Sealed proposals are due by 11:00 AM on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, for local street improvements including curb and gutter replacement, sidewalk replacement, and HMA milling and paving. Bidding documents are available through the Michigan Intergovernmental Trade Network (MITN) at bidnetdirect. com. A bid bond of 5% of the bid amount is required. Prevailing wages are mandated. The City of East Lansing reserves the right to reject any or all proposals. Bidders must examine contract documents and site conditions. Proposals must be submitted on required forms and acknowledge all addenda. A criminal background investigation is required for personnel with access to city facilities.
The entire project shall be completed on or before September 30, 2026. Failure to complete the project will result in the assessment of liquidated damages.
On a monthly basis, the contractor shall submit a written itemized payment request for work completed. The city will retain ten percent of the dollar value of the work completed until the contract is fifty percent complete. At the time of final payment, all retainages shall be released.
The contractor shall furnish the city with a maintenance and guarantee bond to correct any defects due to faulty materials or workmanship which appear in the work within one year from the date of final acceptance by the city.
Bidders shall be prepared to furnish sufficient evidence as to their qualifications to perform the project work, such as record of past performances including references, equipment, and personnel available, and such other pertinent and material facts as may be desirable. Upon request, bidders shall submit financial statements.
Should the work under this contract not be finished within the time specified, it is agreed that there may be deducted by the city from the final certificate to the contractor, a sum computed at the rate of one thousand dollars ($1,****) per calendar day for each and every calendar day the project is not completed.
The bidder shall be responsible for investigating and evaluating subsurface or latent physical conditions along the site of the work. The bidder shall be held to have visited the site and checked with the authorities the working conditions and the methods of carrying out the work and to have included in their proposal all costs for meeting such working conditions.
Reasons for disqualification may include: more than one proposal for the same work, evidence of collusion, unbalanced proposals, failure to submit a unit price for each item, lack of competency, unsatisfactory performance record, uncompleted work that might hinder prompt completion, conflict of interest, proposal on an altered form, unauthorized additions, or conditional bids.
