The City of Fort Morgan is accepting sealed bids for the East Railroad Avenue Sherman Street traffic signal project. Bids must be submitted by March 18, 2026, at 3:00 PM. A mandatory prebid meeting will be held on March 4, 2026, at 1:30 PM. Questions are due by March 10, 2026, at 9:00 AM. The project involves removing existing traffic signals and installing new ones, along with site restoration. The contractor must provide a performance and payment bond if the bid price exceeds $10,000. 00. The project is scheduled to be awarded mid-April 2026, and completion will be based on component lead times. The contractor must attend the prebid meeting, and the city reserves the right to reject any or all proposals.
The project must be completed no later than December 31, 2026, unless extended due to component lead times.
Owner shall make progress payments towards the contract price, less five 5 percent for retainage, on the basis of contractors applications for payment, as verified and recommended by representative, and provided that such applications for payment have been submitted in a timely manner and otherwise meet the requirements of the contract, on or about the twentyfifth 25th day of each month during performance of the work.
The contractor warrants to owner that the work shall be fit for its intended purposes, that materials and equipment furnished under this agreement shall be of good quality and new, that all work shall be free from defects and that all work shall meet all of the requirements of this agreement.
The city reserves the right to award the contract in any manner it deems to be in the best interest of the city.
The city may make such investigations as it deems necessary to determine the ability of the bidder to perform the work, and the bidder shall furnish to the city all such information and data for this purpose as the city may request.
Should the contractor fail to complete the work, or any part thereof, in the time stipulated in the agreement or within such extra time as may have been allowed for delays by extensions granted as provided in the contract documents, the contractor shall reimburse the owner for the additional expenses and damages for each calendar day sundays and holidays excluded that the contract remains uncompleted after the contract completion date.
A mandatory prebid meeting will be held on march 4, 2026 at 1: 30 p. m. at the planning zoningbuilding department located at 110 sherman street, fort morgan.
Questions must be in writing and can be emailed to ***@***. *. * cutoff date and time for questions is march 10, 2026 at 9: 00 a. m.