Notice from the City of New Carlisle, Ohio

NOTICE FROM THE CITY OF NEW CARLISLE, OHIO REQUEST FOR BIDS Sealed bids will be received, in person or by mail, by the City of New Carlisle, at the Office of the City Manager, 331 South Church Street, New Carlisle, Ohio, 45344-0419, for the exclusive franchise for the curbside collection of residential trash and recycling services in the City of New Carlisle, Ohio from August 6, 2020 until 10:00am on Thursday, August 27, 2020. Sealed bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at 10:15am on Thursday, August 27, 2020 at the New Carlisle Fire Station, located at 315 North Church Street, New Carlisle, Ohio 45344. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the City Administration Building is accessible by appointment only. If dropping of Sealed Bids in person, OR have questions relating to the Bid Specifications, please contact Randy Bridge at 934-604-2121 or by emailing rbridge@newcarlisle.net to make an appointment to enter the City Building. Please note the foyer to the City Building is open to the public with no appointment needed. There is a night drop box located in the foyer. In accordance with the Ohio Revised Code, Section 307.87(A), notice is hereby given that this notice will be published twice in the Springfield News Sun newspaper on August 6, 2020 and August 13, 2020. This notice will also be published on the City of New Carlisle's webpage addressed at www.newcarlisle.net on the world wide web between the dates of August 6, 2020 and August 27, 2020 (posting will be removed from webpage at 10:00 A.M. on 08/27/2020). Once at the address location, please clink the clearly identifiable link entitled "Notice from the City of New Carlisle - Request for Bids". A copy of this notice, bid specifications, contract documents, bid forms, and other appropriate papers may be obtained by clicking this link or by emailing Randy Bridge at rbridge@newcarlisle.net. A copy of this notice will also be posted in the foyer of the City Building. Each bid must contain the full name of each person, firm, company and/or corporation interested in the same and must be accompanied by a BID BOND or CERTIFIED CHECK in the sum of five-thousand dollars ($5,000.00) as a guarantee that if a bid is accepted a contract will be entered into and its performance properly secured. All such bid bonds or checks will be returned to the respective unsuccessful Bidders within sixty (60) days after the bids are opened, but in no event before a contract is executed with the successful bidder. The bid bond or check of the successful bidder will be returned to the Contractor when the Contract is executed, and a satisfactory performance bond is delivered to the City. The amount of the performance bond shall be equal to the first year of the contract price. Bids must be submitted in a sealed envelope marked "RESIDENTIAL TRASH COLLECTIONS AND RECYCLING SERVICES PROPOSAL". The City of New Carlisle, Ohio, reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids, to waive any irregularities in the bids; and to enter into a contract with the bidder, who in its consideration, offers the lowest and best bid, which is the lowest responsive and responsible bidder 8-6, 8-13/2020