INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PAGE 1 NOTICE TO HIGHWAY CONTRACTORS DATE OF LETTING: September 24, 2009 TIME OF LETTING: 10:00 AM EASTERN DST 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. John P. Wooden, 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. NOTICE: It is the bidder’s responsibility to check the Bid Express website for all amendment files prior to the deadline for bid submittal. This includes amendment files that may be generated as a result of administrative changes to the bidding form, which may not be communicated in a revision letter. 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 - Lettings website at http://www.in.gov/dot/div/contracts/letting/index.html PAGE 1 NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS -- September 24, 2009 LETTING ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CALL 170 CONTRACT IR-30704-A DESIGN-BUILD CRAWFORDSVILLE DISTRICT PG. 1 PROJECT CONTROL NUMBER | FED/STATE NUMBER LOCATION ------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------- 0200903 | 0200903 DESIGN/BUILD BOONE COUNTY - ON I-65 FROM 0.5 MILE SOUTH OF CR 100E TO 0.5 MILE SOUTH OF SR 267 (RP 137+0019 TO 132+0054) 0800425 | 0800425 BRIDGE REPLACEMENT - STR NO 267-06-4294-9291, CONTINUOUS COMPOS PRESTRES CONC I BEAM, 2 SPANS, 177.0 LFT. BOONE COUNTY - ON SR 267 OVER I-65 (RP 133+0008) 0800483 | 0800484 BRIDGE REPLACEMENT - STR NO I65-136-9310, PRECAST THREE SIDED STRUCTURE, 1 SPAN, 24.0 LFT. TOTAL LENGTH BOONE COUNTY - ON I-65 OVER PRAIRIE CREEK (RP 137+0014) 0900828 | 0900828 SIGN MODERNIZATION BOONE COUNTY - ON I-65 FROM 0.5 MILE SOUTH OF CO RD 100E TO 0.5 MILE SOUTH OF SR 267(RP 137+0019 TO 132+0054) COMPLETION DATE: March 10, 2011 DBE GOAL: 3.00 QUALIFICATIONS: B(A) C(A) PROPOSAL PRICE: $ 12.50 ROAD ITEMS: PLANS: $ 44.50 X-SECT: $ 185.50 BRIDGE ITEMS: PLANS: $ 11.50 X-SECT: $ 0.00 TRAFFIC ITEMS: PLANS: $ 41.00 X-SECT: $ 0.00 MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETING A pre-bid meeting will be held to present details of this contract and allow prospective Design/Builders to ask related questions. This is a mandatory conference for interested bidders; at least one (1) representative from each design-build team must be in attendance. The meeting will be held on Tuesday August 4, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time at the Indiana Government Center South, Conference Room C, 302 W Washington Street, Indianapolis, Indiana. Field Checks will be held after the pre-bid meeting departing from the Robert D. Orr plaza (between the North and South buildings of the Government Center). Two hours will be reserved for each team’s visits; the anticipated departure times for the field checks are as follows: 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., and 3:00 p.m.