Letting of 4/16/2024 in District 62 - Hammond

Sealed bids for construction of the following project will be received by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD). Paper bids can be delivered to DOTD District 62 Receptionist, 685 North Morrison Blvd., Hammond. LA, 70401 until 10:00 a. m. at which time and place bids will be publicly opened and read.  No bids will be received after 10:00 a.m. of the bidding date.  Any person requiring special accommodations shall notify the Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) at 985-375-0100 not less than three (3) business days before bid opening.

Bids must be prepared and submitted in accordance with Section 102 of the 2016 Louisiana Standard Specifications for Roads and Bridges, as amended by the project specifications, and must include all information required by the proposal.  ONLY PAPER BIDS WILL BE ACCEPTED ON THIS PROJECT.

Construction proposal information may be accessed via the Internet at www.dotd.la.gov.  From the LA DOTD home page, select the following options: Doing Business with DOTD, then Construction Letting Information.  Once the Construction Letting Information page appears, find the Notice to Contractors box.  From the drop down menu, select the appropriate letting date and press the “Go To” button to open the page, which provides a listing of all projects to be let and a Construction Proposal Documents link for each project. All project specific notices are found here.  It will be the responsibility of the bidder to check for updates.  Additionally, plans and specifications may be seen at District 62 Design Section located at, 685 N Morrison Blvd, Hammond, LA 70401 or at the Project Engineer's office. 

All questions concerning the plans shall be submitted via the Electronic Plans Distribution Center known as Falcon.  All submitted questions will be forwarded by email to the Project Manager and the Project Engineer. Questions submitted within 96 hours of the bid deadline may not be answered prior to bidding.  Falcon may be accessed via the Internet at www.dotd.la.gov.  From the home page, select Doing Business with DOTD from the left-hand menu, then select Construction Letting Information on the pop-up menu.  On the Construction Letting Information page, select the link, DOTD’s Plan Room; Login to Falcon (or request an ID if a first-time user).  Once logged in, you will have access to view Project Information, submit a question concerning the project, and view the plans.  To avoid any suggestion that a potential bidder is using the Falcon system to communicate with other potential bidders, DOTD will not post any question or any statement of fact or opinion not made for the purpose of seeking clarification of plans and/or specifications.  Any non-questions posted on falcon will be limited to the statement of an issue considered unresolved by a previous DOTD response.

Bidders assume the responsibility for accessing the Apparent Bid Results on the Construction Letting Information web page located at wwwapps.dotd.la.gov/engineering/lettings/ to confirm whether they are the apparent low bidder for any given project.  The Engineer may suspend operations in accordance with 713.08(f).