SECTION 00 1113 - NOTICE TO BIDDERS AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
JURISDICTION OF CITY OF RIVERSIDE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by City of Riverside on the proposed contract documents (plans, specifications, and form of contract) and estimated cost for the improvement at its meeting at 6:00 P.M. on February 18, 2025 in the City Council Chambers located at the Riverside City Hall, 60 Greene Street in Riverside, Iowa for the City of Riverside’s Security Upgrades Project.
Sealed bids will only be received and accepted electronically through QuestCDN.com via the electronic VirtuBid online bid service. The online bid portal will be open for vBid by Wednesday, February 19, 2025. No paper bids will be accepted. All electronic bids must be submitted prior to 2:00 PM on Friday, March 7, 2025 via QuestCDN vBid Online Bidding. No bids can be submitted at 2:00 PM.
A virtual bid opening will be held on Friday, March 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM. Join the bid opening conference from your computer, tablet, or smartphone. All plan holders will receive information via Quest on how to join the virtual meeting prior to the bid opening.
During the virtual bid opening, sealed proposals will be opened and bids tabulated for consideration at the Monday, March 17, 2025, City of Riverside’s Council Meeting.
Work on the improvement shall be commenced immediately upon approval of the contract by the Council, and be completed as stated below.
Bidding information is available at www.QuestCDN.com for a non-refundable fee of $50. QuestCDN vBid system is located by selecting this project from the PROJECT BID link under the RESOURCES tab and inputting Quest CDN #9499923 on the website’s Browse Project Search field. A contractor may view the contract documents at no cost prior to becoming a Planholder. Contact QuestCDN.com at 952-233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance in membership registration, downloading this digital project information and vBid Online Bid Submittal. To submit a vBid online bid (which is required for this project), you must download the project bid document file from QuestCDN which will add you to the Planholders List and gain you access to vBid Online Bidding.
By virtue of statutory authority, preference will be given to products and provisions grown and coal produced within the State of Iowa, and to Iowa domestic labor, to the extent lawfully required under Iowa statutes.
In accordance with Iowa statutes, a resident bidder shall be allowed a preference as against a nonresident bidder from a state or foreign country if that state or foreign country gives or requires any preference to bidders from that state or foreign country, including but not limited to any preference to bidders, the imposition of any type of labor force preference, or any other form of preferential treatment to bidders or laborers from that state or foreign country. The preference allowed shall be equal to the preference given or required by the state or foreign country in which the nonresident bidder is a resident. In the instance of a resident labor force preference, a nonresident bidder shall apply the same resident labor force preference to a public improvement in this state as would be required in the construction of a public improvement by the state or foreign country in which the nonresident bidder is a resident.
GENERAL NATURE OF THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT
CITY OF RIVERSIDE SECURITY UPGRADES
Summary Project Description: The City of Riverside will be retrofitting six (6) city facilities with cloud-based surveillance cameras and access control. The cloud-based system shall allow remote access to the facilities cameras, recorded video and access control system. Among the facilities being upgraded are the Fire Station, City Hall, City Shop, Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP), Water Treatment Plant (WTP) and Water Tower. In addition to these updates, two (2) motorized sliding gates shall be designed and installed by the contractor at the WWTP and WTP with each having a pole mounted camera and pedestal mounted card reader.
Each bidder shall accompany its bid with bid security as defined in Iowa Code Section 26.8, as security that the successful bidder will enter into a contract for the work bid upon and will furnish after the award of contract a corporate surety bond, in a form acceptable to the Jurisdiction, for the faithful performance of the contract, in an amount equal to 5% of the amount of the contract. The bidder’s security shall be in the amount fixed in the Instruction to Bidders and shall be in the form of a cashier’s check or a certified check drawn on an FDIC insured bank in Iowa or on an FDIC insured bank chartered under the laws of the United States; or a certified share draft drawn on a credit union in Iowa or chartered under the laws of the United States; or a bid bond on the form provided in the contract documents with corporate surety satisfactory to the Jurisdiction. The bid shall contain no condition except as provided in the specifications.
The City of Riverside reserves the right to defer acceptance of any bid for a period of sixty (60) calendar days after receipt of bids and no bid may be withdrawn during this period.
Each successful bidder will be required to furnish a corporate surety bond in an amount equal to 100% of its contract price. Said bond shall be issued by a responsible surety approved by City of Riverside and shall guarantee the faithful performance of the contract and the terms and conditions therein contained and shall guarantee the prompt payment of all material and labor, and protect and save harmless City of Riverside from claims and damages of any kind caused by the operations of the contract and shall also guarantee the maintenance of the improvement caused by failures in materials and construction for a period of two years from and after acceptance of the contract. The guaranteed maintenance period for new paving shall be four years.
The City of Riverside, in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office of the Secretary, Part 21, Nondiscrimination in Federally-assisted programs of the Department of Transportation issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for an award.
Contractor shall fully complete the Base Bid project by (no later than) July 31, 2025, pending no granted delays by the City.
The City of Riverside does hereby reserve the right to reject any or all bids, to waive informalities, and to enter into such contract, or contracts, as it shall deem to be in the best interest of the jurisdiction.
A pre-bid conference will be held on February 27, 2025 at 2:00 P.M., in the City Council Chambers located at Riverside City Hall, 60 Greene Street, Riverside, Iowa. Immediately after the conference, a site tour will be conducted if necessary. Contractors are encouraged to attend.
THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN BY AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE
ALLEN SCHNEIDER, MAYOR
CITY OF RIVERSIDE
Published in The News, Thursday, February 6, 2025 L-218
