FLOOD00844

• County: Statewide
• Title: Supplemental Specifications to the 1986 Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction
• Date: 9/1/1989
• Prepared For: State of Colorado
• Prepared By: State of Colorado Department of Highways
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Educational/Technical/Reference Information

102.07 Preparation of Proposal. The bid-
der shall submit the proposal upon the forms
fumished by the Division. The bidder shall specify a
unit price in words or figures, or both if required, for
each pay item for which a quantity is given and shall
also show the products of the respective unit prices
and quantities written in figures in the column
provided for that purpose and the total amount of the
proposal obtained by adding the amounts of the
several items. All of the words and figures shall be in
ink or type. In case of a discrepancy between the
prices written in words and those written in figures,
the prices written in words shall govem.
When an item in the proposal contains a choice to
be made by the bidder, the bidder shall indicate his
choice in accordance with the proposal for that
particular item.
The bidder's proposal must be signed with ink by
the individual, by one or more members of the
partnership, by one or more members or officers of
each firm representing a joint venture, or by two
officers of a corporation, or by an agent of the
Contractor legally qualified and acceptable to the
Division. If the proposal is made by an individual,
the individual's name and post office address must
be shown; by a partnership, the name and post office
address of each partnership member must be shown;
as a joint venture, the name and post office address
of each membsr or officer of the firms represented by
the joint venture must be shown; by a corporation,
the name of the corporation and the business address
of its corporate officials must be shown.
A proposal may be executed for an individual, a
partnership, a corporation or a joint venture by
anyone having a power of attomey, provided a copy
of the power of attomey is attached to the proposal or
is previously filed with the Division.

102.08 Irregular Proposals. Proposals will be
considered irregular and may be rejected for any of
the following reasons:
(a) If the proposal is on a form other than that
fumished by the Division; or if the form is
altered or any part thereof is detached.
(b) If there are unauthorized additions, condi-
tional or alternate proposals, or irregular-
ities of any kind which make the proposal
incomplete, indefiuite, or ambiguous.
(c) If the bidder fails to acknowledge in the
proposal the receipt of any or all revisions
current on the date of opening of proposals.
(d) If the proposal does not contain a unit price
for each pay item listed except in the case of
authorized. altemate pay items.
(e) If the Division determines that any of the
unit bid prices are materially unbalanced to
the potential detriment of the Division. There
are two types of unbalanced bids: (1) mathe-
matically unbalanced and, (2) materially
unbalanced. The mathematically un-

balanced bid can be defined as a bid
containing lump sum or unit bid items which
do not reflect reasonable actual costs plus a
reasonable proportionate share of the bid-
der's anticipated profit, overhead costs, and
other indirect costs, but not necessarily to the
detriment of the Division. These costs should
all relate to the performance of the items in
question. The materially unbalanced bid is a
mathematically unbalanced bid which
leaves resonable doubt that award will result
in the lowest ultimate cost to the Division or
that award is in the public interest.

102.09 Proposal Guaranty. A proposal will
not be read and will be rejected unless accompanied
by a guaranty of the character and in an amount not
less than the amount indicated in the Invitation for
Bids.

102.10 Delivery of Proposals. Each prop-
osal shall be submitted in a sealed envelope plainly
marked to clearly indicate its contents. When mailed,
the sealed proposal shall be addressed to the
Division at the address and in care of the official in
whose office the proposals are to be received. All
proposals shall be filed prior to the time and at the
place specified in the Invitation for Bids. Proposals
received after the time specified will be retumed to
the bidder unopened.

102.11 Withdrawal or Revision of Prop-
osals. A bidder may withdraw or revise a proposal
after it has been deposited with the Division. With-
drawal of proposals may be made either in writing or
in person; however, any proposal withdrawn for the
purpose of revision must be re-deposited before the
time set for opening of proposals. Proposals may not
be withdrawn after the time set for opening of
proposals.

102.12 Combination or Conditional Prop-
osals. If provided for proposals may be issued for
projects in combination and/or separately, so that
proposals may be submitted either on the comb-
ination or on separate units of the combination. The
Division reserves the right to make awards on
combination or separate proposals to the advantage
of the Division. Combination proposals will be con-
sidered, only when specified.

102.13 Public Opening of Proposals. Prop-
osals will be opened and read publicly at the time and
place indicated in the Invitation for Bids.

102.14 Disqualification of Bidders. Either
of the following reasons will be considered sufficient
for disqualifying a bidder and the rejection of the
bidder's proposal or proposals:

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