Minutes-7 /11/1984

NOTICE TO BIDDERS FOR THE 1984 STREET REPAIR PROGRAM AND WORK INCIDENTAL THERETO IN AND FOR THE CITY OF TIFFIN, IOWA Sealed bids will be received by the City of Tiffin, Iowa, by Shive-Hattery Engineers until 5:30 P.M., Local Time, on the 9th day of July, 1984, and opened at a public meeting presided over by the Mayor to be held on July 11, 1984 at 7:30 P.M., Local Time, basement of the Methodist Church, Tiffin, Iowa. Proposals will be acted upon by the City Council at this same meeting, or at such later time and place as may then be fixed. The proposed street repair program will consist of furnishing all labor, materials, and equipment necessary for scarification and recompaction of existing surface, application of seal coat, and the construction of bituminous pavement patches, together with necessary incidental work on various streets within the City of Tiffin, Iowa. Exact street location, specific work to be done, and detailed estimate of quantities are on file with the Tiffin City Clerk for examination. The kinds of materials and estimated quantities of materials proposed to be used in constructing said street repair are as follows: <table> <tr> <th>ITEM</th> <th>DESCRIPTION</th> <th>ESTIMATED QUANTITY</th> </tr> <tr> <td>1.</td> <td>Scarification, Recompaction, and Seal Coat</td> <td>1,360 S.Y.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2.</td> <td>Seal Coat</td> <td>3,100 S.Y.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3.</td> <td>Bituminous Pavement Patching</td> <td>215 S.Y.</td> </tr> </table> All work is to be done in strict compliance with the plans and specifications prepared by Shive-Hattery Engineers, Iowa City, Iowa, which have heretofore been approved by the City Council, and are on file for public examination in the office of the City Clerk. Wherever reference is made to the specifications in the plans or contract proposal, it shall be understood to include the "Standard Specifications for Highway and Bridge Construction", Series of 1977, Iowa Department of Transportation, Ames, Iowa, and all revisions thereto. Each proposal shall be made on a form furnished by the City and must be accompanied by bid bond or a check drawn on and certified by an Iowa bank and filed in a sealed envelope separate from the one containing the proposal, and in the amount equal to ten percent (10% of the amount of the proposal, made payable to the City of Tiffin, Iowa, and may be cashed by the Treasurer of the City of Tiffin, Iowa, as liquidated damages in the event the successful bidder fails to enter into a contract within ten (10) days and post bond satisfactory to the City insuring the faithful performance of the contract. Bid bonds must be executed by corporations authorized to contract as surety in Iowa and in a form prescribed by the