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SECTION 00100 INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS (Based Upon EJCDC No. C-700, 2002 Ed.) 1.01 DEFINED TERMS Terms used in these Instructions to Bidders which are defined in the Standard General Conditions of the Construction Contract (No. C-700, 2002 ed.) have the meanings assigned to them in the General Conditions. The term "Bidder" means one who submits a bid directly to Owner, as distinct from a sub -bidder, who submits a bid to a Bidder. The term "Successful Bidder" means the lowest, qualified, responsible, and responsive Bidder to whom Owner (on the basis of Owner's evaluation as hereinafter provided) makes an award. The term "Bidding Documents" includes the Advertisement or Invitation to Bid, Instructions to Bidders, The Bid Form, and the proposed Contract Documents (including all Addenda issued prior to receipt of Bids). 1.02 COPIES OF BIDDING DOCUMENTS A. Complete sets of the Bidding Documents in the number and for the deposit sum, if any, stated in the Advertisement or Invitation to Bid may be obtained from Engineer: Mark Miller, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., 10521 SW Village Center Drive, Suite 103, Port St. Lucie, FL 34987, telephone (772) 345-3800, fax (772) 286-0138, email: mark.miller@kimley-hom.com. B. Complete sets of Bidding Documents must be used in preparing Bids; neither Owner nor Engineer assumes any responsibility for errors or misinterpretations resulting from the use of incomplete sets of Bidding Documents. C. Owner and Engineer, in making copies of Bidding Documents available on the above terms, do so only for the purpose of obtaining Bids on the work and do not confer a license or grant for any other use of the Bidding Documents. 1.03 QUALIFICATIONS OF BIDDERS Contractors bidding the work shall demonstrate that they have completed at least three similar projects within the previous 2 years and shall provide letters from the Public Entity Owners and/or Engineers verifying this. Contractor shall submit said letters with the Bid Documents. Letters shall include the project scope, Contract amount, date of Notice to Proceed, date of project final completion, number and amounts of change orders and magnitude of assessed liquidated damages, if applicable. Letters shall be similar to that provided in the Bid Form. Failure to provide these letters will be cause for rejection. Owner will review said letters, references and qualifications and may reject any bid if these qualifications and references do not adequately support the Contractor and, if , in the opinion of Owner, it is in the Owner's best interest to reject said bid. To demonstrate qualifications to perform the work, each Bidder must be prepared to submit, within 5 days of Owner's request, written evidence, such as financial data, previous experience, present commitments, and other such data as may be necessary to prove to the satisfaction of the Owner that the Bidder is qualified by experience to do the work and is prepared to complete the work within the stated time period. 044572017 00100-1