NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed bids for construction of the New Downtown Terre Haute Street Lighting for the Central Business District TIF Lighting 2018 For Central Business District Tax Allocation Area Of the City of Terre Haute, Indiana will be received by the Terre Haute Redevelopment Commission in Room 301, City Hall, 17 Harding Avenue, Terre Haute, Indiana 47807, until 4:00 P.M. local time on the 22nd day of August 2018 at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Any bids received after the above specified time and date will be returned to bidders unopened. Bidding and Contract Documents including Drawings and Specifications are available for review in the office of the Department of Engineering, City Hall, 17 Harding Avenue, Room 200, Terre Haute, Indiana 47807 after August 6, 2018. Electronic PDF version of the Drawings and Specifications may be obtained by emailing the engineer at michael@mrwengineeringinc.com. Drawings and Specifications may be purchased in full sets at Rapid Reproductions, Inc, 129 South 11th Street, Terre Haute, Indiana 47807 and phone number (812) 238-1681. A pre-bid meeting will be held on August 15th, 2018 at 1:00 P.M. in the Department of Redevelopment Conference Room, 3rd Floor, 17 Harding Avenue. No bids shall be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) calendar days after the bid opening without written consent of the Terre Haute Redevelopment Commission. All contractors must comply with Indiana code section 5-16-13 including provisions that, all contractors and sub-contractors must be pre-qualified with the Indiana Public Works Certification Board under I.C. 4-13.6-4 or under IC 8-23-10 prior to starting work on any local public works project over $300,000. A certified check, payable to the order of the City of Terre Haute, Department of Redevelopment or a satisfactory Bid Bond executed by the Bidder issued by a surety listed on the Department of Treasury list of approved sureties (Circular 570), in an amount equal to five percent (5%) or the total amount of the bid shall be submitted with each bid. A 100% performance and payment bond will be required on this project. All bids must be submitted on the prescribed State Board of Accounts Bid Form No. 96, which includes the completed execution of a non-collusion affidavit and proposal form included in the specifications and such other documents as required in the instruction to bidders and Contract Documents All bids must be accompanied by a written plan for a program to test the contractor's employees for drugs which complies with the requirements of Indiana Code 4-13-18. A contractor whose bid does not include a written plan for an employee drug testing program that complies with Indiana Code 4-13-18 will not be awarded the contract. All bidders must comply with Article 2 Section 7-80 of the Terre Haute Municipal Code regarding responsible bidders. Bid Guaranty will be returned to unsuccessful bidders upon selection of the successful bidder. Bid Guaranty of the successful bidder will be returned upon the signing of contracts, and submission of performance and payment bonds to the Department of Redevelopment. Bids may be held for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days from the date of Bid Opening for the purpose of reviewing the Bids and investigating the qualifications of the Bidders prior to the award of a Contract. Women and Minority Owned businesses qualified to perform the work contemplated by this solicitation are encouraged to Bid. The Redevelopment Commission of the City of Terre Haute reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any informalities in the Bidding to the extent permitted by law. The Redevelopment Commission of The City of Terre Haute, Indiana Department of Redevelopment Steve Witt Executive Director Dated this 2nd day of August 2018 To be published August 6th and August 13th, 2018. Tribune Star: Terre Haute, Indiana 222798 TS 8/6, 8/13/18 hspaxlp