Notice is hereby given that sealed Bids will be received by the City of New Iberia, Iberia Parish Louisiana, for the furnishing and installation of drainage improvements and an aggregate access road for the Pepper Plex sports facility in the City of New Iberia.
 
              Bids will be on a unit price basis; segregated Bids will not be accepted.
 
              Bids will be received by the City of New Iberia until 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 20th, 2025 in the City of New Iberia Meeting Room in City Hall, 457 E Main St., Suite 300, New Iberia, Louisiana. Bids received after this time will not be accepted and will be returned unopened. Bids will be opened and publicly read aloud after specified closing time.
 
              A Voluntary Pre-Bid conference will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 12th, 2025 at City Hall, 457 E Main Street, Suite 300, New Iberia, Louisiana. Representatives of the Owner and Engineer will be present to discuss the Project. Bidders are encouraged to attend and participate in the conference.
 
              To qualify to bid, each bidder shall be properly licensed Contractor in accordance with Louisiana Revised Statues 37:2150-2163 for the classification of Highway, Street and Bridge. Contractors desiring to bid shall submit evidence that they hold license of proper classification in full force and effect at the time the bidding documents are requested from the office of the Engineer. The Contractor shall show their license number on the bid form and on the envelope containing their Bid.
 
              Bidding Documents shall not be issued later than 24 hours prior to the hour and date set for the opening of Bids. Bids must be submitted on forms provided by the Engineer.
 
              Each Bid shall be accompanied by Bid security made payable to the City of New Iberia, in amount of at least five percent of the Bidder’s maximum Bid price and in the form of a certified check or a Bid Bond in accordance with LA R.S. 2218. This check or Bid Bond shall be given as a guarantee that the Bidder will execute the Agreement, should it be awarded to them.
 
              Each Bid shall be accompanied by an executed Certificate as to Corporate Principal and Corporate Resolution.
 
              The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all Bids for just cause. In accordance with LA R.S. 38:2212(A)(1)(b), the provisions and requirements of this Section, those stated in the advertisement for bids, and those required on the bid form shall not be considered as informalities and shall not be waived by any public entity.
 
              Bid Forms and other related information are available to be viewed, downloaded, and submitted online at www.centralbidding.com. Also, a copy of the plans and specifications may be picked up at the office of Staples Engineering and Consulting, LLC located at 2617 Northside Road, Suite 300, New Iberia, Louisiana. The copies can either be received as a hard copy with a deposit of $100 or a CD version at no cost to the Bidder. Deposits on the first set of hard copy documents furnished to bona fide Prime Bidder will be fully refunded upon return of the documents, in clean working order, no later than ten days after receipt of bids.  On other sets of documents furnished to Bidders, the deposit, less actual reproduction costs, will be refunded upon return of the documents in clean working order, no later than ten days after receipt of bids.
 
THIS DONE AND SIGNED, on this 11th day of February, 2025.
                                                                                                CITY OF NEW IBERIA
                                                                                                By: /s/Freddie DeCourt
                                                                                                Freddie DeCourt, Mayor of City of New Iberia
 
                                                                                 
 
Published:        2/19/25
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