This is a public tender notice from St. Tammany Parish Government for 2026 District 2, 3 Road Improvements. Bidders are required to carefully examine and understand the bidding documents, and have personally inspected the project site. The submission requires a completed Louisiana Uniform Public Work Bid Form, bid security, and evidence of authority for the signatory. The notice details extensive insurance requirements, including Commercial General Liability, Business Automobile Liability, Workers Compensation, Pollution Liability, and others, with specific minimum limits and endorsements. Project signs must be provided and installed according to specifications. The document also outlines general conditions, proposal submission procedures, award criteria (lowest responsible bidder), contract execution, bonds, subcontracts, and payment terms. It emphasizes the importance of timely completion and specifies liquidated damages for delays. Labor, materials, equipment, supervision, permits, and taxes are the contractor's responsibility. Testing and inspection requirements are detailed, along with procedures for handling defective work. The contract can be terminated for various reasons, including contractor default or budgetary constraints. Final payment is contingent upon satisfactory completion, submission of lien certificates, and acceptance by the parish. The notice also includes information on dispute resolution, with protests to be filed in writing with the Director of Procurement. A corporate resolution template is provided for bidders. Insurance inquiries should be directed to the Office of Risk Management.
The work shall be commenced on a date to be specified in a written order of the parish and shall be completed within intcompletiontime calendar days from and after said date.
Monthly certificates for partial payment will be issued, typically covering 90% or 95% of work performed and materials stored, with final payment made after acceptance and lien clearance. The parish will pay the contractor the sum of curreqgrandtotal dollars for the performance of the contract.
Contractor warrants and guarantees to owner that all materials and equipment will be new unless otherwise specified and that all work will be of good quality and free from faults or defects and in accordance with the requirements of the contract documents. If, after the approval of final payment and prior to the expiration of one year after the date of substantial completion or such longer period of time as may be prescribed by law or by the terms of any applicable special guarantee required by the contract documents, any work is found to be defective, contractor shall promptly, without cost to owner and in accordance with owners written instructions, either correct such defective work or if it has been rejected by owner, remove it from the site and replace it with nondefective work.
The award of the contract, if it is awarded, will be to the lowest responsible bidder, in accordance with state law.
If the parish determines that the bidder is not responsive or responsible for any reason whatsoever, the bid may be rejected in accordance with state law. Bidders shall furnish satisfactory evidence of its competence and ability to perform the work stipulated in its proposal.
If the contractor shall neglect, fail or refuse to complete the work within the time specified, or any proper extension thereof granted by the owner, then the contractor does hereby agree, as partial consideration for the awarding of this contract, to pay the owner based on table 3. 1 as specified in the contract, not as a penalty, but as liquidated damages for such breach of contract for each and every calendar day that the contractor shall be in default after the time stipulated in the contract for completing the work.
Bidders shall personally inspect and be familiar with the project site.
All protests must be made in writing, and shall be concise and logically presented to facilitate review by the parish. The written protest shall include: the protesters name, address, and fax and telephone numbers and the solicitation, bid, or contract number; a detailed statement of its legal and factual grounds, including a description of the resulting prejudice to the protester; copies of relevant documents; all information establishing that the protester is an interested party and that the protest is timely and; a request for a ruling by the agency and a statement of the form of relief requested. The protest shall be addressed to director of procurement, st. tammany parishgovernment, p. o. box 628, covington, la 70434. The protest review shall be conducted by the parish procurement department. Only protests from interested parties will be allowed. Protests based on alleged solicitationimproprieties that are apparent before bid opening, or the time set for receipt of initialproposals must be filed with and received by the procurement department before thosedeadlines. Any other protest shall be filed no later than ten 10 calendar days after the basis of theprotest is known, or should have been known whichever is earlier.