Little Buffalo Creek Floodplain Culvert

Sealed Bids must be delivered to the City of Sanford, West End Conference Room, 225 E Weatherspoon Street, Sanford, NC 27330, no later than 2:00 PM, August 11, 2025. The Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at this time and place. A virtual bid opening will also be offered. To participate in the virtual bid opening you must email Jonathan Theodore at Jonathan.Theodore@freese.com and Lydia Ward at Lydia.ward@freese.com no later than 10:00 AM local time on August 11, 2025. Bids received after this time will be returned unopened. Address Bids to the Owner at address listed below:

Owner: City of Sanford, North Carolina, 225 E Weatherspoon Street, Sanford, NC 27330.

Contact: Paul Weeks, PE, 919-777-1119, paul.weeks@tririverwater.com

Engineer: Freese and Nichols, Inc., 531 N. Liberty Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101 Contact: Lydia Ward, PE, 919-582-5851, Lydia.ward@freese.com

The Owner reserves the right to waive any informality or to reject any or all Bids. Unless all Bids are rejected, Award will be made to the lowest responsible Bidder, taking into consideration quality, performance and the time specified in the proposals for the performance of the Contract.

A Non-Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting will be held at 10:00 AM, August 1, 2025 virtually and at the West End Conference Room, 225 E Weatherspoon Street, Sanford, NC 27330. Interested parties are encouraged to attend this conference to review plans and ask for additional information or clarification. Attendance at the Pre-Bid Meeting is highly encouraged but is not mandatory.

To participate in the virtual Pre-Bid Meeting, you must email Jonathan Theodore at Jonathan.Theodore@freese.com and Lydia Ward at Lydia.ward@freese.com no later than 3:00 PM local time on July 31, 2025. You will be provided with the information to join the meeting prior to the meeting.

This Project is generally described as follows:

· Construction of the E Weatherspoon Floodplain Culvert including all materials, equipment, installation, testing, labor, and incidental for all work for a complete working system as required by the Plans and Specifications.

Bidding Documents may be examined at Engineer's office in Raleigh, the Owner’s office in Sanford and at the following plan rooms:

· Accent Imaging at www.accentimaging.com

The drawings and specifications will be available on Tuesday, July 22, 2025 and may be reviewed online and copies may be obtained from Accent Imaging at 8121 Brownleigh Drive, Raleigh, NC 27617, 919- 782-3332, www.accentimaging.com .

Bidders must obtain documents through Accent Imaging to be included on the Bidders List. Bids will only be accepted from companies listed on the bidders list. The Accent Imaging website, planscope.com, will be updated periodically with Addenda, plan holder’s lists and other information relevant to bidding the Project.