9834 - City of Fort Collins - Transfort Maintenance Facility Concrete Improvements

The Work of this Contract consists of replacement of concrete curb and gutter, concrete pavement, sidewalk, median cover material and concrete partial depth repair at the Transfort Maintenance Facility located at 6570 Portner Rd in Fort Collins, CO 80525.
It is the intent of the Owner not to disturb the normal functions of the Transfort Maintenance Facility, its employees, vendors, visitors, contractors, or related outside businesses during the Work of this project. Communication with the Owner and Engineer will be critical in order to maintain operations and achieve project goals to minimize impacts to daily operations.
The Work of this Contract includes a Base Bid and Alternates. Refer to Technical Specifications for details.
This is a Federally funded project and the DBE goal is 3%. In order for a bidder to be responsive, one must make a good faith effort to meet the DBE goal. The bidder can meet this requirement in either of two ways. First, the bidder can meet the goal, documenting commitments for participation by DBE firms sufficient to meet the goal. Second, the bidder can document adequate good faith efforts. This means that the bidder must show that it took all necessary and reasonable steps to achieve the DBE goal which by their scope, intensity, and appropriateness to the objective, could reasonably be expected to obtain sufficient DBE participation, even if the goal is not met. These good faith efforts must be completed prior to submittal of the bid. For additional guidance regarding good faith efforts see 49 CFR Part 26 including Appendix A. To meet the DBE eligibility requirements, DBE firms must be
certified by CDOT. The CDOT DBE Directory is available at
https://www.codot.gov/business/civilrights/dbe. If the apparent low bidder does not meet the project DBE goal, the contractor’s good faith effort needs to be submitted to the City of Fort Collins Purchasing Department no later than five (5) days after bid opening.
Bidders must complete, sign and submit with the bid all documents in Sections 00300 and 00400 including but not limited to CDOT Bidding forms 606, 1413 and 1414, Buy America Certificate, and Lobbying Certificate with the bid. Bids will not be accepted if these documents are not included.
The City encourages all disadvantaged business enterprises to submit bid in response to all invitations and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, national origin.