By Aberdeen Insider - July 24, 2025 in CITY OF ABERDEEN
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING GRANULAR FILL MATERIAL
Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received by the Aberdeen City Council at the office of the City Finance Officer, Auditor Division until 2:00 p.m. local time on the 5th day of August, 2025, at which time the bids will be publicly opened, read and referred to the Aberdeen City Council of the City of Aberdeen, in the 3rd Floor Conference Room, City Hall, 123 Lincoln St S.
Approximately 31,000 tons of granular fill material.
Work shall include all labor, equipment and materials to complete the work in accordance with specifications now on file at the City Finance Office, Auditor Division, and the City Engineering Office, Aberdeen, South Dakota and will be available at no charge from the latter by calling (605) 626-7011.
Bids shall be submitted in accordance with the specifications. All bids shall be plainly marked
on the outside of the envelope with the words “Bid for Public Works Building Granular Fill Material”.
Each bid in excess of $50,000 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 ten percent (10%) of the amount of the bid; or
(3) An irrevocable letter of credit for one hundred percent (100%) 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 No bid may be withdrawn within a period of thirty (30) days after the date fixed for opening bids.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.
By Order of the Aberdeen City Council.
Dated this 21st day of July, 2025.
By:____________
Jordan McQuillen
Finance Officer
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