CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER

DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION

NOTICE OF INVITATION FOR BIDS

CONTRACT NO. CE 73067

Airline & Directory Tenant Signage 2007

Denver, Colorado September 10, 2007

Sealed bids for Contract No. CE 73067, Airline & Directory Tenant Signage 2007 will be received no later than 2:00 PM, Thursday, October 11, 2007 Local Time at the Elrey Jeppesen Terminal Building, Denver International Airport, 8400 Peņa Blvd., Denver, Colorado 80249-6235, Level 6, northwest corner of the inner core and south of the Denver Health Medical Center in the room marked PRESS ROOM. Bids must be time stamped no later than 2:00 PM, Thursday, October 11, 2007, immediately after which a public bid opening will commence. Any bids to be submitted more than one hour prior to Bid Opening shall be submitted at the office of Technical Services, attention Nathan Jones, Room 8810, Airport Office Building (AOB), Denver International Airport, 8500 Peņa Blvd., Denver, CO 80249-6340.

GENERAL STATEMENT OF WORK

Update and revise all airline & tenant signage on Roadways and at all directories in the Terminal, Concourse/Gate areas, train and train stations with a maximum of one work order per month.

DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE

Contract documents, including specifications, will be available for purchase at the Technical Services Office, Department of Aviation, Room 8810 Airport Office Building, 8500 Peņa Boulevard, Denver, Colorado 80249, at a cost of $50.00 per CD (no refund) beginning September 12, 2007. Payment will be accepted in the form of a check made payable to Airport Revenue Fund.

PREQUALIFICATION

A minimum of 3 years experience fabricating and installing sign cabinets and support structures for sign projects totally $200,000.00 or more. Fabrication and installation of internally and externally illuminated overhead highway sign panels a minimum of 11 feet by 4 feet. Internally illuminated roadside signs and structure, minimum of 16 feet high by 16 feet wide. Regulatory and informational parking lot signs with installations on fixed bollards. Painted aluminum custom pylon signs installed in existing concrete curbs, minimum size of 11 foot high by 2 foot square assemblies. Silk-screen graphics with protective clear laminate top coat for sign panels up to 7 foot high by 3 feet wide. Suspended and floor mounted garage signs. Removing and refinishing existing fiberglass sign panels a minimum of 1 foot 8 inches high by 10 feet wide with paint or vinyl copy. Internally illuminated painted extruded aluminum cabinets with retainers for changeable Lexan or Plexiglas panels of 24 inches high by 14 feet long. Second surface silk screen or vinyl with painted background. Painted second surface, ADA Braille compliant acrylic signs. Extruded aluminum framed Gerber Edge laminated face, first surface, minimum two color graphics or digital thermal inkjet paint with graffiti resistant top coat. Dimensional characters and pictograms, up to 11 inches in height. Double sided painted extruded aluminum 3 feet wide by 12 feet high, internally illuminated pylon signs with stainless steel perforated base and reveals. Computer and electronic graphic capabilities as specified within this contract.

PRE-BID CONFERENCE AND INSPECTION

All bidders are REQUIRED to attend a MANDATORY pre-bid conference at 1:30 PM, Wednesday, September 19, 2007, at the Elrey Jeppesen Terminal Building, Denver International Airport, 8400 Peņa Blvd., Denver, CO 80249-6235, Level 6, northwest corner of the inner core and south of the Denver Health Medical Clinic in the room marked PRESS ROOM. A site visit will be conducted immediately following the Pre-Bid Conference.

MINORITY/WOMEN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PARTICIPATION

Construction, reconstruction and remodeling contracts made and entered into by the City and County of Denver are subject to Article VII, Division 1 of Chapter 28 of the Denver Revised Municipal Code, (D.R.M.C.) and all Minority/Women Business Enterprise Utilization and Equal Employment Opportunity Rules and Regulations adopted by the Director of the Division of Small Business Opportunity (DSBO).

Article VII, Division 1 of Chapter 28 of the D.R.M.C. directs the Director of the DSBO to establish a project goal for expenditures on construction, reconstruction and remodeling work contracted by the City and County of Denver. The specific goal for this project is 1% MBE/WBE participation.

Project goals must be met with certified participants as set forth in Section 28-206, D.R.M.C. or through the demonstration of sufficient good faith effort under Section 28-208, D.R.M.C. For compliance with good faith effort requirements under Section 28-62(b)(3), the MBE/WBE percentage solicitation level required for this project is 100%.

The Director of the DSBO urges all participants in City construction, reconstruction and remodeling projects to assist in achieving these goals.

NON DISCRIMINATION IN THE AWARD OF CITY CONTRACTS

It is the policy of the City and County of Denver to prohibit discrimination in the award of construction contracts and subcontracts for public improvements. Further, the City and County of Denver encourages contractors to utilize minority and women owned businesses and to divide the construction work into economically feasible units or segments to allow the most opportunity for subcontracting.

MISCELLANEOUS

As its best interests may appear, the City and County of Denver reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive informalities in bids.

The work under the Contract is subject to minimum wage rates established by the City and County of Denver Career Service Board.

Turner West

Manager of Aviation

Publication Dates: September 10, 2007, September 11, 2007, September 12, 2007

Published in The Daily Journal