CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER

DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION

NOTICE OF INVITATION FOR BIDS

CONTRACT NO. CE 70164

Pena Widening from Gun Club to Jackson Gap

Denver, Colorado April 2, 2007

Sealed bids for Contract No. CE 70164, Pena Widening from Gun Club to Jackson Gap will be received no later than:

2:00 PM, Thursday, April 19, 2007 Local Time

at the Elrey Jeppesen Terminal Building, Denver International Airport, 8400 Peņa Blvd., Denver, Colorado 80249-6235, Level 6, northwest corner of the inner core and south of the Denver Health Medical Center in the room marked PRESS ROOM. Bids must be time stamped no later than 2:00 PM, Thursday, April 19, 2007, immediately after which a public bid opening will commence. Any bids to be submitted more than one hour prior to Bid Opening shall be submitted at the office of Technical Services, attention Nathan Jones, Room 8810, Airport Office Building (AOB), Denver International Airport, 8500 Peņa Blvd., Denver, CO 80249-6340.

GENERAL STATEMENT OF WORK

This contract will be for adding an additional lane on Pena Boulevard from Gun Club to Jackson Gap to accommodate traffic demands.

DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE

Contract documents, including specifications, will be available for purchase at the Technical Services Office, Department of Aviation, Room 8810 Airport Office Building, 8500 Peņa Boulevard, Denver, Colorado 80249, at a cost of $50.00 per set (no refund) beginning April 3, 2007. Payment will be accepted in the form of a check made payable to Airport Revenue Fund.

PREQUALIFICATION

Each bidder must be pre-qualified in the category of CE-6, Paving Contractor, at the $5,000,000.00 level, in accordance with the City's Rules and Regulations Governing Prequalification of Contractors. Each bidder must have submitted a prequalification application a minimum of seven (7) calendar days prior to the bid opening date. Applications must be returned to the Department of Public Works, Prequalification Section, Dept. 509, 201 West Colfax Avenue, Denver, CO 80202. To view the Rules and Regulations and to obtain a prequalification application, please visit our website at www.denvergov.org/prequalification, or call 720.913.4503 for prequalification information ONLY.

PRE-BID CONFERENCE AND INSPECTION

All bidders are invited to a pre-bid conference at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, April 11, 2007, at the Elrey Jeppesen Terminal Building, Denver International Airport, 8400 Peņa Blvd., Denver, CO 80249-6235, Level 6, northwest corner of the inner core and south of the Denver Health Medical Clinic in the room marked PRESS ROOM. A site visit will be conducted immediately following the Pre-Bid Conference.

MINORITY/WOMEN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PARTICIPATION

Construction, reconstruction and remodeling contracts made and entered into by the City and County of Denver are subject to Article VII, Division 1 of Chapter 28 of the Denver Revised Municipal Code, (D.R.M.C.) and all Minority/Women Business Enterprise Utilization and Equal Employment Opportunity Rules and Regulations adopted by the Director of the Division of Small Business Opportunity (DSBO).

Article VII, Division 1 of Chapter 28 of the D.R.M.C. directs the Director of the DSBO to establish a project goal for expenditures on construction, reconstruction and remodeling work contracted by the City and County of Denver. The specific goal for this project is 13% MBE/WBE participation.

Project goals must be met with certified participants as set forth in Section 28-206, D.R.M.C. or through the demonstration of sufficient good faith effort under Section 28-208, D.R.M.C. For compliance with good faith effort requirements under Section 28-62(b)(3), the MBE/WBE percentage solicitation level required for this project is 100%.

The Director of the DSBO urges all participants in City construction, reconstruction and remodeling projects to assist in achieving these goals.

NON DISCRIMINATION IN THE AWARD OF CITY CONTRACTS

It is the policy of the City and County of Denver to prohibit discrimination in the award of construction contracts and subcontracts for public improvements. Further, the City and County of Denver encourages contractors to utilize minority and women owned businesses and to divide the construction work into economically feasible units or segments to allow the most opportunity for subcontracting.

MISCELLANEOUS

As its best interests may appear, the City and County of Denver reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive informalities in bids.

The work under the Contract is subject to minimum wage rates established by the City and County of Denver Career Service Board.

Turner West

Manager of Aviation

Publication Dates: April 2, 2007, April 3, 2007, April 4, 2007

Published in The Daily Journal