LEGAL NOTICE City of New Haven 200 Orange Street New

LEGAL NOTICE City of New Haven 200 Orange Street New Haven, CT 06510 NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS: Sealed electronic submitted bids for the construction of the following project will be received by the City of New Haven, Connecticut at the office of the Bureau of Purchases, Room 301, 200 Orange Street, New Haven, Connecticut until 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 after which they will be virtually opened and posted. Electronic bids are to be submitted through the Bureau of Purchases website, https://newhavenct.bonfirehub.com/portal. Any bid received after the time and date specified will be considered informal and will be rejected and returned unopened. Bid #21738 STATE PROJECT No.: 92-677 Downtown West Community Connectivity Corridor Signal The project includes roadway and traffic signal improvements along Edgewood Avenue in New Haven., including both modifications to existing signals and full replacement at select intersections. The City of New Haven hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, any disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation, and that they will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, national origin or sex in consideration for an award. The minimum rates to be paid labor for the various classifications shall be in accordance with current State Wage Rates established by the State Labor Commissioner as provided in the General Statutes of Connecticut, as revised. . The Solicitation Documents can be downloaded at from the City of New Haven’s Purchasing website. We do not provide copies of the solicitation. A certified check payable to the City of New Haven; negotiable U.S. Government Bonds (at par value); or a satisfactory Bid Bond or Electronic Bid Bond, executed by the Bidder, and an acceptable surety in an amount equal to Five percent (5%) of the total bid, shall be submitted with each bid as a guarantee, that in case the contract is awarded, the bidder will execute such contract. Bid bonds are due at the time of solicitation opening. The awarded bidder will be required to obtain necessary insurances and furnish a one hundred percent (100%) Performance Bond and a one hundred percent (100%) Labor and Material Payment Bond written by a surety company licensed to do business in the State of Connecticut. All bidders are required to inform themselves fully of the conditions relating to the construction and labor under which the work will be or is now being performed. The contractor shall employ, as far as is possible, such methods and means in the carrying out of this work and will not cause interruption or interference with any other contractor. The bidder agrees that three percent (3%) of the awarded contract value shall be performed by a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) as certified by the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT). The bidder must submit all of the DBE firm(s) it intends to utilize to achieve the above stated percentage with its’ bid submission. Failure to comply will render the bid non-responsive. Only DBE firms that are certified by CTDOT are eligible to perform work or provide services that will count toward the established goal. DBE information, including a directory of approved DBE vendors is available through the CTDOT website, http://www.ct.gov/dot. The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids, or to waive any informalities in the bids. All contracts are bid with the intention of awarding a contract as a result of the bid. Any and all awards and actual contract execution by the City of New Haven is contingent upon availability of appropriate funds. In the event that funding is not available at the time of award and/or execution of the contract the City reserves the right to cancel the bid. 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 qualifications of bidders prior to awarding the Contract. No bidder may withdraw their bid within sixty (60) days of the date of the bid opening. Should there be reason why the contract cannot be awarded within the specified period, the time may be extended by mutual agreement between the City of New Haven and the bidder. Michael Fumiatti, Purchasing Agent City of New Haven