Legal Notices 2-18
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF
NAWS PIPELINE PROJECT
WATER TRANSMISSION
PIPELINE WESTHOPE TO
SOURIS CORNER SEGMENT
(CONTRACT 2-4B) FOR THE
NORTH DAKOTA STATE WATER
COMMISSION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the State of North Dakota, acting
through the State Water Commis-
sion, invites and will receive sealed
proposals (bids) up to the hour of
2:00 p.m., local time, on March 5th,
2020, for the furnishing to the State
of North Dakota of all transportation,
labor, materials, tools, equipment,
services, permits, utilities, and other
items necessary to construct said
work, in accordance with the draw-
ings and contract documents on file
in the office the North Dakota State
Water Commission. At said time,
said proposals will be publicly
opened and read aloud in the North
Dakota State Water Commission lo-
cated at:
North Dakota State Water
Commission
State Office Building
900 East Boulevard Avenue
Bismarck, North Dakota 58505-0850
Bids shall conform to and be respon-
sive to the Contract Documents for
the work. The Contract Documents
will be available after February 4th,
2020. Copies of the Contract Docu-
ments will be on file and may be ex-
amined during normal office hours in
the office of the North Dakota State
Water Commission and at the fol-
lowing locations:
Houston Engineering, Inc.
18 3rd Street SE Suite 100
Minot, ND 58701-3700
Telephone (701) 852-7931
Fax (701) 858-5655
The scope of Work generally con-
sists of the following: Mobilization;
72,650 linear feet of 14 inch C900
DR 18 PVC water main; 180 linear
feet of 6 inch C900 DR 18 PVC wa-
ter main; 165 linear feet of 4 inch
C900 DR 18 PVC water main; 580
linear feet of 14 inch C900 DR 18
restrained joint pipe for excavated
coulee and wetland crossings; 5,230
linear feet of 16 inch C900 DR 14
Fusible PVC water main or 18 inch
DR 7 DIPS PE4710 water main in-
stalled by HDD across the J Clark
Salyer National Wildlife Refuge;
1,280 linear feet of 14″ C900 DR 18
restrained joint pipe installed by
HDD or open cut methods across
various coulee and wetland cross-
ings; two (2) Type I (2-Lane) Road
Crossings; nine (9) Type II Road
Crossings; one (1) Type IV Road
Crossing; one (1) Type IV Road and
Enbridge Pipeline Crossing; six (6)
Excavated Road Crossings; NAWS
2-4A System Interconnection; two
(2) combination air release/air vacu-
um valve manhole assemblies; two
(2) air release valve manhole as-
semblies; one (1) rural turnout
meter/control valve manhole assem-
bly; eight (8) gate valves with boxes;
three (3) flush risers; pipeline mark-
ers; erosion control; seeding; remo-
val and replacement of trees; and in-
cidental items. The Contractor will
not perform work or permit the per-
formance of Work by subcontractors
outside regular dusk to dawn work-
ing hours or on Saturdays, Sundays,
or legal State holidays without pro-
viding written notice of proposed
work to the Engineer a minimum of
5 days in advance and contingent on
the Owner’s written consent. The
Owner is not likely to consent to
Work involving pipe production,
backfill, or appurtenance installation.
In accordance with the current Ener-
gy and Water Development Ap-
propriations Act, to the greatest ex-
tent practicable, all equipment and
products purchased for use in this
contract shall be American-made.
Printed copies of plans and specifi-
cations may be obtained following
receipt of payment of $500.00 per
set, non-refundable, or a CD may be
obtained with the documents in elec-
tronic (pdf) format following receipt
of payment of $40 per set, nonre-
fundable, from the following:
Houston Engineering, Inc.
18 3rd Street SE Suite 100
Minot, ND 58701-3700
The contract documents may also
be viewed free of charge online at
www.houstoneng.com, or download-
ed for a fee of $25.00. Please con-
tact us at 701-852-7931 if you have
any questions. The Advertisement
for Bids, Planholders List, Adden-
dums, and Bid Results will be avail-
able from the “Bid Info” link located
on the Houston Engineering, Inc.
web site. Each bid shall be submit-
ted on a form furnished as part of
the contract documents and must be
accompanied by a separate en-
velope containing a Bidder’s Bond
with Acknowledgement of Surety in
an amount not less than 5% of the
full amount of the bid made payable
to the order of or for the benefit of
the North Dakota State Water Com-
mission. The bid bond shall be exe-
cuted by the bidder as principal and
by a surety company authorized to
do business in the State of North
Dakota, conditioned that if the
principal’s Bid be accepted and the
contract awarded to the principal,
within ten (10) days after Notice of
Award, the Principal shall execute a
contract in accordance with the
terms of the bid and contractor’s
performance and payment bonds as
required by law and the regulations
and determinations of the North
Dakota State Water Commission. A
bid submitted without this informa-
tion properly enclosed in the bid
bond envelope shall not be read nor
considered and the envelope shall
be resealed, and bid returned to the
bidder immediately. Each bid shall
be sealed and delivered to the North
Dakota State Water Commission at
the location designated in this notice
for the opening of bids at or before
the time in this notice provided. Un-
less a bidder obtains a contractor’s
license for the full amount of its bid
within twenty days after it is deter-
mined the bidder is the lowest
responsive and responsible bidder,
the bid must be rejected and the
contract awarded to the next lowest,
responsive, responsible, and
LICENSED bidder. Substantial
Completion for all WORK shall be
October 8, 2020. Final Completion
for all WORK shall be November 5,
2020. The State of North Dakota,
acting through the State Water Com-
mission, reserves the right to select
the schedule(s) under which the bids
are to be compared and contract(s)
awarded, to reject any and all bids,
to determine whether a bidder is
responsive and responsible and to
waive any and all irregularities in
any bid. BY THE ORDER OF THE
NORTH DAKOTA STATE WATER
COMMISSION.
Dated: January 29, 2020
/s/ Garland Erbele
Garland Erbele, PE,
Chief Engineer/Secretary
(February 4-11-18, 2020)
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
MINOT PUBLIC LIBRARY
EXTERIOR RENOVATIONS
Owner: City of Minot
Sealed proposals for Construction of
the Minot Public Library – Exterior
Renovations will be received at City
Hall – City Council Chamber, 515
2nd Avenue SW, Minot, ND 58701,
until 2:00 PM local time on Tuesday,
February 25, 2020 when bids will be
opened and read aloud. The Infor-
mation to Bidders, Form of Bid,
Form of Contract, Form of Perfor-
mance – Payment Bonds, Drawings,
Specifications, addenda, and other
contract documents as prepared by
JLG Architects may be examined at
the following places: The office of
JLG Architects, Minot, North Dakota;
the Builders Exchanges in
Fargo-Moorhead, Grand Forks,
Bismarck-Mandan, Bismarck, Minot
and Dickinson, North Dakota;
Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota;
Construction Connect and McGraw
Hill/FWDodge. Bid Documents are
available to Prime bidders at the of-
fices of JLG Architects, Minot, ND.
Digital copies are available at no
charge and physical copies are
available upon payment of $100.00
for each set. Any unsucccessful
bidder, upon returning such in good
condition within 15 days after the bid
opening, will be refunded their depo-
sit. Each bid must be accompanied
by a separate envelope containing
the contractor’s license and bid
security. The bid security must be in
a sum equal to five percent of the
full amount of the bid and must be in
the form of a bidder’s bond. A
bidder’s bond must be executed by
the bidder as prinicpal and by a
surety, conditioned that if the princi-
pals bid is accepted and the contract
awarded to the principal, the princi-
pal, within ten days after notice of
the award, shall execute a contract
in accordance with the terms of the
bid, the bid bond, and any conditions
of the governing body. Bids shall
comply with North Dakota Century
Code Chapter Å’ 48-01.2 as amend-
ed. If a successful bidder does not
execute a contract within the time al-
lowed, the bidder’s bond shall be
forfeited to the governing body and
the project awarded to the next
lowest responsible bidder. No bidder
may withdraw their bid within 60
days after the actual date of the
opening therof. The Bid Bond of the
the three lowest Bidders for each
contract will be retained until the
contract has been awarded and exe-
cuted, but no longer than sixty (60)
days after the date of the Bid. All
Bidders shall hold a valid North
Dakota Contractor’s license of the
proper class for the full amount of
the bid as required by North Dakota
Law Sections Å’ 43-07-05 and Å’
43-07-12 and shall enclose a copy
of the license or Certificate of
Renewal of the license in the same
envelope as the Bidder’s Bond. A
Contractor shall be the holder of a
license at least ten days prior to the
date set for receiving Bids to be a
qualified Bidder. No bid will be read
or considered which does not fully
comply with the above requirements
as to bond and licenses, and any
deficient bid submitted must be
resealed and returned to the bidders
immediately. Bids shall be in accor-
dance with and submitted on the Bid
form supplied within the Bid Docu-
ments. Failure to do so may result in
rejection of the Bid. The Owner
reserves the right to reject any and
all bids and to waive any formalities
therein, and rebid the project until a
satisfactory bid is received. A
Pre-Bid Conference will be held at
the Minot Public Library, 516 2nd
Avenue SW, Minot, ND on Friday,
February 14, 2020 at 10:00 AM local
time.
(February 4-11-18, 2020)
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Probate No. 51-2020-PR-00030
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
WARD COUNTY, STATE OF
NORTH DAKOTA
In the Matter of the Estate of
Penny Bertsch, a/k/a Philipina
Bertsch, Deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the undersigned has been appointed
personal representative of the above
estate. All persons having claims
against the said deceased are re-
quired to present their claims within
three months after the date of the
first publication or mailing of this no-
tice or said claims will be forever
barred. Claims must either be
presented to Kelly Bertsch, Personal
Representative of the estate, at
2525 Elk Drive, P. O. Box 1000,
Minot, ND 58702-1000, or filed with
the Court.
Dated this 12th day of February,
2020.
/s/Kelly Bertsch
Kelly Bertsch
Brent M. Olson – #05593
PRINGLE & HERIGSTAD, P. C.
2525 Elk Drive
P. O. Box 1000
Minot, ND 58702-1000
bolson@pringlend.com
Attorney’s for:
Personal Representative
(February 18-25; March 3, 2020)
SUMMONS
Civil No. 51-2019-CV-02146
IN DISTRICT COURT, WARD
COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA
The Industrial Commission of North
Dakota, acting as the North Dakota
Housing Finance Agency,
Plaintiff,
vs.
James Walker, Jr., an unmarried
person; United States of America
acting through the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development;
and any other person in possession;
Defendants.
THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFEN-
DANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY sum-
moned to answer the Complaint of
the Plaintiff which is herewith served
upon you and which will be filed in
the office of the Clerk of District
Court of Ward County, North Dako-
ta, and to serve a copy of your
answer thereto on the undersigned
at his office at 720 Main Avenue, in
the City of Fargo, County of Cass,
State of North Dakota, within twenty
one (21) days after service of this
Summons upon you, exclusive of
the date of service, and in case of
your failure to appear or answer as
above directed, judgment will be tak-
en against you by default for the re-
lief demanded in the Complaint
herein. MORTGAGOR IS NOTIFIED
FURTHER that this is a communi-
cation from a debt collector and this
is an attempt to collect a debt. Any
information obtained will be used for
that purpose.
Dated at Fargo, North Dakota, this
20th day of December, 2019.
/s/Stephen P. Welle
Stephen P. Welle (ND ID 07343)
Special Assistant Attorney General
for the Industrial Commission of
North Dakota acting as the North
Dakota Housing Finance Agency
Attorney for Plaintiff
720 Main Avenue
Fargo, North Dakota 58103
701.235.8000
steve@okeeffeattorneys.com
This action relates to the foreclosure
of a real estate mortgage owned by
above-named Plaintiff upon the fol-
lowing described property situated in
the County of Ward, State of North
Dakota, to-wit:
Lot 7, Thompson’s Sixth Plat in
NW1/4 Section 1, Township 154
North, Range 83 West of the 5th
P.M., Ward County, North Dakota.
(Street Address: 3804 Main Street
South, Minot, North Dakota
58701)
/s/Stephen P. Welle
Stephen P. Welle (ND ID 07343)
Special Assistant Attorney General
for the Industrial Commission of
North Dakota acting as the North
Dakota Housing Finance Agency
Attorney for Plaintiff
720 Main Avenue
Fargo, North Dakota 58103
701.235.8000
steve@okeeffeattorneys.com
(February 11-18-25, 2020)
SUMMONS FOR ASSET
FORFEITURE PURSUANT TO
NDCC Å’ 19-03.1-36.3
Civil No. 51-2019-CV-00475
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,
COUNTY OF WARD, IN DISTRICT
COURT, NORTH CENTRAL
JUDICIAL DISTRICT
State of North Dakota,
Plaintiff,
vs.
Joseph Thomas Bott and $5,875.00
U.S. Currency,
Defendants.
THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFEN-
DANT: Joseph Thomas Bott (DOB:
1/4/1981): You are hereby sum-
moned and required to appear and
defend against the Complaint in this
action, which is herewith served
upon you, by serving upon the un-
dersigned an answer or other proper
response within twenty-one (21)
days after the service of this Sum-
mons upon you, exclusive of the day
of service. If you fail to do so, judg-
ment by default will be taken against
you for the relief demanded in the
Complaint.
Dated this 12th day of March, 2018
/s/Marie A Miller
Marie A. Miller NDID #06617
Assistant State’s Attorney
Ward County State’s Attorney’s
Office
Ward County Courthouse
315 3rd St. SE
P.O. Box 5005
Minot, N.D. 58702-5005
Phone: (701) 857-6480
E-mail: 51wardsa@wardnd.com
(February 18-25; March 3, 2020)