Legal Advertisement NOTICE TO BIDDERS City of Columbus,

Legal Advertisement
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
City of Columbus, Indiana
#26-03
2026 Community
Crossings Grant

Notice is hereby given that
bids for the above men-
tioned project will be
publicly unsealed and
read aloud, on February
3, 2026, at the meeting
of the Board of Public
Works and Safety in the
Council Chambers of
Columbus City Hall. Bids
will be accepted only
through the electronic
bidding system, lon
Wave Technologies. All
responses are due prior
to the published closing
date and time. No
mailed, emailed, faxed,
hand delivered or late re-
sponses will be ac-
cepted. To register with
lon Wave, view current
City of Columbus 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
required by Indiana
State Board of Accounts,
the Contractor's Bid For
Public Work - Form 96,
including Contractor's
Non-Collusion Affidavit
is available at
www.in.gov , and by en-
tering "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
requirements as to Af-
firmative Action, Disqual-
ification of Contracts
Dealing with the Govern-
ment of Iran, a Drug
Free Workplace, OSHA
and IOSHA Regulations,
and Employment Eligibil-
ity Verification. The
Comprehensive Compli-
ance Form encompass-
ing 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 ma-
terial defect in the bid. In
addition, a breach of a
covenant in the CCF
may be considered a
material breach of any fi-
nal contract.
A bid bond or certified
check in the amount of
ten percent (10%) of the
bid amount, and made
payable to the City of
Columbus, Indiana, is re-
quired with each Bid Re-
sponse as guaranty that
the terms of the bid will
be carried out. Bid Secu-
rity should be submitted
by uploading a clean dig-
ital copy to the Bid Re-
sponse. The apparent
low bidder will be re-
quired to furnish the orig-
inal bid bond to the Fi-
nance Department in
City Hall, within 72 hours
of bid opening. All bonds
must be secured from a
bonding company as
listed in the current edi-
tion of the U.S. Treasury
Department, Circular
#570, and authorized to
transact business in the
State of Indiana. The bid
bond must include a
power of attorney for the
agent signing the bid
bond. The Board of Pub-
lic Works and Safety re-
serves 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 proposals. The
Board of Public Works
and Safety reserves the
right to waive informali-
ties and reserves the
right to reject and/or can-
cel any and all bids, so-
licitations and/or offers in
whole or in part as speci-
fied in the solicitations
when it is not in the best
interests of the govern-
mental body as deter-
mined by the purchasing
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 prac-
ticable, and each bidder
shall be prepared to en-
ter promptly into a con-
struction contract, fur-
nish a performance
bond, furnish a certifi-
cate of insurance, and
begin work without de-
lay.
Contract documents for
this project, prepared
and certified by the City
Engineer or a desig-
nated Consultant, setting
forth in detail the draw-
ings, plans and specifi-
cations for said division
work are available
online. Questions must
be submitted electroni-
cally through lon Wave
so that all project bidders
have access to the ques-
tions and answers. For
this reason, no questions
will be answered by
email, phone or in per-
son.
The City of Columbus ex-
clusively uses lon Wave
for the notification and
dissemination of all solic-
itations. The receipt of
solicitations through any
other means may result
in the receipt of incom-
plete specifications
and/or addendums,
which could ultimately
render the bid/proposal
non-compliant. The City
of Columbus accepts no
responsibility for the re-
ceipt and/or notification
of solicitations through
any other means.
For special accommoda-
tions needed by physi-
cally challenged individu-
als planning to attend
the bid opening please
call 812-376-2570 or
TDD 812-375-2720 at
least forty-eight (48)
hours prior to the meet-
ing.
Date January13, 2026
Attest:
Luann Welmer, Clerk
Mary K. Ferdon,Mayor
Eric A Frey, II, Member
Brenda Sullivan, Member
Melanie V. Henderson,
Member
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