Basis for comparing bids. Bidders must satisfy themselves as to accuracy of approximate quantities. Prices not changed by change of quantity. Balanced bidding. Bidders referred to Laws. These quantities are approximate only, being given as a basis for the uniform comparison of bids, and the Board does not expressly or by implication agree that the actual amount of work will correspond therewith. Bidders are required to submit their estimates upon the following express conditions, which shall apply to, and become part of every bid received, viz.: Bidders must satisfy themselves, by personal examination. of the location of the proposed work, and by such other means as they may prefer, as to the actual conditions and requirements of the work and the accuracy of the foregoing estimate of the Engineer, and shall not, at any time after the submission of a bid, dispute or complain of such statement or estimate of the Engineer, nor assert that there was any misunderstanding in regard to the nature or amount of the work to be done. Generally the intention has been to estimate all quantities liberally. An increase or decrease in the quantity for any item shall not be regarded as a sufficient ground for an increase or decrease in the prices, nor in the time allowed for the completion of the work, except as provided in the contract. The work has been divided into items in order to enable the bidder to bid for the different portions of the work in accordance with his estimate of their costs, so that in the event of an increase or decrease in the quantities of any particular item of work, the actual quantities executed may be paid for at the price bid for that particular item. The attention of bidders is especially called to the provisions of Chapter 724 of the Laws of 1905, and acts amendatory thereof, as to the letting of contracts and payment for work; to the "Labor Law," as amended; to the laws and regulations relating to mines, quarries and tunnels promulgated by the Commissioner of Labor of the State of New York; and to the laws, ordinances and regulations governing the manu facture, storage, sale and use of explosives and combustible material in The City of New York. drawn. person in No bid will be allowed to be withdrawn, for any reason No bid withwhatever, after it has been deposited with the Board of Water Supply. No bid will be accepted from, nor contract awarded No bid from to, any person who is in arrears to the Corporation of The arrears to City of New York, upon debt or contract; nor who is in default, as surety or otherwise, upon any obligation to the Corporation. of The City of New York. City. ability. Before the award of the contract, any bidder may be re- Bidder's quired to show that he has the necessary facilities, experience, ability, and financial resources to perform the work in a satisfactory manner and within the time stipulated, and that he has had experience in constructing works of the same or a similar nature. rejected. The Board reserves the right to select the bid or proposal, Bids may be the acceptance of which will, in its judgment, best secure the efficient performance of the work, or to reject any or all bids. Proposals which are incomplete, conditional or obscure, or Informal bids. which contain additions not called for, erasures, alterations, or irregularities of any kind may be rejected as informal. Failure to name sureties will be sufficient cause for the rejection of a proposal. BID OR PROPOSAL TO THE BOARD OF WATER SUPPLY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK For the construction of the Brooklyn conduit, a portion of Catskill aqueduct, in the Borough of Brooklyn, New York City, New York. NOTE. The bidder's name and address must be inserted here, and in case of a firm the name and address of each and every member of the firm must be inserted. In case a bid shall be submitted by or in behalf of any corporation, the complete legal name and address of such corporation must be written here, together with the name, address, and title of each and every officer of the corporation. Made this..........day of... 1911, by The party named above, as Bidder, declares that the only person or persons interested in this bid or proposal as principal or principals is or are named above, and that no other person than hereinabove named has any interest in this proposal or in the contract proposed to be taken; that this bid or proposal is made without any connection with any other person or persons making a bid or proposal for the same purpose; that the bid or proposal is in all respects fair and without collusion or fraud, and that no member of the Board of Water Supply or of the Board of Aldermen, no head of a department, no chief of a bureau, deputy thereof, or clerk therein, nor other officer of The City of New York, nor any person in the employ of the Board of Water Supply, is, shall be or become, directly or indirectly, interested as contracting party, partner, stockholder, surety or otherwise in the performance of the contract, or in the supplies, work or business to which it relates, or in any portion of the profits thereof; that the names of the persons affixed to the sureties' consent hereto annexed were written by said persons respectively, and that said persons are householders or freeholders in bidders to or duly authorized representatives of the surety companies for which they severally executed the consent; that he has examined Intending the site of the work, the form of contract and the specifications examine sites. approved by the Corporation Counsel, and the drawings therein referred to, and has read the Information for Bidders hereto attached; and he proposes and agrees, if this proposal be accepted, that he will contract, in the form so approved, to perform all the work mentioned in said approved form of contract and specifications, and that he will accept in full payment therefor the following sums, to wit: ITEM I. For earth excavation and refilling, the sum of.... |