CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER

DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION

NOTICE OF INVITATION FOR BIDS

CONTRACT NO. CE 92083

Miscellaneous Roadways and Parking Lot Improvements 2010

Denver, Colorado October 21, 2009

Sealed bids for Contract No. CE 92083, Miscellaneous Roadways and Parking Lot Improvements 2010 will be received no later than:

2:00 PM, Thursday, November 19, 2009 Local Time

in the triple wide trailer, located within the DIA South Campus at 27301 E. 71st Avenue, Unit #2, Denver, CO 80249. Bids must be time stamped no later than 2:00 PM, Thursday, November 19, 2009, 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 Peña Blvd., Denver, CO 80249-6340.

GENERAL STATEMENT OF WORK

This project is for the construction, maintenance and improvements of roadways and parking lots at DIA. The work includes continnued joint sealing and spall repairs, roadway and parking lot maintenance repairs and improvements along Pena Boulevard and the surrounding roadways and parking lots.

DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE

Contract documents, including specifications, will be available on the DIA Contract Procurement website at www.flydenver.com/contracts beginning October 21, 2009. Cursor over “Construction and Professional Services” and a drop down box will appear. Click on the Invitation for bids (IFB) link and you will see this project listed with the Contract documents and attachments available to download.

PREQUALIFICATION

Each bidder must be pre-qualified in the category of 5a Asphalt, 5b Concrete or 5d Pavement Rehabilitation at the $3,000,000.00 level, in accordance with the City's Rules and Regulations Governing Prequalification of Contractors. Each bidder must have submitted a prequalification application a minimum of ten (10) calendar days prior to the bid opening date. Applications must be submitted to the Department of Public Works, Prequalification Section, 201 West Colfax Avenue, Department 506, Denver, Colorado 80202. To view the Rules and Regulations and to obtain a prequalification application, please visit our website at www.denvergov.org/prequalification or call 720-865-2539 for prequalification information ONLY.

PRE-BID CONFERENCE AND INSPECTION

All bidders are invited to a pre-bid conference at 10:00 AM, Wednesday, October 28, 2009, in the triple wide trailer, located within the DIA South Campus at 27301 E. 71st Avenue, Unit #2, Denver, CO 80249. 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 10% 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.

Kim Day

Manager of Aviation

Publication Dates: October 21, 2009, October 22, 2009, October 23, 2009

Published in The Daily Journal