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COMMISSIONERS' COURT AGENDA REQUEST
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MADE BY: William H. Williams
MEETING DATE: April 25, 2005
OFFICE: Commissioner, Pct. 2
TIME PREFERRED: 10:00 a.m.
SUBJECT: Receive and Open Bids on Kerrville South.
EXECUTIVE SESSION REQUESTED: (PLEASE STATE REASON)
NAME OF PERSON ADDRESSING THE COURT: Commissioner, Pct. 2
ESTIMATED LENGTH OF PRESENTATION:
IF PERSONNEL MATTER -NAME OF EMPLOYEE:
Time for submitting this request for Court to assure that the matter is posted in
accordance with Title 5, Chapter 551 and 552, Government Code, is as follows:
Meeting scheduled for Mondays:
5:00 P.M. previous Tuesday.
THIS REQUEST RECEIVED BY:
THIS REQUEST RECEIVED ON:

All Agenda Requests will be screened by the County Judge's Office to determine if adequate
information has been prepared for the Court's formal consideration and action at time of Court
Meetings. Your cooperation will be appreciated and contribute towards you request being
addressed at the earliest opportunity. See Agenda Request Rules Adopted by Commissioners'
Court.

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ADVERTISEMENT AlD INVITATION
FOR CONSTRUCTION
The County of Kerr will receive bids for a S~~nitary Sewer Collection System and
Wastewater Lift Station in Kerrville, Texas, until 9:00 A.M. on Monday, April 25th, 2005, at
700 Main, Kerrville, Texas 78028. The bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at
10:00 AM on Monday, April 25th, 2005, at 700 Main, Kerrville, Texas 78028, during Kerr
County Commissioners Court.
This project is to be partially paid for by the Texas C;ommunily Develoment Program, Office
of Rura! Community Affairs, project numbers 723095 and 722411.
Construction of 8-inch gravity sanitary sewer collection system, service laterals, septic tank
mitigation, manholes, flinch force main, wastewater lift station complete with electrical,
SCADA at lift station complete, cutting and replacing concrete and asphalt, dewatering,
testing and all other items included in construction documents and as necessary to
complete the project.
Each Bidder should visit the site of the proposed work and fully acquaint himself with the
existing conditions there and should fully inform himself as to the facilities involved, the
difficulties and restrictions attending the performance of the contract. The Contractor, by
the l3xeciifi6rr`df ttie contract, shall in no way be relieved of any obligation under it due to
fajs~faikire to ren~jrre or examine any form of legal doeunaen#~ordo visit th~s~site-to.aaquaint
himself with the conditions there existing. The County will be justified in rejecting any
claim teased onTlack of inspection of the siteripriorto~theabid ~ ~~'
Documents, including Drawings and
ic., 501 Soledad, San Antonio, Texas
Bid/Contract Documents may be obtained by depositing $50.00
set of documents obtained. The deposit will be refunded if the +
are returned in good condition within 10 days following the bid of
A bid bond in the amount of 5% of the bid issued by an acceptable surety shall be submitted
with each bid. A certified check or bank draft payable to the County of Kerr or negotiable
U.S. Government Bonds (as par value) may be submitted in lieu of the Bid Bond.
Performance and Payment Bonds "requires al! prime contractors which enter into a formal
contract in excess of $25,000 with the State, any department, board, agency, municipality,
county, school district or any division or subdivision thereof, to obtain a Payment Bond in
the amount of the contract before commencing with work and a performance bond for
public works contracts in excess of $100,000.
The failure of the successful bidder to execute the agreement and supply the required
bonds within ten (10) days after the prescribed forms are presented for signature, or within
such extended period as the locality may grant, shall constitute a default and the locality
may, at its option either award the contract to the next lowest responsible bidder, or re-
advertise for bids. In either case, the locality may charge against the bidder the difference
between the amount of the bid, and the amount for which a contract subsequently executed
irrespective of whether this difference exceeds the amount of the bid bond. If a more
favorable bid is received through re-advertisement, the defaulting bidder shall have no
claim against the locality for a refund.
There wiN be a pre-bid conference to be held at 1:C
Kerr County Courthouse, 700 Main, Kerrville, Texas
Attention is called to the fact that not less than, the federally determined prevailing (Davis-
Bacon and Related Acts) wage rate, as issued by the Office of Rural Community Affairs and
contained in the contract documents, must be paid on this project. In addition, the
successful bidder must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are nol
discriminated against because of race, color, religion, sex, age, or national origin.
Bids may be held by County of Kerr for a period not to exceed 30 days from the date of the
bid opening for the purpose of reviewing the .bids and investigating the bidder:
qualifications prior to the contract award.
Pat Tinley, County Judge
Date: April 9th and 16th,