ADVERTISEMENT NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (NMDOT) BID SOLICITATION FOR - September 19, 2025 SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO  The NMDOT will only receive Bids through the Bid Express website at https://www.bidx.com/ before 11:00 A.M. local prevailing time National Institute of Standards and Technology, atomic clock, on September 19, 2025. Bids received after this time will not be accepted. Tutorials on electronic bidding are available through Bid Express website at https://www.bidx.com/site/trainingcenter. In order to receive Addenda and notifications all Bidders shall log into Bid Express and select the proposal and letting activity message and e-mail boxes in the manage messages and notifications tab.  The NMDOT will open and publicly read the Total Bid Amount for Bids in the presence of one or more witnesses at the NMDOT’s General Office (Room 223), 1120 Cerrillos Road Santa Fe, NM 87505. Individuals with disabilities who desire to attend or participate in this Bid Opening shall contact the NMDOT Title VI Liaison a minimum of ten Days before the date of Bid Opening at (505) 819-9175.  The Advertisement, Bid Form, Bid Guaranty, Supplemental Specifications, Special Provisions, Addenda, Notice to Contractors and Plans are available for a membership fee and for examination only through the Bid Express website. Fee schedules are available through the Bid Express website. The 2019 Edition of the NMDOT Standard Specifications and Standard Drawings for Highway and Bridge Construction shall govern construction of this Project. The 2019 Standard Specifications and Standard Drawings are available for no cost to the Bidder through the NMDOT website at http://dot.state.nm.us/content/nmdot/en/standards.html.  In the case of disruption of national communications or loss of services by Bid Express the morning of the Bid Opening, the NMDOT may delay the deadline for Bids. Instructions will be communicated through the Bid Express website.  As a condition to submitting a Bid all Bidders bidding as Contractors are required to be prequalified with the NMDOT’s Office of Inspector General seven (7) Days before Bid Opening per 18.27.5 NMAC. All Subcontractors are required to be prequalified before performing any Work and prior to supplying goods or services to the Project. The Contractor Prequalification Rule, 18.27.5 NMAC, and Prequalifi- cation Packet are located at http://dot.state.nm.us/content/nmdot/en/prequalification.html. The Bidder’s prequalification factor rolling average will be applied to any Project with an engineer’s estimate greater than $5 million.  All Bidders submitting Bids valued over sixty thousand dollars ($60,000.00) shall be registered with the Department of Workforce Solutions (DWS), Labor Relations before Bidding. The Bidder’s registration number shall be included on the Bid Form. The Bidder’s DWS registration number can be obtained through the website http://www.dws.state.nm.us/. If a Bidder appears on the DWS list of willful violators of the Public Works Minimum Wage Act (NMSA 13-4-14), the NMDOT shall reject the Bid and shall continue to reject Bids from that Bidder for three years after the date of publication of the list.  The Bidder’s Bid Guaranty shall be five percent (5%) of the Bidder’s Total Bid Amount and shall be submitted before Bid Opening through either Surety 2000 or Tinubu Surety.  For state funded Projects proof of the Bidder’s valid license in the form of its wallet card from the Construction Industries Division (CID) shall be submitted with the Bid per the Construction Industries Licensing Act NMSA (1978), Sections 60-13-1 to -57 (1967, as amended through 1989). The Bidder’s valid license shall cover the Project’s type of Work specified in this Advertisement. The Bidder shall submit in the form of a zip file to the “file attachment upload” tab in the Project Bids.EBSX file through Bid Express the CID wallet card.  If a Bidder is seeking, for state funded Projects, a resident business preference the Bidder shall submit a copy of its resident business certification in the form of a zip file to the “file attachment upload” tab in the Project Bids .EBSX file through Bid Express before Bid Opening per NMSA 1978, § 13-4-2 (1984, amended 2012).  If a Bidder is seeking, for state funded Projects, a resident veteran contractor preference the Bidder shall submit a copy of its resident veteran contractor certification and its application for the resident veteran contractor certification, not including the attachments for the application, in the form of a zip file to the “file attachment upload” tab in the Project Bids .EBSX file through Bid Express before Bid Opening per NMSA 1978, § 13-4-2 (1984, amended 2012).  For federally funded Projects, the Bidder is not required to have a valid license from CID for the Project's Work in order to submit a Bid. However, upon receipt of the Notice of Preliminary Award, the Bidder must obtain a valid license with the proper classification for the Project's Work within 15 Days.  Federal and State Wage Rates are indicated for each Project. For federally funded Projects, the Bidder shall obtain the federal wage rate (Construction Type: Highway) through the US Department of Labor (DOL) website at https://sam.gov/content/home. In addition, the Bidder shall obtain the State wage rate (Street, Highway, Utility or Light Engineering Construction) through the DWS website at https://www.dws.state.nm.us/Labor-Relations/Labor-Information/Public-Works. The higher wage rate shall govern in the event of a dis- crepancy between the minimum wage rates in the DOL/DWS Wage Decision applicable to the Contract.  For federally funded Projects, a Bidder shall submit in the form of a zip file to the “file attachment upload” tab in the Project Bids .EBSX file through Bid Express the Affidavit of Bidder before Bid Opening.  For federally funded and state funded Projects, a Bidder shall submit in the form of a zip file to the “file attachment upload” tab in the Project Bids .EBSX file through Bid Express any documents before Bid Opening required by a Notice to Contractors. Failure of the Bidder to comply with this Advertisement shall render the Bid non-responsive and the Bid shall be rejected. Indicates change made in April 2025.   (1) CN 2100741R TERMINI: US 380, MP 162.910 to MP 164.122 and US 380, MP 184.933 to MP 191.073 for 7.373 miles COUNTY: Chaves (District 2) TYPE OF WORK: Roadway Reconstruction, Major Structures CONTRACT TIME: 240 Working Days DBE GOAL: At this time NMDOT will meet the State DBE on Federally assisted projects through a combination of race-neutral and race-conscious measures. This project is subject to race-conscious measures. The established DBE goal for this project is 0.00%. LICENSES: (GA-1 or GA-98) and (GF-2 or GF-98) FUNDING TYPE: Federal-aid LISTING THRESHOLD: None WAGE RATE (FEDERAL): NM20250036 WAGE RATE (STATE): Type "A" (2025)   Advertisement dates: August 22 and 29, 2025 and September 5 and 12, 2025.