Airport Terminal Solar Array

Description

NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed bids will be received by the City Council of the, City of Watertown, 20 N Maple, P.O. Box 910, Watertown, South Dakota, 57201, at the office of the City Finance Officer of said City until 2:00 p.m. (local time) on the 12th day of August, 2026, and then be publicly opened and read, for furnishing all equipment, labor, and materials as set forth in the specifications and performing all work, incidental thereto for Airport Terminal Solar Array, Watertown Regional Airport, Watertown, South Dakota. Base Bid Primary Work: Mobilization (Max of 10% of Total Base Bid Cost); Traffic Control, Remove and Dispose of Asphalt Surfacing, Asphalt Trench Repair, Inlet Protection, Installation of Solar Farm on carport structures of the Terminal Parking Lot, Modifications of the existing electrical distribution system of the Terminal to accommodate the solar farm production, and other items of related construction. 1. Plans and Specifications:  Copies of the Plans and Specifications are available for inspection at: Office of the City of Watertown, South Dakota, or at the Office of Helms and Associates, 416 Production Street, Aberdeen, South Dakota. Plans and Specifications may be obtained, at the Office of the latter, upon payment to Helms and Associates for shipping and handling in the amount of $100 for an 11” x 17” size set of plans and specifications. Plans and Specifications may be retrieved by registering with the Issuing Office at http://www.helmsengineering.com/biddocs.html.  Following registration, complete sets of Plans and Specifications may be downloaded as portable document format (PDF) files.  Users who have downloaded the Plans and Specifications will be mailed an invoice of $20.00.  All payments are non-refundable. Additionally, upon request, in accordance with South Dakota Codified Law 5-18B-1, one copy of Plans and Specifications shall be furnished, without charge, to each Contractor resident in South Dakota who intends, in good faith, to bid upon the project. 2. Bid Guarantee:  Each bid must be accompanied by a certified check, cashier's check or draft in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total bid, and drawn on a solvent State or National Bank, or a ten percent (10%) Bid Bond issued by a surety authorized to do business in the State of South Dakota and payable to the City of Watertown, South Dakota. 3.