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Revised 1/03 INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDER(s) (NOT APPLICABLE FOR 2003) These instructions constitute a part of the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS and are given for the purpose of guiding BIDDER in properly preparing the BID. Each BIDDER shall prepare the BID in strict compliance with all of the requirements ofthe CONTRACT DOCUMENTS and in accordance with the following instructions: 201 BID. Each BID must be made on the form provided in this bound copy of the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS, all of which documents must be returned at time of BID, ori2:inally bound, in 2:ood order therewith. BID must be enclosed in a sealed envelope, addressed to the OWNER, showing on the face thereof the name of the BIDDER and the PROJECT. 202 QUALIFICATIONS OF BIDDER. If at the option of the OWNER the BIDDER is required to demonstrate BIDDER's qualifications for the PROJECT, then BIDDER must be prepared to submit, within five days of the OWNER's request, written evidence such as financial data, previous experience and evidence of authority to conduct business in the jurisdiction where the PROJECT is located. 203 FILLING IN AND SIGNING BID. BID shall be legibly written in ink and must cover all of the items of WORK called for therein and no others. All of the blank spaces in the BID must be properly filled out. BIDDER must sign the BID with BIDDER's usual signature and shall give a complete business address. BID(s) by corporations shall be signed with the name ofthe corporation followed by the signatures and designations of the President and Secretary (or other person authorized to bind it in the matter) and shall have the corporate seal affixed thereto. 204 ADDENDA. BIDDER is required to acknowledge the receipt of all ADDENDA on the BID, in the place provided, and include it with the BID. 205 ACCEPTABILITY OF BID. No BID shall be accepted from and no CONTRACT will be awarded to any person, firm or corporation that is in arrears to the OWNER, upon any debt or CONTRACT or that is a defaulter, as surety or otherwise, upon any obligation to the OWNER, or that is deemed irresponsible or unreliable by the OWNER or PROJECT co-sponsors as defined in the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS. 206 INFORMAL AND UNBALANCED BID. Any alteration, insertion or erasure by the BIDDER in the form of the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS as originally prepared by the ENGINEER or OWNER and attached hereto shall render the accompanying BID informal and may constitute cause for rejection. Any BID that, in the opinion of the OWNER, is unbalanced so that each item does not reasonably carry its own proportion of cost or that contains inadequate or unreasonable prices for any item may be rejected. 207 ONLY ONE BID ACCEPTED. The OWNER will accept only one (1) BID for the same WORK from anyone BIDDER. This includes BID(s) that may be submitted under different names by one firm or corporation. 208 BID GU/\RANTEE. Each BID shall, as a guarantee of good faith on the part of the BIDDER, be accompanied by a BID GUAR.\NTEE consisting of either a certified or cashier's check made payable without condition to the order oftlle O\\'NER or of a BID BOND written by ~my approvcd corporate surety in favor o[tho OWNER, in ~ln amount stated in tho "INVITATION m~~The-B.fD BOND Fonn-ffi€-lu4ed-itt-S€C-+iBH-400 may bc llsed. If the BID ofa BIDDER is accepted and a CON'TR"'\CT awarded and said BIDDER fails to enter into a CONTRACT in the form prescribed and to furnish a PERFORM/\NCE BOND with u IObalIy spr\RoutContract Section 200-(2) . .! , . . . . . . . . -I