Storybook Gardens

The Quad City Botanical Center does hereby invite sealed bids for Storybook Gardens. Work will include
site clearing, earthwork operations, concrete curbs, walks and paving, stone masonry, carpentry, site furnishings,
fencing, signage, planting and seeding, and utility installation.
Project manuals, including bid form and specifications, and construction documents are available after
10:00 AM on December 14, 2022 from Accurate Reprographics www.hitchcockplanroom.com
630.428.4433. A non-refundable fee will be charged for each requested bid package at the cost of reproduction.
Bids will be accepted digitally on the online planroom at www.hitchcockplanroom.com. All bids must be
submitted with a file name including the Contractor’s name and address, and “Bid for Storybook Gardens,”.
Bids must be received no later than January 18, 2023 at 10:00 AM. Bids will be opened on January
25, 2023, 10:00 AM at the Quad City Botanical Center, 2525 4th Avenue, Rock Island, Illinois 61201.
No in person attendance at the bid opening shall be permitted, but prospective bidders are invited to view
the bid opening via a Zoom meeting which may be accessed through the following link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86083322314. All bidders will be required to submit Bid Security in the form
of a Bid Bond, Certified Check, Cashier’s Check in the amount of 10% of the Base Bid, payable to the
Quad City Botanical Center.
The successful bidder, as determined by the Quad City Botanical Center, shall be required to pay, and to
agree to pay no less than the Prevailing Rate of Wages, pursuant to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (820
ILCS 130) for the locality of the Quad City Botanical Center (Rock Island County), to each laborer worker,
or mechanic needed or used to complete the work as detailed in the contract to be let. The successful
contractor, and all subcontractors shall be required to submit, to the Quad City Botanical Center, certified
payrolls no later than the tenth day of each calendar month for the immediately preceding month. The Quad City Botanical Center reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, parts of any and all proposals,
or to waive technical errors or omissions in submitted proposals. No submitted bid may be withdrawn
until a period of sixty (60) days after the bid opening date, without written consent of the Quad
City Botanical Center. The Quad City Botanical Center encourages minority business firms to submit
bids on this project and the successful contract bidder to utilize minority businesses as sub-contractors for
supplies, equipment, services, and construction.
Questions should be directed to Eric Hornig and Bridget Deatrick, Hitchcock Design Group at
630.961.1787 ehornig@hitchcockdesigngroup.com bdeatrick@hitchcockdesigngroup.com.