INSTRUCTIONS FOR BIDDERS
ARTICLE 1 DEFINED TERMS
1.01 Terms used in these Instructions to Bidders will have the meanings indicated in the General
Conditions and Supplementary Conditions. Additional terms used in these Instructions to
Bidders have the meanings indicated below which are applicable to both the singular and plural
thereof:
A. Bidder — The individual or entity who submits a Bid directly to OWNER.
B. Issuing Office — The office from which the Bidding Documents are to be issued and
where the bidding procedures are to be administered.
C. Successful Bidder — The lowest responsible Bidder submitting a responsive Bid to whom
OWNER (on the basis of OWNER’s evaluation as hereinafter provided) makes an
award.
ARTICLE 2 COPIES OF BIDDING DOCUMENTS
2.01 Bidding Documents are available electronically City’s web site, www.nashuanh.gov, under
Services; Bid Opportunities; Current Bids. Hard copies are not available.
2.02 Complete sets of Bidding Documents must be used in preparing Bids; neither OWNER nor
ENGINEER assume any responsibility for errors or misinterpretations resulting from the use of
incomplete sets of Bidding Documents.
ARTICLE 3 QUALIFICATIONS OF BIDDERS.
3.01 To demonstrate Bidder’s qualifications to perform the Work, each Bidder must submit a
completed Construction Contractor’s Qualification for Engineered Projects.
ARTICLE 4 EXAMINATION OF BIDDING DOCUMENTS, OTHER RELATED DATA, AND SITE.
401 Subsurface and Physical Conditions
A. The Supplementary Conditions identify:
1. Those reports of explorations and tests of subsurface conditions at or contiguous to
the Site that ENGINEER has used in preparing the Bidding Documents.
2. Those drawings of physical conditions in or relating to existing surface and
subsurface structures at or contiguous to the Site (except Underground Facilities) that
ENGINEER has used in preparing the Bidding Documents.
B. Copies of reports and drawings referenced in paragraph 4.01.A will be made available by
OWNER to any Bidder on request. Those reports and drawings are not part of the
Contract Documents, but the “technical data” contained therein upon which Bidder is
entitled to rely as provided in paragraph 4.02 of the General Conditions has been
identified. Bidder is responsible for any interpretation or conclusion Bidder draws from
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