INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PAGE 1 NOTICE TO HIGHWAY CONTRACTORS DATE OF LETTING: August 04, 2010 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 will be available for downloading via the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) Extranet at no cost. The internet address of the INDOT Extranet is: http://netservices.indot.in.gov/ Bids will be considered as provided for in the Prequalification and Bidding Regulations on file. Copies are available in Room N855, Government Center North. 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. 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 BIDDER 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 -- August 04, 2010 LETTING ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CALL 130 CONTRACT IB-33044-A DESIGN BUILD, NEW BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION VINCENNES DISTRICT PG. 1 PROJECT CONTROL NUMBER | FED/STATE NUMBER LOCATION ------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------- 0902143 | 0902143 NEW BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION PIKE COUNTY - ON PR 69, OVER EAST FORK WHITE RIVER (RP 053+0003) COMPLETION DATE: December 31, 2012 DBE GOAL: 5.00 QUALIFICATIONS: D(B) THE CONTRACT INFORMATION BOOK IS AVAILABLE ONLINE MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETING AND OFFICE FIELD CHECKS A PRE-BID MEETING WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 23, 2010 AT THE I-69 PROJECT oFFICE LOCATED AT 60 N COMMERCIAL PARK DRIVE, WASHINGTON, IN 47501 BEGINNING 10:00 A.M. EASTERN TIME. OFFICE FIELD CHECKS WITH EACH DESIGN/BUILDER WILL BE SCHEDULED TO OCCUR FOLLOWING THE PRE-BID MEETING AND CONTINUING ON JUNE 24, 2010 IF NECESSARY. ATTENDANCE OF BOTH THE PRE-BID MEEETING AND AN OFFICE FIELD CHECK ARE NECESSARY FOR A DESIGN/BUILDER TO BE VALID TO BID. SEE THE PROJECT SCHEDULE SECTION OF THE SCOPE OF SERVICES CONTAINED IN THE CONTRACT INFORMATION BOOK FOR DETAILS.