ITEM I
INVITATION TO BID
Notice to Contractors:
Sealed proposals will be received by the City Clerk of the City of Mobile, Alabama, 205 Government
Street, 9th Floor, South Tower, until 2:30 P.M. local time, April 15, 2026, and then publicly opened and
read in the Atrium, 1st Floor, for constructing:
Project No:
Project:
Project Description:
2026-3005-02
2026 CIP RESURFACING- DISTRICT 6
Street Resurfacing and Related Work
Plans and contract documents (digital files on flash drives) may be obtained from Isaiah
Engineering, Inc., 413-C Azalea Rd., Mobile, Alabama 36609 (Phone: 251-344-2022) upon
payment of fifty dollars ($50.00), non-refundable. Upon requests, hard copies of the plans and
contract documents can be made for a payment of $200. This $200 deposit shall be refunded in full
to each prime Contractor Bidder upon return of the hard copies in reusable condition within ten (10)
days after Bid Opening. The cost of and return of additional sets of specifications shall be in
accordance with Act 97-225, Public Works Contracts. Any questions concerning the plans or
contract documents should be addressed to the Engineer of Record (Dorsey & Dorsey Engineering,
Inc., 251-605-2023 or larry.dorsey@dorsey-dorsey.com).
No Bid Packages will be issued to Contractors later than twenty-four (24) hours after the Pre-Bid
Conference. No questions, whether orally or written, will be addressed after 12:00 p.m. on April 13,
2026.
A Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held at the City Engineering Department, 3rd Floor,
South Tower, Room 357, Mobile Government Plaza, 205 Government Street, Mobile, Alabama, on
April 8, 2026 at 10:00 A.M. Significant items related to the proposed construction will be explained.
Representative must be a principal or current employee of the contracting company at the time of
the Pre-Bid Conference. Any contractor not represented at the Pre-Bid Conference will be disqualified
from bidding on the project. A single individual cannot represent more than one contracting
company.
No bid will be received and considered unless made out on the blank form or Proposal attached, and unless
all papers attached hereto are returned with the bid and the Proposal sheet attached.
This project is being bid EXCLUDING TAXES and requires the Contractor to comply with applicable
provisions of Section 11-2A-14.1, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended; applicable provisions of the
Alabama Administrative Code; and applicable requirements of the Alabama Department of Revenue
(ADOR).
Each bid shall be accompanied by a check or bid bond for the sum of five percent (5%) of the amount
bid (maximum amount of bond $10,000), made payable to the CITY, and certified by a reputable
banking institution. These monies shall serve as assurance that within ten (10) days of notice of contract
award contemplated in the Proposal, the successful bidder will enter into such contract and file a bond
for the execution of same.
The performance bond required will be for the amount bid, and labor and material bond shall be one
hundred percent (100%) of the amount of contract and shall be made by a Surety Company acceptable to
the City of Mobile and upon the forms of bonds appended hereto.
In default of the entering into of such contract and the execution of such bond, the certified check required
to accompany such bid shall be forfeited to the City of Mobile, Alabama. These fees shall not be a penalty
but damages for delays, or for the additional cost or expenses that the CITY may incur by reason of such
default.
In addition, the Contractor must furnish to the City at the time of the signing of the Contract a certificate
of insurance coverage as provided in the specification which will include comprehensive insurance,
Contractor’s Automobile Liability Insurance, Owner’s Protective Liability Insurance, or a Comprehensive
General and Public Liability policy naming the City of Mobile, its agents and employees as additionally
insured, and where applicable, subcontractor’s Public Liability and Property Damage Insurance. The right
is reserved to reject any and/or all bids and to waive informalities and to furnish any item of material or
work to change the amount of said Contract.
Liquidated damages for non-completion of the work within the time limit agreed upon will be assessed
according to Section 108.11 of Alabama Department of Transportation Standard Specifications for
Highway Construction 2018 Edition.
Bidders must be licensed Contractors in the State of Alabama pursuant to Sections 34-8-1 through 34-8-
27 of the Code of Alabama of 1975 as amended, and shall indicate State License Number on outside of
bid envelope. Any contractor that desires to bid as a prime contractor must possess a Municipal &
Utility (MU) Major Classification or a Highways & Streets (HS) Major Classification per Section
230-X-.27 of the State of Alabama Licensing Board for General Contractors Administrative Code.
The bidder must not be disqualified from bidding on ALDOT projects at the time of the Pre-Bid
Conference.
The awarding of a contract will require the Contractor to pay the prevailing wage rates for this district that
are applicable to the trades engaged in this project.
The City of Mobile reserves the right to reject any and all bids and waive informalities in the bidding.
Bids must be sealed and have the project name and number marked on the outside of the envelope. The
envelope containing bids must be addressed as follows, and delivered to Ms. Lisa Lambert, City Clerk;
City of Mobile, P. O. Box 1827, Mobile, Alabama 36633; “Bid for completion of 2026 CIP
RESURFACING- DISTRICT 6, City of Mobile Project No. 2026-3005-02, in the City of Mobile,
Alabama”.
PLEASE PUBLISH IN THE ISSUES MARCH 18TH, MARCH 25TH, AND APRIL 1ST, 2026.
