The Board of City Commissioners of the City of Bismarck is seeking bids to provide Concrete Street Light Poles.

All bids will be submitted to the City Administrator at P.O. Box 5503, Bismarck, ND 58506-5503, or 221 North Fifth Street, Bismarck, North Dakota 58501, by 9:00 a.m. CT, Thursday, March 23, 2023.  The concrete street light poles must be provided according to the specifications provided by the City.  Bids will be opened at 10:00 a.m. CT, Thursday, March 23, 2023, in the City/County Office Building. 

The bids must be mailed to or deposited with the City Administrator by the deadline for submission and shall be sealed and endorsed “Bid to Provide Concrete Street Light Poles.”

Specifications may be downloaded from the website and are available from the Bismarck Public Works Service Operations Department by contacting Gale Nicholson at either or 701.355.1707.

Bids shall be made on the basis of cash payment for the equipment provided, delivered to the City of Bismarck Public Works Department.  

There shall be deducted from any money due the supplier the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for each calendar day that the delivery is delayed.  Such deducted amounts shall be charged as liquidated damages and not as a penalty.

In accordance with North Dakota state law, a separate envelope containing a bid bond or certified check in the amount of five (5) percent of the total amount bid must be attached to the outside of the proposal/bid envelope and labeled “Bid Bond”.  Bonds or checks of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned to them after making the award.

The Board of City Commissioners reserves the right to hold all bids for a period of thirty (30) days after the date fixed for the opening thereof and reject any or all bids and to waive irregularities whenever it is for the best interest of the City of Bismarck.

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