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INVITATION TO BID
The City of Kalispell, Montana will receive sealed bids for the 2022 Asphalt Material project. The project
primarily consists of furnishing materials, labor, and equipment required to furnishing plant mix asphalt
materials to supply the City of Kalispell for scheduled street maintenance and improvement projects. Projects
range from small utility patches, requiring less than two tons of asphalt hot mix, to mill and overlay projects
requiring several hundred tons. Bid also includes item for disposal of asphalt. City costs for travel time and fuel
will be considered in the evaluation of the bids received.
Plans and specifications may be examined beginning Monday, January 24,2022, through
QuestCDN. The City of Kalispell portal to QuestCDN is located on the City of Kalispell website at
https://kalispell.com/bids.aspx or in the City of Kalispell QuestCDN project portal. Click on the project title. A
page will open which allows free viewing of the project and plan holders list.
The City will be only accepting online electronic bids through QuestCDN. Electronic plan download and
electronic bidding can be completed through QuestCDN for a fee of $30.00. To access the electronic bid form,
download the project documents and click the online bidding button at the top of the advertisement. For
electronic bids, scans of required electronic bid documents will be accepted.
Contractor and any of the Contractor's Subcontractors bidding or doing work on this project are required to
be registered with the Montana Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) at time of bid submission. Forms for
registration are available from the Department of Labor and Industry, PO Box 8011, 1805 Prospect, Helena MT
59604-8011. Information on registration can be obtained by calling (406) 444-7734. The Contractor must
ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their race,
color, religion, sex or national origin.
A Pre -Bid Meeting will not be held
Bids will be received by QuestCDN until Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at 2:30 PM. All bids will be publicly
opened and read aloud in the City Hall First Floor Conference Room, 201 First Avenue East, Kalispell,
Montana 59901.
All bids must expressly covenant that if the bidder is awarded the contract, the bidder shall within fifteen (15)
calendar days of the acceptance of said bid by the City Council, enter into a contract.
Award of the project will be contingent upon funding and award concurrence from Council. Bids may only be
withdrawn as provided in Section 15.03 of the Instructions to Bidders after the scheduled time for the public
opening of bids. Except as provided in the aforementioned Section 15.03, no bid shall be withdrawn after the
opening of bids without the consent of the City Council for a period of sixty (60) days after the scheduled
time of receiving the bids.
The City will accept the lowest responsible bid, but the Council reserves the right to reject any and all bids or
to waive any technicality or informality and accept any bid which may be deemed in the best interest of the
City
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The successful bidder will be required to abide by Federal and State laws.
The successful bidder will be assessed the Montana Contractor's withholding tax.
Authorized by order of the City Council of the City of Kalispell, Montana, in a regular meeting held on August
16th, 2021.
City of Kalispell
Aimee Brunckhorst, CMC, APR
City Clerk & Communications Manager
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