28-Yard Front Load Solid Waste Truck

The City of Kalispell, Montana (the Owner), is requesting bids for a New 28-yard Front Load Solid Waste Truck.

Bids for the equipment and attachments will be received via QuestCDN until 1:00 PM local time on Thursday, November 7, 2024. At that time all Bids received will be publicly opened and read aloud in the City Hall First Floor Conference Room, 201 1 ^st Avenue East, Kalispell, Montana.

The bid request includes the following work:

• Delivery of a ready for service new 28-yard front load solid waste truck.

Information and Bidding Documents for the Project can be obtained through QuestCDN, or may be examined at the City of Kalispell Public Works Department, 201 1 ^st Avenue East, Kalispell, Montana 59901. The City of Kalispell portal to QuestCDN is located in the City of Kalispell QuestCDN project portal . Click on the project title. A page will open which allows free viewing of the project and plan holders list.

The City will be only accepting online electronic bids through QuestCDN. Electronic plan download and electronic bidding can be completed through QuestCDN for a fee of $42.00. To access the electronic bid form, download the project documents and click the online bidding button at the top of the advertisement. For electronic bids, scans of required electronic bid documents will be accepted.

Bidding Documents must be downloaded from the designated website. Prospective Bidders are required to register with the designated website as a Bidding Documents holder, even if Bidding Documents are obtained from a third-party plan room or source other than the designated website in either electronic or paper format. The designated website will be updated periodically with Addenda, lists of registered Bidding Documents holders, reports on the Site, and other information relevant to submitting a Bid for the Project. All official notifications, Addenda, and other Bidding Documents will be offered only through the designated website. Neither Owner nor Engineer will be responsible for Bidding Documents, including Addenda, if any, obtained from sources other than the designated website.

All bidders shall, as bid security, accompany the bid with 1) lawful currency of the United States or a cashier’s check: or 2) a certified check or bank money order drawn and issued by a national bank located in Montana or by a banking corporation incorporated in Montana; or 3) a bid bond or bonds, executed by a surety corporation authorized to do business in Montana. The bid security shall be in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the amount bid. Any such bank instrument shall be payable to the City of Kalispell. If a contract is awarded, the bidder whose bond is accepted and who shall thereafter refuse to enter into and execute the proposed contract, or as stated in the covenant, shall absolutely forfeit such moneys or bank instruments to the City, and become immediately liable on said bid bond in said sum. The bid security shall be returned to the unsuccessful bidders.

All bids must expressly covenant that if the bidder is awarded the contract, the bidder shall within fifteen (15) calendar days of the acceptance of said bid by the City Council, enter into a contract and give good and sufficient bond to secure the performance of the terms and conditions of the contract. In the event the successful bidder does not enter into a formal contract within fifteen (15) calendar days or give sufficient bond to secure performance, the bidder shall pay unto the City the difference between the amount of the bid of said bidder and the amount for which the City legally contracts with another party to perform said work if the latter amount is more than the former.

Award of the project will be contingent upon funding and award concurrence from City Council. Bids may only be withdrawn as provided in Section 00100 of the Instructions to Bidders after the scheduled time for the public opening of bids. Except as provided in the aforementioned Section 00100, no bid shall be withdrawn after the opening of bids without the consent of the City Council for a period of sixty (60) days after the scheduled time of receiving the bids.

The City will accept the lowest responsible bid, but the Council reserves the right to reject any and all bids or to waive any technicality or informality and accept any bid which may be deemed in the best interest of the City.

The successful bidder will be required to abide by Federal and State laws, particularly Section 18-2-401 et seq., M.C.A. (Montana Prevailing Wage Rates).

The successful bidder shall be required to furnish to the City evidence of insurance in accordance with the Seventh Edition of the Montana Public Works Standard Specifications.

For all further requirements regarding bid submittal, qualifications, procedures, and contract award, refer to the Instructions to Bidders that are included in the Bidding Documents.

City of Kalispell,
Aimee Brunckhorst
City Clerk and Communications Manager