Canton Ave Improvement Project - Phase 2 - University City, MO

Dates Issued: 10/3/2025

Sealed bids for the Canton Ave Improvement Project - Phase 2, STP-5402(619) will be received at the Administrative Services Department, 1st Floor, 6801 Delmar Boulevard, University City, Missouri, until the above time, at which time the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. The project will be awarded to the lowest, responsive, responsible bidder.

The bid proposal shall be made on a form of proposal, provided in the specifications and delivered in a sealed envelope clearly marked on the outside Bid Canton Ave Improvement Project - Phase 2, STP-5402(619) to the Finance Department office on or before the time specified above. No facsimiles will be accepted. The proposal shall be accompanied by a bid bond, certified check or cashier's check of a bank or trust company in City of University City, St. Louis County, or in the City of St. Louis for an amount not less than five (5%) percent of the bid amount. The amount of the check shall be forfeited to the City if the bidder neglects or refuses to enter into a contract or to furnish bond after their proposal has been accepted.

The proposed work includes full depth reclamation of the existing pavement on Canton Avenue from Midland Boulevard to Pennsylvania Avenue, providing ADA upgrades to existing sidewalks and curb ramps, curb and gutter, signing, pavement marking, and lighting.

Bid packages are available through Drexel Technologies Plan Room website (http://projectbids.drexeltech.com). Log on using your email address as your Username, and first initial followed by last name as your password. If you do not already have an account, setting one up is easy and free.

All labor used in the construction of this public improvement shall be paid a wage no less than the prevailing hourly rate of wages of work of a similar character in this locality as established by the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (Federal Wage Rate), or state wage rate, whichever is higher.

The City of University City hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, religion, creed, sex, age, ancestry, or national origin in consideration for an award.”

All bidders must be on MoDOT’s Qualified Contractor List per Section 102.2 from the current version of the Missouri Standard Specifications for Highway Construction, including all revisions. The contractor questionnaire must be on file 7 days prior to bid opening.

Contractors and sub-contractors who sign a contract to work on public works project provide a 10-Hour OSHA construction safety program, or similar program approved by the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, to be completed by their on-site employees within sixty (60) days of beginning work on the construction project.

The proposal shall be accompanied by a bid bond, certified check or cashier's check of a bank or trust company in City of University City, St. Louis County, or in the City of St. Louis for an amount not less than five (5%) percent of the bid amount. The amount of the check shall be forfeited to the City if the bidder neglects or refuses to enter into a contract or to furnish bond after their proposal has been accepted.

The City of University City reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

The DBE Goal for this project is 8%.