Sealed bids will be received by the City of Covington at 333 West Locust Street, Covington, VA 24426 until 2:00 p.m. on October 10, 2023, at which time they will be publicly opened and read for the Covington Various Street Paving Project.  A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held at City Hall on September 28, 2023, at 1:30 p.m. The work will include the milling, paving, and line striping of various streets within the City limits.  The work includes providing all labor, materials, machinery, tools, equipment, and other means of construction necessary and incidental to the completion of the work as outlined in the project documents, including but not necessarily limited to the following:  milling, base repair, paving, and miscellaneous sidewalk repair with specified materials outlined in the contract documents.  Project documents may be examined at the office of the City of Covington, 333 West Locust Street, Covington, VA 24426.  Complete sets of the project documents may be obtained by contacting Stevie Steele at (540) 552-5548 or ssteele@chacompanies.com.  Project documents will be provided electronically in PDF format and may be obtained at no cost.  Contractors that obtain Contract Documents from a source other than the Issuing Office must notify the Issuing Office in order to be placed on the official Plan Holders List to receive Addenda and other Bid correspondence.  Bids received from Contractors other than those on the official Plan Holders list will not be accepted.  All bids must be made on the official Bid Form or an exact copy by reproduction thereof and enclosed in a sealed envelope.  This is a unit price bid as described in the project documents.  No Bidder may withdraw his bid within forty-five calendar days after the actual date of the opening thereof.  The successful Bidder will be required to furnish construction performance and payment bonds in the full amount of the contract price. The successful bidder will be required to comply with all provisions of the Federal Government Equal Employment Opportunity clauses issued by the Secretary of Labor on May 21, 1968, and published in the Federal Register (41CFR Part 60-1, 33 F.2 7804).