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City of Aberdeen – New Advertisement for Bids Public Works Maintenance Building & Cancellation of Previous Advertisement

By Aberdeen Insider  -    March 5, 2026 in Legals   Reading Time: 3 minutes

NEW ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS ON ABERDEEN PUBLIC WORKS MAINTENANCE BUILDING

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CANCELLATION OF PREVIOUS ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 19, 2026

Sealed bids for labor and material required for the Aberdeen Public Works Maintenance Building will be received by the City Council of the City of Aberdeen, South Dakota at the City Finance Office until 2:00 p.m., C.T., on Tuesday, March 31 2026, at which time the bids will be publicly opened, read and referred to the Aberdeen City Council of the City of Aberdeen, in the 2nd Floor South Conference Room. All divisions of the work to be included in one prime construction contract.

Pre-Bid Project Review will be on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at 2:00 pm.

Copies of the plans and specifications are on file at the Office of the City Engineer, Aberdeen, South Dakota; Builders Exchanges listed in the Instruction to Bidders; and at the office of HKG Architects, AIA, P.O. Box 55, Aberdeen, South Dakota, 1-605-225-6820. Copies may be obtained at the architect’s office by bidders.

Bids shall be submitted in accordance with the specifications. All bids shall be plainly marked on the outside of the envelope with the words “Bids for Aberdeen Public Works Maintenance Building”.

Each bid in excess of $50,000.00 shall be accompanied by any one of the following:

  1. A certified check, cashier’s check, or draft certified or issued by a state or national bank for five percent (5%) of the amount of the total gross bid; or
  2. A bid bond issued by a surety authorized to do business in South Dakota for 10 per cent (10%) of the amount of the bid; or
  3. An irrevocable letter of credit for one hundred per cent of the amount of the bid from a financing agency of good repute and deemed acceptable to the City of Aberdeen, all in accordance with SDCL Ch. 5-18A and SDCL Ch. 57A-5.

The bid security shall be made payable without condition to the City of Aberdeen, South Dakota, hereinafter referred to as Owner. The bid security may be retained by and shall be forfeited to the Owner as liquidated damages if the bid is accepted and a contract based thereon is awarded and the bidder shall fail to enter into a contract in the form prescribed, with legally responsible sureties, within ten (10) days after such award is made by the Owner. Contracts in excess of $ 50,000 will require a Payment Bond and a Performance Bond acceptable to the Aberdeen City Council, for one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract, in conformance with the requirements of the Contract documents. No bid may be withdrawn within a period of thirty (30) days after the date fixed for opening bids.

The Aberdeen City Council reserves the right to reject any and all bids, waive irregularities and accept the bid it deems most favorable and in the best interest of the City of Aberdeen after all bids have been examined.

NOTICE is hereby given by the Aberdeen City Council that the previous Advertisement For Bids published on February 19, 2026, for labor and material required for the Aberdeen Public Works Maintenance Building is CANCELLED, as permitted by SDCL § 5-18A-12, it being determined by the City Engineer that it is in the best interests of the City of Aberdeen to readvertise for bids as set forth above and extend the deadline to submit bids in order to provide prospective bidders sufficient time to assemble an accurate bid on a large and complex project.

By order of the City Council.

Dated this 2nd day of March 2026.

By:  /s/Jordan McQuillen  

City Finance Officer

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