STL District, Franklin County, removal and replacement of the bridge on Red Oak Road over Clates Creek and provides for excavations, bridge construction, embankments, asphalt paving, etc.

Franklin County, Missouri Red Oak Road Bridge
INVITATION TO BIDS
Sealed bids for the Franklin County (hereinafter "Owner") Red Oak Road Bridge, BRO-R036(001) (hereinafter
"Project") will be received by the Franklin County Commission, 400 E. Locust Street, Union, Missouri, 63084, 2:00 p.m.
local time, on Thursday, September 3, 2026, at which time the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.
The Scope of Work includes removal and replacement of the bridge on Red Oak Road over Clates Creek and provides
for excavations, bridge construction, embankments, asphalt paving, pavement striping, guard rail, traffic control,
fencing and other incidental items and work described in the Project Manual, or reasonably inferable therefrom.
Franklin County anticipates issuing notice to proceed in late 2026 or early 2027.
To ensure that you receive all addenda, request the bid documents by email from Becky Toney at
btoney@cochraneng.com. Bid packages will be distributed electronically at no cost to the bidder. When requesting
the documents, you will be required to provide your company name, a contact person and phone number, a complete
company address and an e-mail address to be added to the Plan Holders List and for receiving official bidding
communications and addenda. If you are not on the Plan Holders List, you will not receive any addenda issued. Hard
copies will not be available for purchase. Bidders may make printed copies of the bid documents (plans, project
manual, and a bid packet) at their own expense.Project and bidding questions shall be conducted exclusively via e-
mail. Any questions regarding this project must be submitted to: mspalding@cochraneng.com, by 4:00 pm local time
on August 27, 2026. No written questions after this date or any verbal questions will be recognized.
A bid security in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid amount must accompany each bid, in accordance with the
Instructions to Bidders.
For a contractor to be awarded this project the contractor must have a fully responsive contractor questionnaire on
file with the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission at least 7 days prior to the bid opening date. All bidders
must be on MoDOT's Qualified Contractor List per Section 102.2 of the current Missouri Standard Specifications for
Highway Construction.
The wage rates applicable to this project have been predetermined as required by law and are set forth in this
specification. When Federal wage rates are applicable and included, this contract is subject to the "Work Hours Act
of 1962", (P.L. 87-581: 76 Stat. 357) and implementing regulations. When state and federal wage rates are both
required the higher of the two for each job classification shall be used.
Effective January 1, 2009 and pursuant to RSMo 285.530 (1), No business entity or employer shall knowingly employ,
hire for employment, or continue to employ an unauthorized alien to perform work within the state of Missouri. The
successful bidder must submit a sworn affidavit and documentation affirming the business entity's enrollment and
participation in the federal work authorization program and that all of its employees working for the contracted services
are not illegal immigrants.
Upon signing the contract, the successful contractor and any subcontractor performing the work shall provide a ten-
hour Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) construction safety program for their on-site employees
within sixty (60) days of beginning work on the construction project.
Franklin County, Missouri hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that in any contract entered into
pursuant to this advertisement, 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, age, ancestry, or national origin in consideration for an
award.
The DBE Contract Goal for this project is 0%, and DBE firms must be certified by MoDOT to attain credit towards this
contract goal. There is no On the Job Trainee goal.
THE OWNER INTENDS TO AWARD THE CONTRACT TO THE LOWEST, RESPONSIVE, RESPONSIBLE
BIDDER. THE OWNER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY AND ALL BIDS, AND TO WAIVE ANY
IRREGULARITIES IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE OWNER WITH MODOT'S CONSENT.
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