City of Omaha is requesting bids from qualified companies, herein called Bidder, Contractor, Vendor, Supplier, or other pronouns used in their place, for all work and/or goods set forth in the specifications.

Requirement for Bid Bond: The surety company issuing the bid bond should be licensed by the State of Nebraska and listed on the current edition of Circular 570 of the United States Department of the Treasury. Acceptable substitutes for a bid bond: a certified check, an official bank check, a cashier's checks drawn on a national bank or a bank chartered under the laws of the state, payable to City of Omaha, or lawful money of the United States, or a United States Government Bond (negotiable). LETTERS OF CREDIT ARE NOT AN ACCEPTABLE SUBSTITUTE FOR A BID BOND AND WOULD BE CAUSE FOR REJECTION OF BID.

SEPARATE SITE AWARD: each site will be awarded individually. The 5% bid bond amount, if applicable, should be based upon the individual site with the highest bid amount that is $50,000.00 or more. More information on the bid bond can be found in the Attributes section.

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ALL OR NONE AWARD: bidder must bid on all sites and an award will be made based on the total bid amount of all sites. The 5% bid bond amount should be based upon the total bid, if the total is $50,000.00 or more. More information on the bid bond can be found in the Attributes section.

A copy of the bid bond/acceptable substitute shall be uploaded in the Response Attachments section. The original document must be received by the City Clerk, 1819 Farnam Street LC-1, Omaha-Douglas Civic Center, Omaha, NE 68183 within seven (7) calendar days of the closing date and time indicated.

QUESTIONS: Bidders must submit bid questions in the Questions tab of the bid event. Questions will be answered within one (1) business day of the questions cutoff date/time.