CONSTRUCTION ADVERTISEMENT AND INVITATION FOR BIDS Goliad County will receive bids for the Fannin and Berclair Drainage Improvements Project, GLO CDBG-MIT No. 24065-124-E966 until 2:00 PM on August 10, 2026 at the Goliad County Courthouse, Attn: Katy Garcia, Grant Administrator, 127 N Courthouse Square, Goliad, TX 77963. The bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at the same date and time. Bids are invited for several items and quantities of work as follows: 1. Approximately 63,000 LF Regrading Ditches 2. Approximately 2,900 LF Storm Sewer & Culverts, 12”-48” 3. Other appurtenant items A Non-Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting will be held at 2:00 PM on July 28, 2026 at the Goliad County Courthouse, 127 N Courthouse Square, Goliad, TX 77963. Bid Documents and Construction Drawings for the project may be viewed and downloaded free of charge (with the option to purchase hard copies) at www.civcastusa.com. Bidders must register on this website in order to view and/or download specifications, plans and other related documents for this project. Printed copies of the specifications and drawings may also be viewed at the Engineer’s office, Lynn Engineering, 2200 Ave. A, Bay City, TX 77414, (361) 782-7121. Please submit questions for this project seven (7) days prior to bid opening through www.civcastusa.com in the Q&A portal. All addenda issued for this project will be posted on www.civcastusa.com. It is the responsibility of the Contractor bidding to use proper scaling, paper width and length, etc. Failure to do so may result in error in the Unit Bid Quantities and/or Bid Amounts. A bid bond in the amount of 5 percent of the bid issued by an acceptable surety shall be submitted with each bid [for those contracts that exceed $100,000]. A certified check or bank draft payable to the County or negotiable U.S. Government Bonds (as par value) may be submitted in lieu of the Bid Bond. The project to be constructed will be financed with assistance from the General Land Office (GLO) under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant – Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) program and is subject to all applicable Federal and State laws and regulations. Attention is called to the fact that not less than, the federally determined prevailing Davis-Bacon and Related Acts wage rate, as issued by the Department of Labor and contained in the contract documents, must be paid on this project. In addition, the successful bidder must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. Adherence to Goliad County’s Section 3 Policy is required for contracts and subcontracts. All contractors/subcontractors must not be debarred, suspended or otherwise excluded from or ineligible for participation in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov). An active SAM registration is required to be submitted with this bid to be considered eligible to work on this project. Minority Business Enterprises, Small Business Enterprises, Women Business Enterprises, Section 3 Businesses, and labor surplus area firms are encouraged to submit bids. Goliad County reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any informalities in the bidding. Bids may be held by Goliad County for a period not to exceed 60 days from the date of the bid opening for the purpose of reviewing the bids and investigating the bidder’s qualifications prior to the contract award. Goliad County Mike Bennett, County Judge