Buckwheat Road Water Service Transfers

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Separate
sealed bids for the construction of the following Waterworks System Improvements
within the Clermont County Water
Resources Department will be received by the Board of County Commissioners,Clermont
County, Ohio, 101 East Main Street - 3rd Floor, Batavia, Ohio  45103, until 2:00 P.M. Local Time on Thursday, August 6, 2026,and then at said office publicly
opened and read aloud.

PROJECT NO. 6401-60270

BUCKWHEAT
ROAD WATER SERVICE TRANSFERS

Work
under this Project is generally defined as the cutting and capping of approximately 2,958 linear
feet of an existing 8” cast iron water main to an existing 16” ductile iron
water main along Buckwheat Road between SR 28 to Hunt Club Drive in Miami
Township and also includes the transferring of water services and fire hydrants
from the existing 8” main to the newer 16” main, and the installation of new
fire hydrants to replace outdated ones. The Owner expects to proceed with the
construction under the Project immediately after satisfactory acceptance and
award of the construction bid and execution of the contract, with completion of
all work for Project No. 6401-60270 within 120 calendar days from
the date of the Notice to Proceed.  The
Engineer’s Estimate for this Project is $ 304,045.00 .

The
information for Bidders, Form of Bid, Form of Contract, Plans, and
Specifications including Forms of Bid Bond, Performance-Payment Bond, and other
Contractor Documents may be examined at the following Location:

Clermont
County Water Resources Dept.

Sanitary
Engineering Division

4400
Haskell Lane

Batavia,
Ohio  45103

(513)
732-8864

A Non-Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting will
be held at the Clermont County Water Resources Department, Sanitary Engineering
Division, 4400 Haskell Lane, Batavia, Ohio
45103 at 10:00 A.M.  Local
Time on Thursday, July 23, 2026.

Copies of the Plans and
Specifications, etc., may be obtained during normal business hours at American
Reprographics Company (ARC), 4219 Malsbary Road, Blue Ash, OH 45242, phone
number (513) 326-2300, upon payment of Sixty Dollars ( $60 .00) for each
printed set or Thirty Dollars ($30.00) for an electronic format set, with
payment made payable to the Clermont County Treasurer, none of which is
refundable.  An additional non-refundable
payment of Ten Dollars ($10.00) must accompany any mail request.

Each Bidder must submit their bid in TRIPLICATE, one (1) original and two
(2) copies with each copy stamped "COPY".  Each bidder must deposit with his bid,
security in the amount of 100% of the bid if in the form of a Bid Bond or in
the amount of not less than ten (10%) percent of the bid if in the form of a
certified check, cashier's check or letter of credit, for and subject to the
conditions provided in the Information for Bidders and pursuant with Ohio
Revised Code Section 153.54.

Attention of Bidders is particularly
called to the requirements as to safety regulations, conditions of employment
to be observed and minimum wage rates to be paid under the Contract.  All bids must comply with Clermont County
General Instructions to Bidders in addition to the requirements set forth in
the Specifications Documents referenced herein in order to be considered. Letters of credit and bid bonds must be filed
with original signatures.  Facsimile and electronic copies of the letter
of credit, bid bond and Power of Attorney of the Surety will be deemed
non-responsive.

No Bidder may withdraw his bid for a
period of sixty (60) days after the actual date of the opening thereof.  Contract award shall be made to the lowest
and best bidder, and award may be subject to applicable funding agency
approval.

The Board of County Commissioners,
Clermont County, Ohio, reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive
any informalities in the bidding procedure, to accept any bid which it deems to
be for the best interest of the County and to hold such bids for a period of
sixty (60) days before taking action to award a contract.  These rights are reserved up until the time
the contract is signed by the Board of County Commissioners.

This notice is also posted on the
contracting authority’s website at the following URL link: https://clermontcountyohio.gov/bids-proposals .

Clermont
County Board of Commissioners

Bonnie J. Batchler, President

David L. Painter, Vice President

Claire B. Corcoran, Member

ATTEST: Gael
Fawley, Clerk of the Board