for the payment of all indebtedness to a person for labor and services performed, material furnished, or services rendered. The Payment Bond must state that it is for the benefit of the subcontractors, laborers, material suppliers, and those performing services. The surety of the Payment Bond may not be released until one year after the Town's final settlement with the Contractor. All out-of-state corporations must have a certificate of authority to do business in the State. Application forms may be obtained by contacting the Secretary of State, State of Indiana, Statehouse, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204. The Town reserves the right to reject and/or cancel any and all Bids, solicitations and/or offers in whole or in part as specified in the solicitation when it is not in the best interests of the governmental body as determined by the purchasing agency in accordance with IC 5-22-18-2. The Town also reserves the right to waive irregularities in any Bid, and to accept any Bid which is deemed most favorable to the Town. Tim McClintick, Town Manager Town of Pendleton, Indiana HB-593 7/16, 23 hspaxlp
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