LEGAL NOTICE
INVITATION FOR FORMAL BID
IFB 26-070
For
LAND ACQUISITION SERVICES
For
JOSEPHVILLE ROAD PHASE II
PROJECT
For
ST. CHARLES COUNTY GOVERNMENT
ST. CHARLES, MISSOURI
St. Charles County is seeking bids for Land Acquisition Services for the Josephville
Road Phase II Project.
INSTRUCTIONS
One original copy of the bid form must be received in a sealed envelope plainly marked
“26-070 Josephville Road Phase II Land Acquisition Services” with the due date
and time in the lower left corner of the envelope.
An authorized representative of the company/person submitting the statement of
qualification must sign it in blue ink.
Bids must be submitted to the St. Charles County Finance Department, 201 North
Second Street, Room 541, St. Charles, MO 63301 prior to Wednesday, April 22, 2026
at 10:00 AM. Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at 10:00 a.m. in Conference
Room 115/116.
St. Charles County reserves the right to accept and/or reject any and all bids.
INQUIRIES
Any questions or clarifications concerning this Request for Bid must be submitted in
writing via E-mail (preferred), mail or fax to:
Lenore Faulkner, Purchasing Coordinator
St. Charles County Government
Finance Department
201 North Second St
St. Charles, Missouri 63301
Fax: (636)949-7589
lefaulkner@sccmo.org
Chris Bostic, Project Manager
St. Charles County Highway Department
301 North Third Street
St. Charles, Missouri 63301
Phone: (636) 949-7305
cbostic@sccmo.org
Prohibited Communication
Contact with any representative, other than through the procedure outlined above
titled “Inquiries”, concerning this request is prohibited PRIOR TO BID OPENING.
Representative shall include, but not be limited to, all elected and appointed
officials, and employees of St. Charles County and their Agents within St. Charles
County.
Any Offeror engaging in such prohibited communications prior to Bid Opening
may be disqualified at the sole discretion of St. Charles County.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
St. Charles County reserves the right to reject any and all bids or parts of a bid and
waive technicalities, and to adjust quantities.
All bids are final. No additions, deletions, corrections, or adjustments will be
accepted after the time of bid opening except by request of County.
All delivery costs or charges must be included in the F.O.B. destination bid price.
City, County and State of Missouri Sales Tax and Federal Taxes are not applicable
to sales made to St. Charles County and must be excluded.
The contract, provided in Exhibit A, shall be effective for the approximate nine (9)
month period from the date of execution.
The County, with the consent of the vendor, shall have the option to renew said
contract for one (1) additional three (3) month period at the same specifications and
terms and conditions of any contract that may be derived from this request for
proposal.
The electronic version of this bid/RFP is available upon request. The document was
entered into WORD for Microsoft Windows. The Purchasing Office does not
guarantee the completeness and accuracy of any information provided on the
electronic version. Therefore, respondents are cautioned that the hard copy of this
bid/RFP on file in the Purchasing Office governs in the event of a discrepancy
between the information contained in or on the electronic version and that which is
on the hard copy.
Vendors are required to clearly identify any deviations from the specifications in this
document.
Vendors must submit two [2] signed copies of their bid; one is to be an original and
so marked.
All prices and notations must be in blue ink or typewritten on the attached form.
Mistakes must be crossed out, corrections typed adjacent and must be initialed in
blue ink by the person signing the bid.
St. Charles County will not award any bid to an individual or business having any
outstanding amounts due from a prior Contract or business relationship with the
County or who owes any amount(s) for delinquent Federal, State or Local taxes,
fees and licenses.
Sealed proposals received after the designated time of the receipt of the sealed
proposals will be considered as “No Bid” and “Void” and will not be opened.
The successful bidder is specifically denied the right of using in any form or medium
the names of St. Charles County or any other public agency within St. Charles
County Government for public advertising unless express written permission is
granted.
All bidders must possess the necessary and appropriate business and/or
professional licenses in their field.
The County will make its award to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder unless
additional criteria is established herein. When payments are to be made to the
County, the County will award based on payments unless these documents
establish additional criteria. As used for this award, “responsive” shall mean a bid
that conforms in all respects with the terms and conditions of the County’s
requirements. As used for this award, “responsible” shall mean that the bidder has
the capability in all respects to perform fully the contract requirements, and the
integrity and reliability which will assure good faith performance.
County reserves the right to accept any item or group of items offered, unless the
bidder qualifies his bid by specific limitations. The bid can be on an "all or none"
basis if wording in the bid so states and if all items solicited are included in the bid.
When applicable, provide unit prices and extension prices. Where there is
disagreement in the unit and extension prices, the unit price shall govern.
INSURANCE
Worker's Compensation and Employer's Liability: Statutory WC limits as required by
the Statutes of the State of Missouri (or a qualified self-insurer) and Employers
Liability in an amount of no less than $1.0 million.
Automobile, General Liability and Property Damage: The Contractor shall maintain
the following minimum amounts of automobile, general liability, and property
damage insurance coverage during the life of the contract:
$1,000,000 for bodily injury or death to any one person and $3,000,000 per
occurrence for automobile and general liability coverage; and property damage
coverage of at least $1,000,000. A Combined Single Limit Policy in the amount of
$3,000,000 is an acceptable alternative. Automobile coverage must include non-
owned vehicles.
The Automobile & General Liabilities policies shall be endorsed to include the
County as an additional insured including the following language: Nothing in this
endorsement shall serve to operate as a waiver of the County’s Sovereign Immunity or
broaden the liability of the County beyond the provisions of Sections 537.600 to
537.610 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri. Vendor shall provide for 30 days
advance written notice of any material change. A Waiver of Subrogation in favor of
the County shall be endorsed on each of the policies. The required insurance shall
be primary insurance with respect to any other insurance or self-insurance
programs maintained by the County.
A Certificate of Insurance evidencing the above coverage(s) together with a copy
of the required endorsements shall be provided to the County prior to the
commencement of any work.
It shall be the contractor's responsibility to keep the respective insurance policies
and coverages of any sub-contractor current and in force for the life of the
contract.
Architects/Design Engineers: Errors and Omissions (Professional Liability): with
limits of not less than 1,000,000.000 per claim/$3,000,000.00 aggregate
covering all services provided by the Contract. Coverage to be written on a
claims-made basis.
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