INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PAGE 1 NOTICE TO HIGHWAY CONTRACTORS DATE OF LETTING: July 19, 2006 TIME OF LETTING: 10:00 AM EASTERN DST 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 & Estimates 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 Auditorium, Government Center South, 402 W. Washington Street, 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. Bidding proposals will be issued until 4:30 P.M., eastern standard time, the last work day preceding the bid opening date. 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. 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. All projects are to be constructed in accordance with the applicable Federal, State and Local laws. On applicable Federal Aid projects, the Work Hours Act of 1962 (Public Law 87-851) and the Davis-Bacon Act of 1968 and any subsequent amendments to these Acts will apply. The Indiana Department of Transportation hereby notifies all bidders that minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to the invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, sex, or national origin in consideration for award. ******************************** * MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE * ******************************** On Non-Federal-Aid Construction contracts, Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) encourages utilization of minority business enterprises (MBEs) in bids; however, award of such contracts will not be based upon achievement of any specific goal. "Minority business enterprise" or "minority business" means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or joint venture of any kind that is owned and controlled by one (1) or more persons who are: (1) United States citizens; and (2) member of a racial minority group. "Owned and controlled" means having: (1) ownership of at least fifty-one percent of the enterprise, including corporate stock of a corporation; (2) control over the management and active in the day-to-day operations of the business; and (3) an interest in the capital, assets, and profits and losses of the business proportionate to the percentage of ownership. "Racial minority group" means: (1) Blacks; (2) American Indians; (3) Hispanics; (4) Asian Americans; and (5) other similar racial minority groups. INTERNET ADDRESS For additional information, visit the INDOT Contract Services website at http://www.in.gov/dot/business/contract/index.html PAGE 1 NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS -- July 19, 2006 LETTING ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CALL 291 CONTRACT R -28806-A BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES VINCENNES DISTRICT PG. 1 PROJECT CONTROL NUMBER | FED/STATE NUMBER LOCATION ------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------- 0500863 | 996300A BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES PIKE COUNTY - SR 56 FROM 0.86 MILE W OF SR 57 TO 0.53 MILE W OF SR 57 (RP 017+092 TO 018+025) COMPLETION DATE: December 31, 2006 DBE GOAL: 0.0 QUALIFICATIONS: C(B) E(F) PROPOSAL PRICE: $ 12.50 MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCE: TIME: JUNE 7, 2006, 10:00 AM LOCAL TIME PLACE: VINCENNES DISTRICT CONFERENCE ROOM