Sealed Bids will be received by the Municipal Utilities Board of Decatur, Morgan County.
Alabama (a component unit of the City of Decatur), operating as Decatur Utilities, at the Decatur
Utilities Conference Room at 1002 Central Parkway SW, Decatur, Alabama 35601, on Tuesday,
December 1, 2026 until 2:00 p.m. local time for furnishing all labor, tools, materials and equipment
needed for performing the work according to the Specifications and Contract Documents as hereinafter
described. No bids will be received after the time set forth hereinabove and the Proposals will be
publicly opened and read.
The work will be let under one Contract if award should be made; and the Owner reserves the
right to select the Bid considered by the Owner to be in the best interest of the Owner. The principal
items of work to be performed under this Contract are outlined herein below:
Remove 40 and install 39 distribution wood poles along with associated framing and hardware
in an existing 12kV distribution line.
Specifications and Contract Documents are open to public inspection at the office of Decatur
Utilities, 1002 Central Parkway SW, Decatur, Alabama 35601, or may be obtained from the office of
Decatur Utilities, P.O. Box 2232, Decatur, Alabama 35609
All bidders must complete and submit a Decatur Utilities Bidder Application by 4 p.m.,
November 18, 2026, to be reviewed and approved for bidding. For information regarding inspections
locations, job specifications, and contract documents, contact should be made with Will Buchanan at
(256) 552-1434. For information about vendor qualification forms, contact Jon Aldridge (256) 552-
1474.
The Contract Award, if made, will be made to the low, responsive, responsible bidder. A
"responsive" bid shall be evidenced by: (1) a Proposal Form completed in accordance with the
Instructions to Bidders and with instructions and/or requests contained in any other sections of the
Contract Documents; (2) a Proposal Form not evidencing any apparent unbalanced pricing for
performance of the items of work; (3) a Proposal Form without excisions, special conditions or
qualifications made by the Bidder; (4) a Proposal Form containing no alternative bids or offerings for
any items unless such alternative bids or offerings are requested in the Technical Specifications.
No bid may be withdrawn after the time for opening of bids has passed. The Owner reserves
the right to hold the bids for a period of up to ninety (90) days after the date of receipt of bids.
A Bid Bond or cashier's check in an amount of not less than five percent (5%) of the total amount
bid (but not more than $10,000) must accompany each proposal. The payee of such bond or cashier's
check shall be Municipal Utilities Board of Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama. The Bid Bond or
cashier's check shall bear the same date as that set for receipt of bids.
The successful bidder must furnish a Performance Bond for one hundred (100) percent of the
bid amount and must secure his bonds from a bonding company's representative or agent authorized and
licensed to do business in the State of Alabama. Each Bond shall be countersigned by an agent of the
Surety having residence in the State of Alabama, and who is authorized and licensed to do business in
the State of Alabama.
The Contractor shall obtain and pay for all licenses and permits required by the State, County and City authorities having jurisdiction over the various phases of the work. City of Decatur Codes and Ordinances pertaining to this work may be reviewed in the office of the City Clerk, City Hall, Decatur. Alabama.
The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any informality in any bid and
to accept any bid considered to be advantageous to the Owner.
The attention of bidders is called to the provisions of State Law Governing General Contractors,
as set forth in Sections 34-8-1 to 34-8-28, inclusive, Code of Alabama of 1975, as amended; and bidders
shall be governed by the provisions of said law insofar as it is applicable. The above-mentioned
provisions of the Code make it illegal for the Owner to consider a bid from anyone who is not properly
licensed under such code provisions. The Owner, therefore, will not consider any bid unless the bidder
produces evidence that he is so licensed. Neither will the Owner enter into a Contract with a foreign
corporation which is not qualified under State Law to do business in the State of Alabama.
The attention of nonresident bidders is called to the provisions of Alabama Law, Section 39-3-
5, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended, relating to preference to be given to resident contractors in
Alabama over nonresident contractors in the award of contracts in the same manner and to the same
extent as provided by the laws of the state of domicile of the nonresident contractor, and to the
requirements that the bid documents tendered by any nonresident contractor must be accompanied by
"a written opinion of an attorney-at-law licensed to practice law in such nonresident contractor's state of
domicile as to the preference, if any or none, granted by the law of that state to its own business entities
whose principal places of business are in that state in the letting of any or all public contracts" (sic).
The bidder is advised that the above referenced act is subject to the opinion of the Attorney
General of the State of Alabama.
THE MUNICIPAL UTILITIES BOARD OE
DECATUR, MORGAN COUNTY,
ALABAMA, DECATUR UTILITIES
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Glenn Boyles Electric Manager
