The City of Aztec will receive sealed bids for construction of the Aztec Airport Improvements 2020, Runway 8-26 Pavement Rehabilitation, until Monday, June 1, 2020, 3:00 PM.  All bids are required to be submitted electronically through Vendor Registry.  Bids not submitted through Vendor Registry will be considered non-responsive and returned unopened.

Bids will be opened on Monday, June 1, 2020, 4:00 PM.  Due to the continuing development of the COVID-19 virus in San Juan County, New Mexico, all bid openings will be closed to public attendance but will be broadcast on YouTube, City of Aztec live stream.

The bids received will be considered by the City Commission at a regular meeting or at a special meeting as may be required.

Copies of plans and specifications may be obtained online by accessing the City’s purchasing webpage through www.aztecnm.gov , “Vendor Registry” or by contacting Kathy Lamb at 505-334-7653. The contract documents are available for public inspection at the office of the Kathy Lamb, Finance Director, 201 West Chaco, Aztec, New Mexico 87410.  A link to Vendor Registry is available on the City’s website, right side of page:  http://www.aztecnm.gov/purchasing.html

Technical questions should be addressed to the engineer of record at Bohannan Huston at (505) 823-1000.

Each bidder shall be prepared to furnish the owner with satisfactory evidence of their competency to perform the work contemplated.

Each bidder will be required to submit with their bid, a certified check, cashier’s check or bid bond in the amount of 5% of their bid, made payable to the City of Aztec.

The City Commission agrees to carefully canvass and consider each bid submitted. In consideration thereof, no bids may be withdrawn after the scheduled closing time for receipt of bids for at least 60 calendar days.

The City Commission reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive technicalities and to accept the bid it deems to be in the best interest of the City to accept.

Minimum wage rates on this project shall not be less than the rates in the U.S. Department of Labor Wage Rate Decision No. NM20200035 or the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions, SJ-20-0952-A whichever is the higher for each trade or labor classification.

The following federal contract provisions apply to this contract and are incorporated by reference, the complete language and applicability are contained in the bid documents:

Project Description:

The project is to seal coat and remark the runway.

The work requires the following licenses from New Mexico Construction Industries Division:

Runway and taxiway Construction: GF-1 – Fixed Works, Airports or GF-98 – Fixed Works, Construct, alter, or repair fixed works facilities.

These licenses will be required at the time bids are opened by any contractor bidding on this work.