INVITATION TO BID
Sealed bids for the Pedestrian Walkway project, will be received at: City of Cape Girardeau City Hall, 44 N. Lorimier, Cape
Girardeau, MO 63701, ATTN: Sarah Young until 4/21/22026 at10:00 AM local time. All bids shall be submitted in the form of
hard copy attached.
This project, TAP-1501(021), is in required combination with TAP-1501(022). Bids will be combined.
The proposed work includes grading and sidewalk construction along Cape Rock Drive.
Proposals will be publicly opened and read aloud on 4/21/2026 at 10:00 AM local time in the Hub Conference Room, 2nd floor
at City Hall. A certified or cashier's check or bid bond executed by the bidder and an approved Surety Company, in the amount
of five (5%) percent of the bid shall be submitted with each Proposal.
All questions concerning the project shall be submitted in writing to the City of Cape Girardeau Project Manager, Sarah Young,
by 12:00 Noon, prevailing local time, on 4/17/2026. A mandatory pre-bid conference will be held on 4/14/2026 10:00 AM local
time, in the Port Conference Room, 2nd floor City Hall 44 N. Lorimier Street, Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63701.
The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all Bids with MoDOT concurrence, including without limitation the rights to reject
any or all non-conforming, non-responsive, unbalanced or conditional Bids and to reject the Bid of any Bidder if Owner believes
that it would not be in the best interest of the Project to make an award to that 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
Owner.
Owner also reserves the right to waive all informalities not involving price, time or changes in Work and to negotiate contract
terms with the Successful Bidder.
Plans, specifications, proposal form, and contract for said improvement may be viewed and/or obtained from the City’s website
at: www.cityofcape.org/bids
All labor used in the construction of this public improvement shall be paid a wage no less than the prevailing hourly rate of
wages of work of a similar character in this locality as established by the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (Federal
Wage Rate), or by the prevailing wage law of the State of Missouri, whichever is higher.
Pursuant to 285.530 R.S. Mo, the bidder must affirm its enrollment and participation in a federal work authorization program
with respect to the employees proposed to work in connection with the services requested herein. Additionally, pursuant to
292.675, R.S. Mo, the bidder is informed that all contractors or subcontractors doing work on this project to provide, and require
its on-site employees to complete, a ten (10) hour course in construction safety and health approved by the Occupational Safety
and Health Administration (“OSHA”) or similar program.
The City of Cape Girardeau hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant
to this notice, businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals will be afforded full
opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color,
religion, creed, sex, ancestry, or national origin in consideration for an award.
The prime contractor must go through the MoDOT pre-qualification process and be in the MoDOT approved contractor listing.
The prime contractor must have a fully responsive contractor questionnaire on file with the Missouri Highways and
Transportation Commission (MHTC) at least seven (7) days prior to the date and hour of the bid opening (See Section 102.2 of
the Missouri Standard Specifications for Highway Construction).
The DBE Goal for this project is 0%
No 2nd tier subcontracting will be allowed for the project.
The project will be awarded to the lowest, responsive, responsible bidder.
Jake Garrard, PE
City Engineer, City of Cape Girardeau, MO