Legal Notice # 21683865 Notice is hereby given that

Legal Notice # 21683865
Notice is hereby given that SEALED PROPOSALS for “LONG ISLAND GREENBELT TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS” will be received by the Village Administrator of the Inc. Village of the Branch at Village Hall, 40 NY-111, Smithtown, New York 11787, until 11:00 AM, Prevailing Time, on Thursday November 4, 2021, at which time and place they will be publicly opened and read.

Plans and specifications may be obtained at the office of the Consulting Engineer, H2M architects + engineers, 538 Broad Hollow Road, 4th floor, Melville, New York 11747, on or after Friday, October 15, 2021, upon deposit of Fifty Dollars ( 50.00) for each set furnished, check made payable the INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF THE BRANCH. Deposits of bidders will be refunded when set is returned in good condition within 10 days following the bid date. Other deposits will be partially or not refunded.

Each proposal must be accompanied by a certified check or bid bond in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid amount, made payable to the INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF THE BRANCH, as assurance that the bid is made in good faith.

Bidders are responsible for understanding the scope and magnitude of this project prior to submitting quotations. A pre-bid walk-through is scheduled for Thursday, October 21, 2021. Interested vendors should convene at the northern end of the trail project limits at 10:00 A.M. on that date.

This project is funded in part by a grant from the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation through the Recreational Trails Program, an assistance program of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration. Under 49 CFR Part 26, the U.S. DOT is committed to ensuring nondiscrimination in the award and administration of U.S. DOT-assisted contracts in highway, transit, and airport financial assistance programs through the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program.

The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids, waive any informalities in and to accept such bids which, in its opinion, are in the best interests of the Village.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF THE BRANCH
Christine Cozine
Village Clerk
DATED: October 15, 2021