INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PAGE 1 NOTICE TO HIGHWAY CONTRACTORS DATE OF LETTING: July 26, 2011 TIME OF LETTING: 10:00 AM EASTERN STD 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 std, 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. TITLE VI ASSURANCES In accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C 2000d to 2000d-4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Sub Title A, Office of the Secretary, Part 21, Nondiscrimination in Federally assisted programs of the Department of Transportation, the Indiana Department of Transportation assures minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, sex, age, national origin, disability/handicap or income status in consideration for an award. 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 -- July 26, 2011 LETTING ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CALL 205 CONTRACT R -34111-A PAVEMENT REHABILITATION CRAWFORDSVILLE DISTRICT PG. 1 PROJECT CONTROL NUMBER | FED/STATE NUMBER LOCATION ------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------- 1172808 | 1172808 PAVEMENT REHABILITATION CLAY, HENDRICKS, MORGAN, PUTNAM COUNTIES - ON I-70 FROM SR 59 TO 2.25 MILES EAST OF SR 267(RP 022+0065 TO 068+0070) COMPLETION DATE: May 18, 2012 DBE GOAL: 4.00 QUALIFICATIONS: B(A) C(A) THE CONTRACT INFORMATION BOOK IS AVAILABLE ONLINE