INVITATION TO BIDDERS

INVITATION TO BIDDERS

CITY OF GLASGOW, MONTANA

Notice is hereby given that the Glasgow City Council will receive sealed bids until the 10^th day of August, 2012, at 2:00 o'clock p.m. M.D.T., of said day for the Re-roofing of the Water Treatment Plant in accordance with the plans and specifications, which may be viewed at the Office of the City's Director of Public Works, 319 3^rd Street South, Glasgow, Montana, telephone number (406) 228-2476, Fax number (406) 228-2479 or obtained (in PDF form) from Slate Architecture, 107 W. Lawrence St., Helena, MT 59601, telephone (406) 457-0360. No bids will be accepted after that time. All bids shall be delivered to the City Clerk at the Civic Center, 319 3^rd Street South, Glasgow, Montana, and will be publicly opened at 2:00 p.m. The City Council will review the bids at the next regularly scheduled meeting after the said date. No proposal or bid will be considered unless accompanied by the required bid security.

Each bid must be submitted in a sealed envelope addressed to the City Clerk, City of Glasgow, 319 3^rd Street South, Glasgow, MT 59230. The envelope shall be plainly marked on the outside as a “BID FOR WATER TREATMENT PLANT RE-ROOF,” and the envelope must bear on the outside the name of the bidder. If forwarded by mail, the sealed envelope containing the bid must be enclosed in a separate envelope addressed to the City.

A pre-bid site tour will be held at the Water Treatment Plant in Glasgow at 10:00 a.m. on August 2, 2012.

The successful bidder will be required to hold its bid open for a period of 30 days following the opening, and to enter into a formal contract if awarded the bid, and to furnish good and sufficient performance and payment bonds.

Bid security in the amount of not less than 10 percent(10%) of the amount of the bid, which shall be: (1) lawful money of the United States; (2) cashier's check, certified check, bank money order, or bank draft, in any case drawn and issued by a federally-chartered bank insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; or (3) a bid bond, guarantee bond, or surety bond executed by a surety corporation authorized to do business in the State of Montana; must accompany each bid.

The successful bidder will be required to comply with Montana's contractor registration laws, Section 39-9-101, et seq., MCA, and with Sections 18-2-401 through 18-2-432, MCA, which require preference to the employment of Montana residents and payment of prevailing wage rates if the cost of the work exceeds $25,000.

The right is reserved to reject any or all bids and to waive any or all bids and to waive any defect or informality in any bid therein, and to accept the bid which the Council determines to be the lowest responsible bid.

DONE this 23^rd day of July, 2012.

CITY OF GLASGOW, MONTANA

/s/ Stacey A. Amundson

City Clerk – Treasurer

(Published 07-25 and 08-01-2012)