Bids/RFP’s/RFQ’s

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Notice to Bidders for Madison Street Site Furnishings Project

The Village of Forest Park is now accepting sealed bid proposals for the Madison Street Site Furnishings Project.

TIME AND PLACE OF OPENING BIDS
Notice is hereby given that the Village of Forest Park, Illinois, will receive bids online via QUESTCDN.com until Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. local time for the Madison Street Site Furnishings Project, at which time the bids will be publicly opened and read. Bid proposals for this project will be considered not only on the basis of cost, but also on past performance, experience and ability to perform the work. The Village of Forest Park reserves the right to accept the proposal deemed to be in its own best interest based on all of the above considerations. Bids will be acted upon by the Mayor and City Council.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK
The proposed work is officially known as “Madison Street Site Furnishings Project” and further described as the replacement of all bike racks, trash receptacles, and benches along Madison Street between Harlem Avenue and Des Plaines Avenue as well as the construction of a new community events sign, painting of all light poles and bollards, rubber surface tree grates, sealcoating of various Village parking lots and new striping of stalls, and all necessary restoration in Forest Park, Illinois, as further described in the contract documents for the said work prepared by Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. (CBBEL).

AVAILABILITY OF CONTRACT DOCUMENTS
The Bidding Documents can be downloaded from QuestCDN via the Christopher B. Burke Engineering Ltd. (CBBEL) website http://cbbel.com/bidding-info/ or at www.questcdn.com under Login using QuestCDN# 9027852 for a non-refundable charge of $50.00. A QuestCDN login will be required. Contact QuestCDN.com at 952-233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance in membership registration and downloading this digital project information. A hard copy of the plans may also be viewed at CBBEL’s offices located at 9575 W. Higgins Road, Suite 600, Rosemont, IL 60018. Contractors must purchase bid documents and be shown on the Bidder’s Planholder List in order to bid. Bids received from contractors who are not in the Bidder’s Planholder List will be rejected.

Notice is hereby given that the Village of Forest Park, Illinois, will receive and accept bids ONLY through QuestCDN.com via their electronic VirtuBidTM online bid service. A virtual bid opening will be held at the day and time of the bid closing.

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Contractors must purchase bid documents and be shown on the Bidder’s Planholder List in order to bid. Bids received from contractors who are not in the Bidder’s Planholder List will be rejected.

BID SECURITY
All bid proposals must be accompanied by a bid bond, certified check, or bank cashier’s check payable to the Village of Forest Park for five (5) percent of the amount of the bid as provided in the General Provisions. No proposals or bids will be considered unless accompanied by such bond, or check.

PREVAILING WAGE RATES
When engaged in construction of a “public work,” within the meaning of Illinois Prevailing Wage Act, 820 ILCS 130/.01 et seq. (“the Act”), the Act requires Contractors and Subcontractors to pay laborers, workers and mechanics performing services on public works projects no less than the “prevailing rate of wages” (hourly wages plus fringe benefits) in the county where the work is performed.
For information regarding current prevailing wage rates, please refer to the Illinois Department of Labor’s website at: www.state.il.us/agency/idol/rates/rates.HTM. All Contractors and Subcontractors rendering services under a Contract for the construction of a public work must comply with all requirements of the Act, including but not limited to, all wage, notice and record keeping duties.
The term general prevailing hourly rate, when used in this requirement will mean the hourly cash wages plus fringe benefits for health and welfare, insurance, vacations and pensions paid generally, in the locality in which the work is being performed, to employees engaged in work of a similar character on public works.
As a condition of making payment to the Contractor, the Village may require the Contractor to submit an affidavit to the effect that not less than the prevailing hourly wage rate is being paid
to laborers, mechanics and other workmen employed on this Contract in accordance with Illinois or federal law, as applicable.

PERFORMANCE BOND
The successful BIDDER for the construction of the improvements will be required to enter into Performance and Labor and Material Payment bonds equal to 100% of the amount of the bid with sureties to be approved by the Mayor and City Council, when entering into the contract for the work, which shall be conditioned upon the proper and faithful performance by the CONTRACTOR of the work specified in accordance with the contract documents therefore, and the ordinances providing for the work.

REJECTION OF BIDS
The VILLAGE reserves the right to defer the award of the contract for a period not to exceed one hundred and twenty (120) calendar days after the date bids are received, and to accept or reject any or all proposals and to waive technicalities.

Fillmore Street Brick Patching Program

Time and Place of Opening of Bids:
Sealed proposals for the improvement described below will be received virtually until 10:00AM on March 14th, 2024 on Quest CDN.

Sealed proposals will be opened and read virtually at 10:00 AM on March 14, 2024 on Zoom. Link to meeting can be found on Quest CDN.

Description of Work:

Name: Fillmore Street Brick Patching Program
Location: Fillmore Street from Beloit Avenue to Hannah Avenue, Forest Park, Illinois
Proposed Improvement: Removal and replacement of brick pavers and subbase

Bidders Instructions:
The bidding forms and documents are available from Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd., at www.questcdn.com using login #8954571, upon payment of the sum of Thirty and 00/100 DOLLARS ($30.00), which is not refundable. A QuestCDN login will be required. Contact QuestCDN.com at 952-233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance. Contractors must purchase bid documents and be shown on the Bidder’s Planholder List in order to bid. Bids received from contractors who are not in the Bidder’s Planholder List will be rejected.

By Order of:
Village of Forest Park,
Vanessa Moritz, Village Clerk,
(Awarding Authority)
Published on QuestCDN.com and forestpark.net
February 27, 2024