Legal Advertisement NOTICE TO BIDDERS City of Columbus,

Legal Advertisement
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
City of Columbus,
Indiana
#26-02 Concrete Street
Repairs - Everroad Park
West

Notice is hereby given that
bids for the above men-
tioned project will be pub-
licly unsealed and read
aloud, on March 17, 2026,
at the meeting of the
Board of Public Works
and Safety in the Council
Chambers of Columbus
City Hall. Bids will be ac-
cepted only through the
electronic bidding system,
Ion Wave Technologies.
All responses are due
prior to the published clos-
ing date and time. No
mailed, emailed, faxed,
hand delivered or late re-
sponses will be accepted.
To register with Ion Wave,
view current City of Co-
lumbus bid events, submit
a bid, view bid tabulations
or view plan holders,
please visit
https://columbusin.ionwave.net/
All Bid Responses shall
be properly and com-
pletely executed on the
forms provided by the City
in the Bid Event. As re-
quired by Indiana State
Board of Accounts, the
Contractor's Bid For Pub-
lic Work - Form 96, includ-
ing Contractor's
Non-Collusion Affidavit is
available at www.in.gov ,
and by entering "Form 96"
in the search engine.
All contractors, subcon-
tractors, and bidders for
contracts with the City of
Columbus shall be re-
quired to complete and
submit a notarized Com-
prehensive Compliance
Form (CCF) regarding re-
quirements as to Affirma-
tive Action, Disqualifica-
tion of Contracts Dealing
with the Government of
Iran, a Drug Free
Workplace, OSHA and
IOSHA Regulations, and
Employment Eligibility
Verification. The Compre-
hensive Compliance Form
encompassing all of the
provisions stated above
will be available in the Bid
Event and be required
with each Bid Response.
If awarded the contract,
said provisions in the CCF
will be incorporated into
the final contract. Failure
to submit the CCF will
constitute a material de-
fect in the bid. In addition,
a breach of a covenant in
the CCF may be consid-
ered a material breach of
any final contract.
A bid bond or certified
check in the amount of ten
percent (10%) of the bid
amount, and made paya-
ble to the City of Colum-
bus, Indiana, is required
with each Bid Response
as guaranty that the terms
of the bid will be carried
out. Bid Security should
be submitted by uploading
a clean digital copy to the
Bid Response. The ap-
parent low bidder will be
required to furnish the
original bid bond to the Fi-
nance Department in City
Hall, within 72 hours of bid
opening. All bonds must
be secured from a bond-
ing company as listed in
the current edition of the
U.S. Treasury Depart-
ment, Circular #570, and
authorized to transact
business in the State of In-
diana. The bid bond must
include a power of attor-
ney for the agent signing
the bid bond. The Board of
Public Works and Safety
reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
No bidder may withdraw
any bid or proposal within
a period of thirty (30) days
following the date set for
receiving bids or propos-
als. The Board of Public
Works and Safety re-
serves the right to waive
informalities and reserves
the right to reject and/or
cancel any and all bids,
solicitations and/or offers
in whole or in part as
specified in the solic-
itations when it is not in
the best interests of the
governmental body as de-
termined by the purchas-
ing agency in accordance
with I.C. 5-22-18-2
A one hundred percent
(100%) performance and
payment bond will be re-
quired of the successful
bidder. It is intended that
actual construction of all
work divisions shall be
started as soon as practi-
cable, and each bidder
shall be prepared to enter
promptly into a construc-
tion contract, furnish a
performance bond, furnish
a certificate of insurance,
and begin work without
delay.
Contract documents for
this project, prepared and
certified by the City Engi-
neer or a designated Con-
sultant, setting forth in de-
tail the drawings, plans
and specifications for said
division work are available
online. Questions must be
submitted electronically
through Ion Wave so that
all project bidders have
access to the questions
and answers. For this rea-
son, no questions will be
answered by email, phone
or in person.
The City of Columbus ex-
clusively uses Ion Wave
for the notification and dis-
semination of all solic-
itations. The receipt of so-
licitations through any
other means may result in
the receipt of incomplete
specifications and/or ad-
dendums, which could ulti-
mately render the
bid/proposal
non-compliant. The City of
Columbus accepts no re-
sponsibility for the receipt
and/or notification of solic-
itations through any other
means.
For special accommoda-
tions needed by physically
challenged individuals
planning to attend the bid
opening please cal
812-376-2570 or TDD
812-375-2720 at least
forty-eight (48) hours prior
to the meeting.
Date February 24, 2026
Mary K. Ferdon, Mayor
Eric A. Frey, II, Member
Brenda Sullivan, Member
John C. Pickett, Member
Melanie V. Henderson,
Member
Attest: Elizabeth J. Storm,
Deputy Clerk
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