Hinkle Mountain Broadband Expansion

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Sealed bids for the Hinkle Mountain Broadband Expansion for the Nicholas County Commission will be received by Cassandra Lawson, care of Nicholas County Commission, Region 4 Planning and Development Council 885 Broad Street, Suite 100, Summersville, West Virginia 26651, until 2:00 P.M., local prevailing time, on March 11, 2025, and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud.

A Pre-Bid Conference will be on February 20, 2025, at 10:00 A.M. All interested parties are requested to meet the Engineer at the Region 4 Planning and Development Council 885 Broad Street, Suite 100, Summersville, West Virginia 26651 at that time.

The project consists of the installation of approximately 4.5 miles of new aerial fiber and 0.63 miles of buried fiber in Nicholas County, West Virginia. The project will consist of the installation of aerial fiber along existing right-of-way on existing utility poles. The primary purpose of the project is to deploy a fiber solution that will provide businesses and residents of the project area with broadband services of at least 25/3 Mbps.

The Nicholas County Commission reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any informality therein.

Bidders on this work will be required to comply with the President’s Executive Order 11246, HUD Section 109, which prohibits discrimination in employment regarding race, creed, color, sex or national origin, and have non-segregated facilities.

This CDBG-Community Development Block Grant project is to be financed in part by a grant from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the West Virginia Development Office and will be referred to as the Hinkle Mountain Broadband Expansion Project.

The work to be performed under this contract is subject to the requirements of Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, 12 U.S.C. 170I u (Section 3). The purpose of Section 3 is to ensure that employment and other economic opportunities generated by HUD assistance or HUDassisted projects covered by Section 3, shall, to the greatest extent feasible, be directed to low- and very low-income persons, particularly persons who are recipients of HUD assistance for housing.

The parties of this contract agree to comply with HUD’s regulations in 24 CFR Part 135, which implement Section 3. Bidder’s attention is directed to the Section 3 “Clause” set forth in the contract documents.

Bidders must comply with the requirements for Affirmative Action and Minority Business Enterprises participation as described in the Federal Specifications insert to the Contract Documents. Bidders must comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964, the Davis-Bacon Act, the Copeland Act, the Contract Work Hours and Safety Act, and the West Virginia Division of Labor Wages for Construction of Public Improvements pursuant to West Virginia Code §21-5A-3.

Plans and specifications are on file for inspection at the following offices during normal working hours: F.W. Dodge Plan Room, Charleston, West Virginia Region 4 Planning and Development Council 885 Broad Street, Suite 100, Summersville, West Virginia 26651 Online at TRASCO (http://www.trascoplanroom.com)

Copies of the Contract Documents (electronic and/or hard copy) are available for purchase through TRASCO at http://www.trascoplanroom.com.

A certified check or bank draft payable to the Nicholas County Commission, County of Nicholas, West Virginia, or a Bid Bond executed by the Bidder and a grantee bidder and a bidder surety company approved by the Nicholas County Commission, County of Nicholas, West Virginia in the amount equal to five percent (5%) of the Bid, shall be submitted with each Bid, to guarantee the Bidder’s entrance into a Contract, if given the award.

No Bid shall be waived or returned because the Bidder failed to or cannot comply with any requirements as set forth in the Plans and Specifications, or any applicable statutes of the United States, the State of West Virginia, and/or local ordinances.

No Bidder may withdraw their bid for a period of ninety (90) days after the time of the opening of the Bids.

Any Contractor submitting a Bid on this project herby certified, indicates and acknowledges that he/she has a license and meets all the qualifications required by the statutes of the State and subdivision in which the work is to be performed.

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