ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
City of Rogers
8th & Easy Tunnel
 
Notice is hereby given that the City of Rogers, hereinafter called the Owner, will accept sealed bids for furnishing all materials, labor, tools and equipment needed for the Project identified as: 8th & Easy Tunnel, located in Rogers, Arkansas.
 
8th & Easy Tunnel project will consist of a trail head with parking on Easy St near the intersection at 8th St, shared-use concrete trail, and pedestrian tunnel under 8th St (Hwy 94).
 
A non-mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held at 11 A.M. on Thursday, September 7, 2023, at the City of Rogers Community Room. Each bidder shall be limited to three personnel per organization.  Attendees are encouraged to join virtually via a link that will be provided on Central Bidding. 
 
Electronic or sealed bids will be accepted at the City of Rogers City Clerk’s Office, 301 W Chestnut St., Rogers, Arkansas, until 2:00pm, local time on September 19, 2023 at which time the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Sealed bids should be addressed to: City of Rogers, City Clerk, 301 West Chestnut St., Rogers, AR, 72756.
 
Bids received after the above time and date will be rejected. Bid security, as defined in the Instructions To Bidders, in the amount of five percent of the Bid amount must accompany the submitted bid. Any questions pertaining to the bid documents can be directed to the Owner’s representative, CEI Engineering & Associates, located at 3108 SW Regency Parkway, Suite 2, Bentonville, Arkansas 72712. The Owner’s representative can be reached at (479) 273-9472.
 
Bidders shall make such inspection and studies of the site of the work as to familiarize themselves with all conditions to be encountered.
 
Official bid documents can be downloaded, and electronic bids submitted at Central Bidding at https://www.centralauctionhouse.com/rfpc10664-city-of-rogers.html. For any questions related to the electronic bidding process, please call Central Bidding at 225-810-4814. Bid advertisement and information is also available at www.rogersar.gov/bids. For questions relating to the bid documents, contact Carter Smith, at (479) 273-9472 or [email protected]. Addendums to the bid package will be issued through the Central Bidding online Plan Holders List; therefore, all prime bidders shall be responsible for downloading the bid documents from Central Bidding in order to be included in the Plan Holders List.  Bidders must enter the addenda numbers in Article 3.01 of the Bid Form to verify receipt.
 
The City of Rogers hereby notifies all bidders that this contract is subject to applicable labor laws, non-discrimination provisions, wage rate laws and other federal laws including the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. The Work Hours Act of 1962 and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 also apply.
 
The City of Rogers encourages all qualified small, minority-owned, and women-owned business enterprises to bid on and receive contracts for goods, services, and construction. Also, the City of Rogers encourages all general contractors to subcontract portions of their contract to qualified small, minority-owned, and women-owned business enterprises.
The City of Rogers reserves the right to accept any bid, to reject any or all bids, or to waive any information in bids received where such acceptance, rejection, or waiver is considered to be in the best interest of the City.

Bids must remain in effect for 90 days after the bid opening date. Within 90 days from the bid date, the Owner may award the contract to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder or reject any or all bids for the project.