Legal Advertisement NOTICE TO BIDDERS DPW #26-03 2026

Legal Advertisement
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
DPW #26-03
2026 - 33 Cubic Yard Au-
tomated Side Loader

Notice is hereby given that
bids for a 2026 33 Cubic
Yard Automated Side
Loader will be publicly
unsealed and read
aloud, on June 02, 2026,
at the meeting of the
Board of Public Works
and Safety in the Council
Chambers of Columbus
City Hall. The described
equipment shall be billed
to and delivered to said
City according to specifi-
cations provided in the
bid package. Bids will be
accepted only through
the electronic bidding
system, Ion Wave Tech-
nologies. All responses
are due prior to the pub-
lished closing date and
time No mailed.
emailed, faxed, hand de-
livered or late responses
will be accepted. To reg-
ister with Ion 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,
each bidder must submit
with his bid the
Non-Collusion Affidavit.
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 Se-
curity should be submit-
ted by uploading a clean
digital copy to the Bid
Response. The appar-
ent 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
edition of the U.S. Treas-
ury 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.
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.
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.
The City of Columbus ex-
clusively uses Ion 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 376-2570 or TDD
375-2720 at least
forty-eight (48) hours
prior to the meeting.

Date May 12, 2026
Mary K. Ferdon, Mayor
Eric A. Frey, II, Member
Brenda Sullivan, Member
John C. PIckett, Member
Melanie V. Henderson,
Member
Attest: Luann Welmer,
Clerk
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