SECTION 100 – OFFICIAL NOTICE OFFICIAL NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS The City of Wauwatosa will receive proposals for utility improvements until 11:01 A.M. Local Time, March 11, 2026, at which time all bids will be publicly opened and read virtually via use of the Zoom platform. Access at zoom.us, Meeting ID 858 4894 1097 Contract 26-08 Center Street Paving Under this proposal, the Contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, supplies, equipment, tools and other services necessary for asphalt repaving and reconstruction including grading, concrete curb and gutter replacement, asphalt pavement, ADA curb ramps, pavement markings and work incidental thereto in portions of: Center Street: From: N 111th Street To: N 118th Street all in accordance with contract documents. Interested parties may view and obtain digital copies of the contract documents, including plans and specifications, from Quest Construction Data Network. Access the QuestCDN website at www.questcdn.com. Input QuestCDN eBidDoc No. 10069295 on the website's Project Search page. No password is required. Contact QuestCDN.com at 952-233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance in downloading and working with the digital documents. There is a nonrefundable charge of $25.00 for the plans and contract documents. Plans are also available for viewing only at the Engineering office at City Hall, 7725 W. North Avenue, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Plans will be available on February 20, 2026. The City will accept only online electronic bids through QuestCDN. To access the electronic bid form, download the project documents and click the online bidding button at the top of the advertisement. All proposals must be submitted in electronic format together with a bid bond equal to five (5) percent of the bid payable to the City of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, as a guarantee that if his bid is accepted, the successful bidder will execute and file the proper contract and bonds within ten (10) days after notification of award of the contract. Failure on the part of the successful bidder to execute his contract and performance and labor & material payment bonds within ten (10) days from the date of notice of the award of contract will be considered as just cause for the annulment of the award and the forfeiture of the proposal guarantee to the City not as a penalty but in payment to the City as liquidated damages as a result of such failure. No bid shall be withdrawn after the opening of bids for a period of sixty (60) days after the scheduled time of closing of bids. The letting of the work described herein is subject to the provisions of Section 66.09, Wisconsin Statutes, requiring the bidder to furnish proof of responsibility. Bidder prequalification is required on forms furnished by the City of Wauwatosa and submitted to the City Engineer. Prequalification forms that are submitted after 5 days preceding the contract letting date may be cause for the rejecting of bids. TIME OF SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION The substantial completion date for Contract 26-08 Center Street Paving shall be August 15, 2026. See Section 600 for additional completion requirements. There will be no other extension of time and no extenuating circumstances, except perhaps an industry strike, or the inability of the City to receive plan and specification approval. If the contractor does not complete the work on or before the date set forth above for Contract 26-08 Center Street Paving or within the extra time allowed under a City Engineer granted time extension, the City will assess liquidated damages. The City will deduct one thousand forty-five dollars ($1,045.00) for every calendar day that the work remains uncompleted from payments due the contractor. The Contractor will also be charged for each and every day inspection is required after the time of completion has expired. This charge will be based on the actual costs of inspection, construction supervision, clerical and administrative costs, traffic control and overhead charges. A required "Affidavit of Compliance" is included in Section 300 and must be submitted with the bid. The right to reject or accept any or all bids and the right to waive any informality in bidding is reserved to the City of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Dated at Wauwatosa, Wisconsin February 18, 2026 Deyanira Nevarez, City Clerk City of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin WNAXLP February 25, March 4 2026 LWIX0463549