Invitation to Bid - Giant Springs Rd. Slide Repair OF 1789.0

Separate sealed bids for construction of the Giant Springs Road Slide Repair, O.F. 1789.0 will be received by the City Clerk at the office of the City Clerk, Room 204, Civic Center, P.O. Box 5021, #2 Park Drive, Great Falls, Montana 59403, until 9:00 a.m. local time on July 16, 2025, and then publicly opened and read aloud thereafter in the Gibson Conference Room at the Great Falls Civic Center.

The total landslide repair project consists of: approximately 450 Cubic Yards of excavation; approximately 350 Cubic Yards of excavation haul off; construction of an approximate 305 Cubic Yard Class I Random Rip Rap Shear Buttress, including subgrade preparation and geotextile installation (estimated 690 Cubic Yards of geotextile installation to encompass shear buttress and wrap drain rock); placement of low permeability Select Granular Fill or Mud Mat to achieve required embedment into bedrock and drainage grades for the bottom of the shear buttress; construction of shear buttress subdrainage, including installation of approximately 40 Lineal Feet of 6-in diameter solid pipe and 105 Lineal Feet of 6-in diameter perforated pipe, with drain rock/pipe bedding material wrapped in geotextile; placement of approximately 110 Cubic Yards of Engineered Fill capping material; placement of approximately 55 Cubic Yards of topsoil, regrading, and seeding with Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks (FWP) approved Northern Dryland Seeding Mix for approximate 485 Square Yard repair area; and construction of approximately 85 Square Yards of grouted rip rap drainage chute and grouted rip rap settling basin.

The contract documents consisting of Drawings and Project Manual may be examined or obtained at the office of the City Engineer at the Great Falls Public Works Department, 1025 25th Avenue Northeast, in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders. Required Deposit is $75.00 per set, which is not refundable.

There will be a Pre-Bid conference in the City Engineering Conference Room located at 1025 25th Ave NE at 11:00 a.m. on July 8, 2025. Interested CONTRACTORS are encouraged to attend.

Bidder questions will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. local time on July 10, 2025 and must be provided in writing via e-mail to Ross Hokett at Ross.Hokett@terracon.com.

CONTRACTOR, and any of the CONTRACTOR’S subcontractors doing work on this project, will be required to obtain registration with the Montana Department of Labor and Industry (DLI). Forms for registration are available from the Department of Labor and Industry, P.O. Box 8011, 1805 Prospect, Helena, Montana 59604-8011. Information on registration can be obtained by calling 1-406-444-7734. CONTRACTOR is not required to have registered with the DLI prior to bidding on this project, but CONTRACTOR and subcontractors must have registered prior to execution of the Construction Agreement. All laborers and mechanics employed by the CONTRACTOR, or subcontractors in performance of the construction work, shall be paid wages at rates as may be required by the laws of the City of Great Falls and the State of Montana. The CONTRACTOR must ensure that employees, and applicants for employment, are not discriminated against because of their race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

Each bid, or proposal, must be accompanied by a Certified Check, Cashier's Check, or Bid Bond Section 00100 INVITATION TO BID Page 2 of 2 payable to City of Great Falls, in an amount not less than ten percent (10%) of the total amount of the bid. Successful BIDDERS, shall furnish an approved Performance Bond and Labor and Materials Payment Bond, each in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount. Insurance, as required, shall be provided by the successful BIDDER(s) and a certificate(s) of that insurance shall be provided. Contractor, and all subcontractors, must be licensed to perform work in the City of Great Falls prior to contract award.

No bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled time for public opening of bids, which is 9:00 a.m., local time on July 16, 2025. The right is reserved to reject any or all proposals received, to waive informalities, to postpone the award of the contract for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days, and to accept the lowest responsive and responsible bid, which is in the best interest of the City.

The City of Great Falls is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Published at Great Falls, Montana, this 29 day of June 2025.

Lisa Kunz, City Clerk                                (1st Publication): June 29th, 2025
P.O. Box 5021                                         (2nd Publication): July 6th, 2025
Great Falls, Montana 59403-5021