INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PAGE 1 NOTICE TO HIGHWAY CONTRACTORS DATE OF LETTING: April 09, 2008 TIME OF LETTING: 10:00 AM EASTERN DST SPECIAL LETTING - DESIGN/BUILD Sealed proposals for certain highway improvements as described below will be received from contractors holding a valid Certificate of Qualification issued by the Indiana Department of Transportation. ================================================================================================================================== LOCATION OF DEPOSIT: Indiana Department of Transportation, Mr. Michael R. Beuchel, Bid Review & Estimate Manager, Room N855, Government Center North, 100 North Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46204-2217 LOCATION OF OPENING: All proposals will immediately thereafter be taken to the N855 Conf. Room, Government Center North, 100 N. Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana where they will be publicly opened and read. ================================================================================================================================== Contract documents may be purchased at the office of the Indiana Department of Transportation, Room N855, Government Center North, 100 North Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46204-2217, telephone 317-232-5070, fax 317-232-0676. Checks should be made payable to the Indiana Department of Transportation. No refunds will be made for material returned except in cases of error in filling orders. Sample proposals may be purchased for twelve dollars and fifty cents ($12.50) each. Bids will be considered as provided for in the Prequalification and Bidding Regulations on file. Copies are available in Room N855, Government Center North. Contract documents may be examined in Room N855, Government Center North, 100 North Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana. IMPLEMENTATION OF ELECTRONIC BIDDING All contracts within this notice are designated for electronic bidding via Bid Express. Only electronic bids submitted via Bid Express will be accepted on contracts designated for electronic bidding; the paper Proposal Book (blue cover) will not be issued for these contracts. MANDATORY PLANHOLDER REGISTRATION Contractors desiring to submit electronic bids via Bid Express must register with INDOT as a valid bidder by submitting the form provided by INDOT Customer Service at the website below. Failure to register will cause failure of the Bid Express bid submission process. NOTICE: A bidder may request valid bidder status, by submitting the bidder registration form, until 9:00 AM eastern dst on the bid opening date. BONDS An executed bid bond and an executed performance bond shall be included with the bid, except on contracts for roadside mowing, vegetation control, demolition, landscaping, fencing, seeding and sodding, bridge painting, and guardrail installations of $100,000 or less, the bidder may elect not to furnish a performance bond. NOTICE: Effective March 1, 2008, paper bid bonds will no longer be accepted. Only electronic bid bonds submitted through the designated electronic medium, either Surety 2000 or SurePathNetwork, will be accepted with the bid. Bid Express does not support submittal of the performance bond. The performance bond must be submitted to the construction letting email box or be delivered in paper. INTERNET ADDRESS For additional information, visit the Doing Business with INDOT - Contractors website at http://www.in.gov/dot/div/contracts/letting/index.html PAGE 1 NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS -- April 09, 2008 LETTING ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CALL 121 CONTRACT T -29786-A DESIGN BUILD, ITS TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS LAPORTE DISTRICT PG. 1 PROJECT CONTROL NUMBER | FED/STATE NUMBER LOCATION ------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------- 0501267 | 0501267 DESIGN BUILD, ITS TRAFFIC MANAGEMENTSYSTEMS OPERATIONS CENTER EQUIPMENT LAPORTE COUNTY - ON I-94 COMPLETION DATE: July 01, 2009 DBE GOAL: 0.00 QUALIFICATIONS: E(A) 0048 PROPOSAL PRICE: $ 12.50 TRAFFIC ITEMS: PLANS: $ 31.00 X-SECT: $ 0.00 MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETING 9:00 AM LOCAL TIME (CENTRAL TIME), FEBRUARY 20, 2008 (BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND) BORMAN TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER CONFERENCE ROOM, 7701 EAST MELTON ROAD (U.S. 20), GARY, IN 46403 ONLY BIDDERS WHO ATTEND THE PRE-BID MEETING WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO BID.