E-91), including reasonable estimated costs for labor, materials, and equipment, plus reasonable proportionate shares of anticipated profit, overhead, and indirect costs. Value Engineering Contractor Proposal (VECP). A creative proposal initiated by the Contractor to amend the Contract so as to use an alternate method, design, material, or similar element and thereby reduce the project’s cost or improve its outcome for both the Department’s and contractor’s benefit. Viewshed The geographical area that is visible from a location. It includes all surrounding points that are in line-of-sight with that location and excludes points that are beyond the horizon or obstructed by terrain and other features (e.g., buildings, trees). Volumetric Measurements. Measurements made by the Department for calculating quantities of items paid by volume. The Department may use any of the following methods:
Work. The elements and activities necessary to complete a project (including labor, materials, equipment, and the interim products and stages attained in the course of reaching completion). Working Day. A Calendar Day on which conditions within the contractor’s control allow, or would allow, Work on the Controlling Activities for at least five hours with a workforce consistent in size and type for the work to be performed. Saturdays are working days if the Contractor chooses to work. Sundays and Holidays are working days if the Engineer allows the contractor to work. Days in December, January, February, and March are not working days even if the engineer allows the contractor to work and the contractor so chooses. Working Drawings. See Contract.
Bidding Requirements and Conditions
102.1Prequalification of Bidders
Information and forms to apply for prequalification are contained in the “Standard Prequalification Questionnaire and Financial Statement for Bidders” (Form PQ-2), which is available on the department’s Web site or from: Prequalification Officer Wyoming Department of Transportation State Construction Office 5300 Bishop Boulevard Cheyenne, WY 82009-3340 Phone: (307) 777-4056 2 Return completed and notarized applications to the same address.
102.2Proposal Package
1 Proposal package can be downloaded from a third party vendor website for a fee.
To be included as a plan holder, download the plans/proposal from the plan site. The link to the plan site can be found on the department’s Bid Letting Information web page.
2 Anyone may purchase a package without a bid envelope.
102.3Bid Envelope and Electronic Bid System
1 The department will issue a bid envelope that enables submission of a bid to contractors
prequalified for a given project. The department will not issue a bid envelope to contractors who have not submitted a “Current Work Affidavit” (Form E-103) for each bid letting or whose prequalification status has expired. A contractor may bid on every project for which he or she has received a bid envelope. The department may also refuse to issue a bid envelope to contractors for any of the following reasons:
of work constituting the major portion of the contract.
department, could prevent the timely completion of new work.
Bidding Requirements and Conditions