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of the RFP until final Owner action
of approval of contract award, the
Design/Build Contractor submit
ting a Proposal shall not initiate
any communication or discussion
concerning the Project, the RFP or
the Design/Build Contractor’s Pro
posal or any part thereof with any
employee, agent, or representat
ive of the Owner. Any violation of
this restriction may result in the re
jection of the Design/Build Con
tractor’s Proposal.
The Owner reserves the right to re
ject any or all proposals, and to waive
technicalities and informalities.
A mandatory Pre-Proposal Confer
ence will be held at the Sam A. Moss
Service Center, 1780 Montreal Road,
Tucker, Georgia 30084 at 11:00 a.m.
local time on Tuesday, July 29,
2014. This will be immediately fol
lowed by a mandatory site visit.
040-361013 7/31,8/7,8/14WG
AD FOR BID
Invitation to Bid: DeKalb County
Government requests individuals and
firms with experience in aquatic ser
vices, to submit bids for ++Aquatic
Services at Lou Walker Senior Cen
ter (ITB No. 14-100422++)++.
To review a copy of the ITB, please
contact: DeKalb County Department
of Purchasing and Contracting, 2nd
Floor, The Maloof Center, 1300 Com
merce Drive, Decatur, Georgia 30030
(telephone number 404-371-7051), or
for a free and downloadable copy of
the ITB, visit our website at
www.dekalbcountyga.gov/pur-
chasing/index.html. Sealed Bids will
be received at the above address un
til 3:00 p.m. on August 21, 2014, at
which time and place they will be
publicly opened and read aloud. No
pre-bid conference or site visit will be
held.
Pre-Bid Conference: There will not
be a pre-bid meeting for this project.
Questions: All questions concerning
the ITB must be submitted to the De
partment of Purchas-ing and Con
tracting in writing by one of the follow
ing methods: in person at the Maloof
Center, 2nd Floor, 1300 Commerce
Drive, Decatur, Georgia 30030, via
email to contractsre-view@dekalb-
countyga.gov, or via facsimile to
404-371-6327, no later than 5:00
p.m. on August 12, 2014. Questions
and requests for interpretation re
ceived by the Department of Pur
chasing and Contracting after this
date may not receive a response or
be the subject of addenda.
Addenda: Addenda may be issued in
response to changes in the ITB. It is
the responsibility of the bidder to en
sure awareness of all addenda is
sued for this solicitation. Please ac
knowledge the addenda and submit
to the Department of Purchasing and
Contracting as requested. Bidder
may call the Purchasing and Con
tracting representative to verify the
number of addenda prior to submis
sion. Addenda issued for this project
may be found on DeKalb County’s
website,
http://www.dekalbcountyga.gov/pu
rchasing/pc-formal-bids-&-
rfps.html.
LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS ENTER
PRISE ORDINANCE: It is the object
ive of the Chief Executive Officer and
Board of Commissioners of DeKalb
County to provide maximum practic
able opportunity for all businesses to
participate in the performance of gov
ernment contracts, including Local
Small Business Enterprises (LSBE),
Minority Business Enterprises (MBE)
and Women Business Enterprises
(WBE). The County’s Schedule of
Local Small Business Enterprise Par
ticipation, Minority Business Enter
prise and Women Business Enter
prise Opportunity Tracking Form (Ex
hibit A) and Letter of Intent to Per
form as a Subcontractor or Provide
Materials or Services (Exhibit B) are
included in the ITB, along with
sample report forms (Exhibit C). The
current DeKalb County List of Certi
fied Vendors may be found on the
County’s website at
http://www.dekalbcountyga.gov/pu
rchasing. For details concerning
DeKalb County’s Local Small Busi
ness Enterprise Ordinance, contact
the Department of Purchasing and
Contracting, Contract Compliance Di
vision at contract@dekalb-
countyga.gov or 404-371-4795.
No bid may be revoked or withdrawn
until sixty (60) days after the time set
for opening the bids. The County re
serves the right to reject any and all
bids, to waive informalities, and to re
advertise.
This day of ,2014.
Scott M. Callan, CPSM
Acting Chief Procurement Officer
Department of Purchasing and Con
tracting
040-361014 7/3,8/7,8/14WG
AD FOR BID
Request for Proposals: DeKalb
County Government requests quali
fied individuals and firms with experi
ence in developing employment ex
aminations to submit proposals for
the ++Fire Captain Promotional Test
ing (RFP No. 14-500300)++ (herein
after referred to as “Project”).
For a free downloadable copy of this
proposal, visit our website at
www.dekalb countyga.gov/pur
chasing/index.html. Proposals will
be received until 3:00 p.m. on Au
gust 28, 2014, at: DeKalb County
Department of Purchasing and Con
tracting, 1300 Commerce Drive, 2nd
Floor, Decatur, Georgia 30030 (tele
phone number 404-371-7051).
Pre-Proposal Conference: A pre
proposal conference will be held at
330 West Ponce de Leon Avenue,
Decatur, Georgia 30030 - First Floor,
Conference Room B on the 19th day
of August, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. It is
strongly recommended that all inter
ested responders attend and particip
ate in the pre-proposal conference.
For information regarding the pre-pro
posal conference, please contact,
Derman Lawrence, Contract Adminis
trator, Department of Purchasing and
Contracting at 404-371-6335 or email
a t
dlawrence@dekalbcountyga.gov.
Questions: All questions concerning
the Project, and requests for inter
pretation of the contract, may be
asked and answered at the pre-pro
posal conference; however, oral an
swers are not au-thoritative. Ques
tions must be submitted to the De
partment of Purchasing and Contract
ing in writing by one of the following
methods: in person at 1300 Com
merce Drive, 2nd Floor, Decatur,
Georgia 30030, via email to con-
tractsreview@dekalbcountyga.gov
, or via facsimile to 404-371-6327, no
later than close of business on Au
gust 21, 2014. Questions and re
quests for interpreta-tion received by
the Department of Purchasing and
Contracting after this date will not re
ceive a response or be the subject of
addenda.
Addenda: Addenda may be issued in
response to changes in the RFP. It is
the responsibility of the responder to
ensure awareness of all addenda is
sued for this solicitation. Please ac
knowledge the addenda, and submit
to the Department of Purchasing and
Contracting as requested. Respon
der may call Derman Lawrence, Con
tract Administrator, at 404-371-6335
or dlawrence@dekalbcountyga.gov,
to verify the number of addenda prior
to submission. Addenda issued for
this project may be found on DeKalb
County’s website,
http://www.dekalbcountyga.gov/pu
rchasing/pc-formal-bids-&-
rfps.html.
Local Small Business Enterprise Or
dinance
It is the objective of the Chief Execut
ive Officer and Board of Commission
ers of DeKalb County to provide max
imum practicable opportunity for all
businesses to participate in the per
formance of government contracts,
including Local Small Business Enter
prises (LSBE), Minority Business En
terprises (MBE) and Women Busi
ness Enterprises (WBE). The
County’s Schedule of Local Small
Business Enterprise Participation,
Minority Business Enterprise and Wo
men Business Enterprise Opportun
ity Tracking Form (Exhibit A) and Let
ter of Intent to Perform as a Subcon
tractor or Provide Materials or Ser
vices (Exhibit B) are included in the
Request for Proposal, along with
sample report forms (Exhibit C). The
current DeKalb County List of Certi
fied Vendors is included as Exhibit D.
For details relative to DeKalb
County’s Local Small Business Enter
prise Ordinance, contact the Con
tract Compliance Division at con-
tract@dekalbcountyga.gov or 404-
371-4795.
The County reserves the right to re
ject any and all proposals, to waive
informalities, and to readvertise.
This 31st day of July, 2014.
Sincerely
Scott M. Callan, CPSM
Acting Chief Procurement Officer
Department of
Purchasing and Contracting
040-361237 8/7,8/14,8/21,8/28WG
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
DEKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA
INVITATION NUMBER
14-100420
Sealed Bids will be received by
DeKalb County, Georgia, in the De
partment of Purchasing and Contract
ing, The Maloof Center, 2nd Floor,
1300 Commerce Drive, Decatur,
Georgia 30030, until 3:00 p.m. on the
11th day of September, 2014, at
which time and place they will be
publicly opened and read aloud, for
furnishing all labor, materials, equip
ment, and all things necessary pursu
ant to Drawings, Specifications, con
ditions, etc., for ++ITB No. 14-
100420 Shotcrete and Restorative
Services for Stormwater
Projects + + (“the Project”).
ONE ORIGINAL BID AND TWO
IDENTICAL COPIES MUST BE
SUBMITTED ON THE DATE AND
AT THE TIME AND PLACE PRE
SCRIBED ABOVE.
Contract Documents, Drawings, and
Specifications for this Work are on file
and open for inspection at AGC
Builders Exchange, 1940 The Ex
change SE, Suite 300, Atlanta, Geor
gia 30339 (or at the AGC of Georgia
Internet Plan Room at
www.agcga.org); National Associ
ation of Minority Contractors - At
lanta Chapter, 4251 East Side Drive,
Decatur, Georgia 30034; Reed Con
struction Data, 30 Technology Park
way South, Suite 100, Norcross, GA
30092; and the Department of Pur
chasing and Contracting, The Maloof
Center, 2nd Floor, 1300 Commerce
Drive, Decatur, Georgia 30030. A
complete set of documents may be
obtained from the Public Works De
partment - Roads and Drainage,
404-294-2878.
A non-refundable payment of $20.00
is required for a complete set of said
Bid documents. Bids will be con
sidered only from experienced and
well-equipped contractors.
PRE-BID CONFERENCE
A pre-bid conference will be held at
3:00 p.m. on the 22nd day of Au
gust, 2014 at 330 West Ponce de
Leon Avenue, Decatur, Georgia
30030, Conference Room A. Bidders
are strongly encouraged to attend
and participate in the pre-bid confer
ence. For information regarding the
pre-bid conference, please contact
Mary L. Godard, Contract Adminis
trator at 404-371-6330 or mgod-
ard@dekalbcountyga.gov
QUESTIONS
All questions concerning the Project
and requests for interpretation of the
Contract may be asked and
answered at the pre-bid conference;
however, oral answers are not au
thoritative. Questions must be sub
mitted to the Department of Purchas
ing and Contracting in writing by one
of the following methods: in person at
the Maloof Center, 2nd Floor, 1300
Commerce Drive, Decatur, Georgia
30030, via email to
contractsreview@dekalbcountyga.go
v, or via facsimile to 404-371-6327,
no later than close of business on
August 28, 2014. Questions and re
quests for interpretation received by
the Department of Purchasing and
Contracting after this date will not re
ceive a response or be the subject of
addenda.
ADDENDA
Addenda may be issued in response
to changes in the ITB. It is the re
sponsibility of the responder to en
sure awareness of all addenda is
sued for this solicitation. Please ac
knowledge the addenda and submit
to the Department of Purchasing and
Contracting as requested. Respon
der may call the Purchasing and Con
tracting representative to verify the
number of addenda prior to submis
sion. Addenda issued for this project
may be found on DeKalb County’s
website,
http://www.dekalbcountyga.gov/pur-
chasing/pc-formal-bids-&-rfps.html.
No Bid may be revoked or withdrawn
until sixty (60) days after the time set
for opening the Bids.
THE COUNTY RESERVES THE
RIGHT TO REJECT ANY AND ALL
BIDS, TO WAIVE INFORMALITIES
IN BIDDING, AND TO READVERT
ISE.
This 7th day of August, 2014.
DEKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA
By: Scott M. Callan, CPSM
Acting Chief Procurement Officer
Department of
Purchasing and Contracting
040-361814 8/14,8/21,8/28,9/4WG
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
DEKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA
INVITATION NUMBER
14-100426
Sealed Bids will be received by
DeKalb County, Georgia, in the De
partment of Purchasing and Contract
ing, The Maloof Center, 2nd Floor,
1300 Commerce Drive, Decatur,
Georgia 30030, until 3:00 p.m. on the
25th day of September, 2014, at
which time and place they will be
publicly opened and read aloud, for
furnishing all labor, materials, equip
ment, and all things necessary pursu
ant to Drawings, Specifications, con
ditions, etc., for ++ITB No. 14-
100426 Gas Collection and Con
trol System Expansion and Modi
fication for Seminole Road Land
fill (“the Project”).
ONE ORIGINAL BID AND TWO
IDENTICAL COPIES MUST BE
SUBMITTED ON THE DATE AND
AT THE TIME AND PLACE PRE
SCRIBED ABOVE.
Contract Documents, Drawings, and
Specifications for this Work are on file
and open for inspection at AGC
Builders Exchange, 1940 The Ex
change SE, Suite 300, Atlanta, Geor
gia 30339 (or at the AGC of Georgia
Internet Plan Room at
www.agcga.org); National Associ
ation of Minority Contractors - At
lanta Chapter, 4251 East Side Drive,
Decatur, Georgia 30034; Reed Con
struction Data, 30 Technology Park
way South, Suite 100, Norcross, GA
30092; and the Department of Pur
chasing and Contracting, The Maloof
Center, 2nd Floor, 1300 Commerce
Drive, Decatur, Georgia 30030. A
complete set of documents may be
obtained from Ms. Sowmya Bulusu,
Geosyntec Consultants, 1255
Roberts Boulevard, Suite 200, Ken-
nesaw, Georgia 30144.
A non-refundable payment of
$175.00 is required for a complete
set of said Bid documents. Bids will
be considered only from experienced
and well-equipped contractors.
MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFER
ENCE AND SITE VISIT
A mandatory pre-bid conference and
mandatory site visit will be held at
3:00 p.m. on the 29th day of August,
2014 at the Seminole Road Landfill,
4203 Clevemont Road, Ellenwood,
Georgia 30294. The mandatory site
visit will be held immediately follow
ing at the same location. Bidders are
required to attend and participate in
the mandatory pre-bid conference
and mandatory site visit. Bidders
shall sign in at the mandatory pre-bid
meeting and mandatory site visit as
proof of attendance. Only the Bidder
or its authorized representative or
employee shall sign in at the mandat
ory pre-bid meeting and mandatory
site visit. For individual firms plan
ning to bid as a yet to be formed joint
venture, a representative from each
firm is required to attend and sign in.
Failure of a Bidder to attend or sign in
at the mandatory pre-bid conference
and site visit, may be cause for rejec
tion of Bid. For information regarding
the mandatory pre-bid conference
and mandatory site visit, please con
tact Adrein Walker, Contract Adminis-
trator at 404-687-3949 and
awalker@dekalbcountyga.gov.
QUESTIONS
All questions concerning the Project
and requests for interpretation of the
Contract may be asked and
answered at the pre-bid conference;
however, oral answers are not au
thoritative. Questions must be sub
mitted to the Department of Purchas
ing and Contracting in writing by one
of the following methods: in person at
the Maloof Center, 2nd Floor, 1300
Commerce Drive, Decatur, Georgia
30030, via email to
contractsreview@dekalbcountyga.go
v, or via facsimile to 404-371-6327,
no later than close of business on
September 5, 2014. Questions and
requests for interpretation received
by the Department of Purchasing and
Contracting after this date will not re
ceive a response or be the subject of
addenda.
ADDENDA
Addenda may be issued in response
to changes in the ITB. It is the re
sponsibility of the bidder to ensure
awareness of all addenda issued for
this solicitation. Please acknowledge
the addenda and submit to the De
partment of Purchasing and Contract
ing as requested. Bidder may call Ad
rein Walker, Contract Administrator,
at 404-687-3949 or awalker@dekalb-
countyga.gov to verify the number of
addenda prior to submission. Ad
denda issued for this project may be
found on DeKalb County’s website,
http://www.dekalbcountyga.gov/pur-
chasing/pc-formal-bids-&-rfps.html.
No Bid may be revoked or withdrawn
until sixty (60) days after the time set
for opening the Bids.
THE COUNTY RESERVES THE
RIGHT TO REJECT ANY AND ALL
BIDS, TO WAIVE INFORMALITIES
IN BIDDING, AND TO READVERT
ISE.
This 14th day of August, 2014.
Sincerely,
Scott M. Callan, CPSM
Acting Chief Procurement Officer
Department of Purchasing and Con
tracting
040-361815 8/14jb
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
DeKalb County, Georgia
Week of August 14, 2014 Re
quest for Quotation No. 14-100420
ITB (Refer to the Index for the page
number in which the Display ad is
located).
++14-100420 ITB Shotcrete and Res
torative Services for Stormwater
Projects 3003303 ITB Traffic Signal
Equipment 3003304 ITB Gasoline
Powered Twin Turner Valve Mainten
ance Truck 3003312 ITB 20-Ton Tag
Trailer 14-100418 ITB CR 8154
Stone Mountain Road from Rock
bridge to Stone Poole Street and
Stone Mountain Bike/Pedestrian
(PED) 14-100426 ITB Gas Collection
and Control System Expansion and
Modification for Seminole Road
Landfill
040-361816 8/14,8/21,8/28,9/4WG
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
DEKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA
INVITATION NUMBER
14-100418
Sealed Bids will be received by
DeKalb County, Georgia, in the De
partment of Purchasing and Contract
ing, The Maloof Center, 2nd Floor,
1300 Commerce Drive, Decatur,
Georgia 30030, until 3:00 p.m. on the
18th day of September, 2014, at
which time and place they will be
publicly opened and read aloud, for
furnishing all labor, materials, equip
ment, and all things necessary pursu
ant to Drawings, Specifications, con
ditions, etc., for ++ITB No. 14-
100418 - CR 8154/Stone Mountain
Road from Rockbridge Road to
Poole Street & Stone Mountain
Bike/Pedestrian (PED)++ (“the
Project").
The area is approximately 1.6 miles
long on Stone Mountain Lithonia
Road between Rockbridge Road and
Poole Street in Stone Mountain,
Georgia. The work consists of adding
on-road bike lanes in both directions
along South Stone Mountain Lithonia
Road and a 5-foot sidewalk along the
eastern side. Additional work in
cludes building curbs and gutters
along both sides of South Stone
Mountain Lithonia Road.
ONE ORIGINAL BID AND TWO
IDENTICAL COPIES MUST BE
SUBMITTED ON THE DATE AND
AT THE TIME AND PLACE PRE
SCRIBED ABOVE.
Contract Documents, Drawings, and
Specifications for this Work are on file
and open for inspection at AGC
Builders Exchange, 1940 The Ex
change SE, Suite 300, Atlanta, Geor
gia 30339 (or at the AGC of Georgia
Internet Plan Room at
www.agcga.org); National Associ
ation of Minority Contractors - At
lanta Chapter, 4251 East Side Drive,
Decatur, Georgia 30034; Reed Con
struction Data, 30 Technology Park
way South, Suite 100, Norcross, GA
30092; and the Department of Pur
chasing and Contracting, The Maloof
Center, 2nd Floor, 1300 Commerce
Drive, Decatur, Georgia 30030. A
complete set of documents are avail
able on DeKalb County’s website, ht-
tp://www.dekalbcountyga.gov/pur
chasing/index.html. Bids will be con
sidered only from experienced and
well-equipped contractors.
PRE-BID CONFERENCE
A pre-bid conference will be held at
3:00 p.m. on the 28th day of August,
2014 at 330 West Ponce de Leon Av
enue, Decatur, Georgia 30030 - First
Floor Conference Room A. Bidders
shall sign in at the pre-bid meeting as
proof of attendance. Only the Bidder
or its authorized representative or
employee shall sign in at the pre-bid
meeting. If the Bidder is a Joint Ven
ture, a representative from each ven
ture is required to attend and sign in.
For information regarding the pre-bid
conference, please contact Kimberly
Chambers, Contract Administrator at
(404) 371-3641 or
kchambers@dekalbcountyga.gov.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF AD
DENDA
Addenda may be issued in response
to changes in the Invitation to Bid.
Addenda must be acknowledged by
signing and returning the Addendum
Acknowledgement with the Bid. Ac
knowledgments must be received by
the County before the Bid opening
time and date. Failure to properly ac
knowledge any addendum may res
ult in the proposed Bid being deemed
non-responsive. All addenda issued
for this Project may be found on
DeKalb County’s website,
http://www.dekalbcountyga.gov/pur-
chasing/pc-fbr_current_bids.html.
QUESTIONS
All questions concerning the Project
and requests for interpretation of the
Contract may be asked and
answered at the pre-bid conference;
however, oral answers are not au
thoritative. Questions must be sub
mitted to the Department of Purchas
ing and Contracting in writing by one
of the fol-lowing methods: in person
at the Maloof Center, 2nd Floor, 1300
Commerce Drive, Decatur, Georgia
30030, via email to
contractsreview@dekalbcountyga.go
v, or via facsimile to 404-371-6327,
no later than close of business on
September 5, 2014. Questions and
requests for interpre-tation received
by the Department of Purchasing and
Contracting after this date will not re
ceive a response or be the subject of
addenda.
No Bid may be revoked or withdrawn
until sixty (60) days after the time set
for opening the Bids.
THE COUNTY RESERVES THE
RIGHT TO REJECT ANY AND ALL
BIDS, TO WAIVE INFORMALITIES
IN BIDDING, AND TO READVERT
ISE.
This 14th day of August, 2014.
Sincerely,
By: Scott M. Callan, CPSM
Acting Chief Procurement Officer
Department of Purchasing and Con
tracting
040-361879
8/14,8/21,8/28,9/4,9/11JH
ADVERTISEMENT FOR SEALED
PROPOSALS
REALTOR SERVICES
Sealed Proposals will be received by
the DeKalb County Board of Educa
tion (the “Owner”) at the Sam A.
Moss Service Center, 1780 Montreal
Road, Tucker, Georgia 30084, until
2:00 p.m. local time on ++Thursday,
September 18, 2014 for RFP No.
15-752-001++, Realtor Services for
various vacant and occupied par
cels throughout the District. The
Owner shall not consider late propos
als.
Scope of Services
The DeKalb County School District is
seeking proposals from qualified real
estate brokers/firms or individuals
specializing in commercial real es
tate sales to supply real estate ser
vices on an as-needed basis.
Request for Proposal (“RFP”) docu
ments will be available Thursday,
August 14, 2014, and may be ob
tained from the DeKalb County
School District website at:
http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us /soli
citations
Except as expressly provided in,
or permitted by, the Proposal Doc
uments, from the date of issuance
of the RFP until final Owner action
of approval of contract award, the
Contractor submitting a Proposal
shall not initiate any communica
tion or discussion concerning the
Project, the RFP or the
Contractor’s Proposal or any part
thereof with any employee, agent,
or representative of the Owner.
Any violation of this restriction
may result in the rejection of the
Contractor’s Proposal.
The Owner reserves the right to re
ject any or all proposals, and to waive
technicalities and informalities.
A Mandatory Pre-Proposal Confer
ence will be held at the Sam A. Moss
Service Center, Stokes Conference
Room, 1780 Montreal Road, Tucker,
Georgia 30084 at 10:00 a.m. local
time on Tuesday, August 26, 2014.
040-361880 8/14JH
DEKALB COUNTY
SCHOOL DISTRICT
NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD
This is notification that DeKalb
County School District intends to
award Bid # 15-397, School Nutrition
Grocery Products.
Vendors may find a more detailed
Notice of Intent to Award posted at
http: http://www.dekalb. k12.ga.us/
solicitations
DEKALB COUNTY BOARD OF EDU
CATION
Carla L. Smith, Purchasing Manager
Mr. Michael L. Thurmond,
Superintendent
August 7,2014
++Ad Control# 1054-NOIA++
040-361891 8/14,8/21,8/28JH
INVITATION TO BID
The City of Decatur will receive bids
for the ++Phase V Downtown
Streetscape lmprovements++ until
2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Septem
ber 17, 2014, in the City Manager’s
Office at Decatur City Hall, 509 North
McDonough Street, Decatur, Geor
gia 30030, at which time and place all
bids will be publicly opened and read
aloud.
Bids are to be submitted on a proper
form furnished by the City and shall
be addressed to the City Manager,
City Hall, Decatur, Georgia, sealed,
dated and enclosed in an envelope
appropriately marked on the outside
"Proposal for Phase V Downtown
Streetscape Improvements," marked
with the name of the bidder and date
and hour of opening, and mailed or
delivered to reach the designated of
fice on or before the above stipu
lated date and time. No bids will be
accepted after the 2:00 PM deadline.
Those received late will be returned
unopened. No extension of the bid
ding period will be made.
Bidding documents may be obtained
online at www.decaturga.com/re-
questforproposals.
Bidding documents also may be ob
tained at Imaging Technologies, 640
10th Street, NW Atlanta, GA 30318,
Ph. 404-873-5911, for the actual cost
of printing (non-refundable). Plans
will also be available for review at
F.W. Dodge Room, 4170 Ashford-
Dunwoody Road, Atlanta, GA 30319.
A mandatory pre-bid conference for
interested bidders will be held at Dec
atur City Hall, on August 26, 2014, at
10:00 A.M. Bidders must attend this
pre-bid conference in order for their
submittal to be considered. A site vis
it will occur after the meeting for
those interested.
The scope of the work includes side
walks, milling and repaving of streets,
crosswalks, new curbs, drainage
structures, handicap ramps, roadway
striping, planting and lights. Contract,
if awarded, will be on a lump sum
basis. No bid may be withdrawn for a
period of 60 days after time has been
called on the date of opening. Bids
must be accompanied by a bid bond
in an amount not less than 5% of the
base bid. A 100% performance bond
and a 100% payment bond will be re
quired by of the successful bidder in
the combined amount equal to 200%
of the contract price.
Georgia Department of Transporta
tion Standard Specifications 2013
Edition and applicable Supplemental
Specifications and Special provi
sions shall apply to this project.
Attention is called to the fact that this
project is funded through the U.S.
Department of Transportation. All bid
ders must be pre-qualified with the
Georgia Department of Transporta
tion if bid amount exceeds
$2,000,000.00. Bidders submitting
bids $2,000,000 or less shall be pre
qualified or registered subcontractors
with GDOT. The contractor must en
sure that all employees and applic
ants for employment are not discrim
inated against because of their
gender, race, color, genetic informa
tion, religion, national origin, political
affiliation, age, handicapped status,
sexual orientation, sexual preference,
or gender identity and expression.
The provisions of the Disadvantaged
Business Enterprise Program shall
apply. The DBE goal for this Project
is 12%.
The Owner reserves the right to re
ject any or all bids and to waive tech
nicalities and informalities. If the con
tract is awarded, it will be awarded to
the lowest reliable bidder whose pro
posal shall have met all the pre
scribed requirements.
Bids may be held by the City for a
period not to exceed sixty (60) days
from the date of the opening of the
bids for the purpose of reviewing the
bids and investigating the qualifica
tions of the bidders, including invest
igating the financial stability of the
bidders and their demonstrated abil
ity to perform satisfactorily, prior to
awarding the contracts.
“The City of Decatur in accordance
with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of
1964 and 78 Stat. 252, 42 USC
2000d—42 and Title 49, Code of
Federal Regulations, Department of
Transportation, Subtitle A, Office of
the Secretary, part 21, Nondiscrimin
ation in federally assisted programs
of the Department of Transportation
issued pursuant to such Act, hereby
notifies all bidders that it will affirmat-