SECTION 00010
INVITATION TO BID

Sealed bids will be received until the hour of 11:00 am, local time, Wednesday February
27, 2013, in the office of the Purchasing Agent, City Hall, Mandeville, Louisiana, 3101
East Causeway Approach, Mandeville, LA 70448; for furnishing all labor, materials, supervision,
etc., and performing all work necessary to complete the East Causeway at Monroe Street Traffic
Signal Improvements City A/E Project No. # 1006A29 for the City of Mandeville, Louisiana. Bids
will be opened and publicly read aloud after 11:00 a.m. in the City Council Chambers, City Hall,
Mandeville, Louisiana. Any bids received after
11:00 a.m. will be returned unopened.

The project includes traffic signal improvements, and intersection improvements, at the
intersection of East Causeway Approach and Monroe Street. Included are traffic signal improvements,
striping, ADA ramps, cross-walk improvements, and other incidental work as detailed in Plans and
stated in the Specifications.

A mandatory pre-bid conference will be held Tuesday February 19th, 2013. The meeting will be held
at 10 a.m. at the Department of Public Works, 1100 Mandeville High Blvd, Mandeville, LA 70471.

Drawings and Specifications are open for inspection at the Mandeville Department of Public Works
Director’s Office, 1100 Mandeville High Blvd., Mandeville, LA, 70471; (985) 624-3169. A complete
set of Contract Documents may be secured from GEC Inc.,
1580 West Causeway Approach, Suite 1, Mandeville, Louisiana 70471 (985 624-5125), by licensed
Contractors upon payment of $100.00 per set. This payment is refundable to bonafide bidders
returning the Documents in good condition within ten (10) days after the Opening of Bids.

The Contractor shall hold a Louisiana Contractor’s License in Municipal and Public
Works and/or Traffic Signal and Lighting, & Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS).

Please find bid related materials and place electronic bids at www.centralbidding.com. For
questions relating to the electronic bidding process, please call Central Bidding at
225-810-4814.

Each bid must be accompanied by a bid security in the form of certified check, cashier’s check, or
Bid Bond as prescribed by LA RS 38:2218.A.C, in the amount equal to at least five percent (5%) of
the total amount bid and payable without conditions to the Owner as a guarantee that the Bidder, if
awarded the Contract, will promptly execute a Contract in accordance with his proposal and all
terms and conditions of the Contract Documents.
The outside envelope in which the bid is placed must be clearly marked as follows:
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Sealed Bid: East Causeway Approach at Monroe Street Traffic
Signal Improvements
A/E Project No. # 1006A29

Bid Due Date and Time:
11:00 a.m.; February 27th, 2013; 11:00 _

INCLUDE: Contractor’s name, address, and Louisiana state contractor’s license number

It is requested, but not mandatory, that the entire bid package be submitted in duplicate.
Duplicate copy can be a photocopy.

All applicable laws, ordinances, and the rules and regulations of all authorities having
jurisdiction over construction of the project shall apply to the Contract throughout.


Mayor Donald J. Villere
City of Mandeville
St Tammany News 3xs:
Jan. 23, 30 and February 6

Daily Journal of Commerce: Jan. 28, and Feb. 4, and 11