ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed proposals for the Taxiway A Reconstruction Project will be received, from qualified bidders, by the Charlotte County Airport Authority, until 2:00 p.m. local time on May 1, 2025, at which time all bids received will be publicly opened and read aloud at the Airport Administrative Offices, located at the address 8079 Golf Course Blvd., Punta Gorda, FL 33982.

Sealed proposals are to be mailed to the address of 28000 Airport Road, Suite A-1, Punta Gorda, FL 33982 prior to the bid opening date and time. Sealed proposals can be hand delivered to the address of 8079 Golf Course Blvd., Punta Gorda, FL 33982, the day of the opening prior to 2:00 p.m. local time.

BID TITLE: TAXIWAY A RECONSTRUCTION

The project consists of providing all labor, materials, and equipment at the Punta Gorda Airport to reconstruct Taxiway A. This includes asphalt taxiway demolition, new asphalt taxiway construction, site grading, sodding, electrical demolition, new taxiway lighting and signage. See bidding documents for details.

A non-mandatory pre-bid conference is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on April 7, 2025, in the Charlotte County Airport Authority Board meeting room Building 313, 7375 Utilities Road, Punta Gorda, FL. The CCAA Board meeting room is behind the Sheriffs Office.

The complete examination and understanding of the bidding and contract documents, all addenda or other revisions, and site of the proposed work is necessary to properly submit a proposal.

The bidding documents are available for examination and/or download online at Demand Stars website (demandstar.com) beginning April 1, 2025. Demand Stars support contact e-mail is demandstar@onvia.com. Although this service is not a mandatory requirement in bidding with CCAA, it is the only way to be notified automatically of solicitations and all addenda or other revisions issued during the bidding process.

Bidding Documents are also available for examination in the CCAA Administration Office at the Punta Gorda Airport, beginning April 1, 2025. Please contact Cory Elijah, Project Manager at 941-639-1101 ext. 141 to coordinate. No bid may be withdrawn after closing time for the receipt of proposals for a period of one

hundred and twenty (120) days.

A Bid Bond in the form as found in the contract documents or certified check in the amount of not less than five percent (5%) of the total amount bid must accompany each bid.

Successful bidder shall be required to execute and to provide a Payment Bond and Performance Bond each in an amount of not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the total value of the contract awarded to him with a satisfactory surety or sureties for the full and faithful performance of the work.

The Charlotte County Airport Authority reserves the right to waive any informalities or irregularities in or reject any or all bids and to award or refrain from awarding the contract for the work.

All interested bidders are advised that the project will be funded in part by an Airport Improvement Program grant, therefore typical Federal mandatory provisions will apply to the contract. Among these are:

Buy American

Civil Rights Title VI Assurance

Davis Bacon Requirements

Debarment and Suspension

Disadvantaged Business Enterprise

Foreign Trade Restrictions

Lobbying Federal Employees

Procurement of Recovered Materials

Affirmative Action Requirements

A2 AFFIRMAT IVE ACT I ON REQUIREMENT A 2.1 SOURCE

41 CFR part 60-4

Executive Order 11246

A 2.2 APPLICABILITY

Minority Participation. Sponsors are required to set goals for minority participation in AIP funded projects exceeding $10,000. The goals for minority participation derive from Economic Area (EA) and Standard

Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA) as established in Volume 45 of the Federal Register dated 10/3/80. Page 65984 contains a table of all EAs and SMSAs and the associated minority participation goals.

To find the goals for minority participation, a sponsor must either refer to the Federal Register Notice or to the Department of Labor online document, Participation Goals for Minorities and Females. EAs and SMSAs span state boundaries. A sponsor may have to refer to entries for adjacent states in order to locate the goal for the project location.

Female Participation. Executive Order 11246 has set a goal of 6.9% nationally for female participation for all construction projects. This value remains constant for all counties and states.

Civil Rights Notice Solicitation

(Title VI Solicitation Notice)

The (Charlotte County Airport Authority), in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 252, 42 USC 2000d to 2000d-4) and the Regulations, hereby notifies all bidders or offerors that it will affirmatively ensure that any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, [disadvantaged business enterprises] will be afforded full and fair opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for an award.

Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (Federal Minimum Wage)

All contracts and subcontracts that result from this solicitation incorporate by reference the provisions of 29 CFR part 201, et seq, the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), with the same force and effect as if given in full text. The FLSA sets minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor standards for full and part-time workers.

The Contractor has full responsibility to monitor compliance to the referenced statute or regulation. The Contractor must address any claims or disputes that arise from this requirement directly with the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division.

Rob Hancik, Chair

Publish: April 1, 2025

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