DOCUMENT 00021 INVITATION TO BID Legal Notice 1. Sealed proposals for Mill Creek Church Rd. owned by Bryan County Board of Commissioners will be received by Bryan County at 42 North Courthouse Street, Pembroke GA 31321until 2:00 PM on May 23, 2024, at which time they will be publicly opened. 2. The project consists of the following generally described work: Mill Creek Church Road The project will consist of widening and paving an existing dirt road. The project is approximately 1.08 miles long and provides a paved connection between SR 30 and Black Creek Church Rd. Work includes widening of Mill Creek Church Road to a two-lane roadway with curb and gutter with raised edges and roadside drainage located in Bryan County, Georgia. The work also includes storm drainage to collect run off in the curb and gutters with raised edges. 3. Plans and Specifications are open to inspection digitally or may be obtained from Thomas & Hutton Engineering Co., 50 Park of Commerce, Savannah, Georgia 31405 upon payment of $50.00 (half size) or $100.00 (full size) plus a pdf copy. The contractor may request a PDF copy only upon payment of $25.00. The payment is non-refundable. Contact Karen Smulski at Thomas & Hutton via email smulski.k@tandh.com to request copies. 4. Bids shall be accompanied by a bid bond or certified cashier's check in an amount not less than 10% of the base bid. All bonds shall be by a surety company licensed in Georgia with an "A" minimum rating of performance and a financial strength of at least five times the contract price as listed in the most current publication of "Best's Key Rating Guide Property Liability." Performance and Payment Bonds, each in an amount equal to 100% of the contract price shall be required of the successful bidder if contract is awarded. Each Bond shall be accompanied by a "Power of Attorney" authorizing the attorney-in-fact to bind the surety and certified to include the date of the bond. 5. Owner reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, including without limitation, the rights to reject any or all nonconforming, nonresponsive, unbalanced or conditional Bids and to reject the Bid of any Bidder if Owner believes it would not be in the best interest of the Project to make an award to Bidder, whether because the Bid is not responsive or the Bidder is unqualified or of doubtful financial ability or fails to meet any other pertinent standard or criteria established by the Owner. 6. A pre-bid conference will not be held. All questions shall be submitted in writing to the Engineer by Thursday, May 9th, 2024, at 5 PM. An addendum addressing all questions and comments received by the question deadline will be issued via electronic mail by the end of business on Wednesday, May 15th, 2024. ENGINEER OWNER Thomas & Hutton Bryan County Board of Commissioners Attn: Doyle Kelley, P.E. Attn: Matt Montanye 50 Park of Commerce Way 66 Captain Matthew Freeman Drive Savannah, GA 31405 Richmond Hill, GA 31324 Phone: 912-721-4160 Phone: 912-663-5237 Email: kelley.d@tandh.com Email: mmontayne@bryancountyga.org 48056 5/2/24 RL