INVITATION TO BID
DENT COUNTY COURTHOUSE SIDEWALK
IMPROVEMENTS
Sealed bids for the Proposal for Dent County Sidewalk Improvements will be received at: Dent County, Dent
County Courthouse , 400 North Main Street, SALEM, MO 65560 until 10:00 A.M. (prevailing local time) on
the 6th day of May, 2026, at the office of the 400 North Main Street, and at that time will be publicly opened
and read. All bids shall be submitted as a Paper.
The proposed work includes:
Construction of new concrete sidewalk to comply with ADA requirements adjacent to the courthouse
building in the city of Salem, MO. Construction of short retaining walls along N Iron St. and E 5th St. and
installation of light poles and associated infrastructure, curb ramps and S-curb, and stairs.
A digital copy of the plans and specifications may be purchased through the office of Great River
Engineering (GRE), at 2826 S. Ingram Mill, Springfield, MO 65804 (417-886-7171) upon payment of
$75.00, which is not refundable. All bidders must purchase plans through Great River Engineering, Inc. and
be on the planholder list in order to bid the project.
This contract requires payment of the prevailing hourly rate of wages for each craft or type of work required
to execute the contract as determined by the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, and
requires adherence to a schedule of minimum wages as determined by the United States Department of
Labor. For work performed anywhere on this project, the contractor and the contractor’s subcontractors
shall pay the higher of these two applicable wage rates. The applicable state wage rates for this contract
are detailed in “Annual Wage Order 32”, that is attached to this bidding document. The applicable federal
wage rates for this contract are the effective Davis-Bacon federal wage rates posted the tenth day before
the bid opening date and can be found at: https://sam.gov/content/wage-determinations. These
supplemental bidding documents have important legal consequences. It shall be conclusively presumed
that they are in the bidder's possession, and they have been reviewed and used by the bidder in the
preparation of any bid submitted on this project.
The Dent County 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.
All bidders must be on MoDOT’s Qualified Contractor List per Section 102.2 of the current version of the
Missouri Standard Specifications for Highway Construction. The contractor questionnaire must be on file 7
days prior to bid opening.
Contractors and sub-contractors who sign a contract to work on public works projects shall provide a
10-Hour OSHA construction safety program, or similar program approved by the Department of Labor and
Industrial Relations, to be completed by their on-site employees within sixty (60) days of beginning work on
the construction project.
A certified cashier’s check or a bid bond in the amount of 5% shall be submitted with each proposal.
The Dent County reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
The project will be awarded to the lowest, responsive, responsible bidder.
The DBE Goal for this project is 0 %.
No 2nd tier subcontracting will be allowed on this project.
DENT COUNTY
TAP-9901(871)
INVITATION TO BID