Notice to Bidders - Municipal Residential Garbage Collection - City of Philip, SD

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Philip, South Dakota City Council will be accepting written, sealed proposals/bids for a residential solid waste disposal collection contract.

Proposals/bids may be delivered to the City of Philip Finance Office, 140 S. Howard Avenue, Fourth Floor, Haakon Co. Courthouse, or mailed to PO Box 408, Philip, South Dakota 57567-0408. Sealed proposals/bids must be plainly and clearly marked to identify their contents. Proposals/bids shall be submitted no later than 5:00 PM MST, April 1, 2019.

Each proposal/bid shall be accompanied by a certified check or cashier’s check for an amount of 5% of the total bid, or a bid bond in the amount of 10% of the total bid. Such check or bid bond shall be used as a bid security in the event the successful bidder fails to enter into a contract and post an approved bond with the City within ten (10) days after the formal acceptance of their bid. The check shall be drawn on a solvent bank or an approved surety company.

Proposal specifications may be obtained at the City of Philip Finance Office, 140 S. Howard Avenue, Fourth Floor, Haakon Co. Courthouse, PO Box 408, Philip, South Dakota 57567-0408; calling (605) 859-2175; or, emailing cityadmin@philipsd.us.

Bids will be opened on Monday, April 1, 2019, at the regular meeting of the Philip City Council at 7:15 p.m. or as soon after that hour as possible.

No bid shall be withdrawn after the filing time for a period of thirty (30) days without the written consent of the City of Philip Council. No faxed bids will be accepted.

The City of Philip reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

The City Council of the City of Philip, South Dakota reserves the right to reject any and all proposals/bids or to waive any informalities or technicalities in bidding and to accept the bid that is to the advantage of, and in the best interest of, the City of Philip, South Dakota.

Dated this 1st day of March 2019.

/s/ Michael Vetter, Mayor
City of Philip, South Dakota

ATTEST:

/s/ Monna Van Lint, Finance Officer

(Published on March 21st & 28th, 2019 at approximate cost of $________)