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. used, it must be from an insurance company licensed to issue such a bond in the State of <br />Minnesota, and preapproved by the City. Such bond must be submitted to Springsted <br />Incorporated prior to the opening o1 the bids. The Financial Surety Bond must Identify each <br />bidder whose Deposit is guaranteed by such Financial Surety Bond. n the Bonds are awarded <br />to a bidder using a Financial Surety Bond, then that purchaser is required to submit Its Deposit <br />to Springsted incorporated in the form of a certified or cashier's check or wire transfer as <br />instructed by Springsted Incorporated not later than 3:30 P.M., Central Time, on the next <br />business day following the award. If such Deposit is not recehred by that time, the Financial <br />Surety Bond may be drawn by the City to satisfy the Deposit requirement. The City wiN deposit <br />the check of the purchaser, the amount of which will be deducted at settlement and no interest <br />wi11 accrue to file purchaser. to the event the purchaser falls to comply with the accepted bid, <br />said amount will be retained by the City. No bid can be withdrawn after the time set for <br />receiving bids unless the meeting of the City scheduled for award of the Bonds Is adjourned, <br />recessed, or continued to another dais without award of the Bonds having been made. Rates <br />shall be in Integral multiples of 5/100 or 1/S of 19b. There is no limit on the interest rate spread <br />if bid in ascending order; however, no rate for any maturity shall be more than 1.096 lower than <br />any prior rate. Bonds of the same maturity shall bear a single rate from the date of the Bonds <br />to the date of maturity. No conditional bid will be accepted. <br />AWARD <br />The Bonds will be awarded to the bidder offering the lowest dollar interest cost to be <br />determined by the deduction of the premium, if any, from, or the addition of any amount less <br />than par, to the total dollar interest on the Bonds from their date to their frnal scheduled <br />maturity. The City's computation of the Iota( net dollar interest cost of each bid, in accordance <br />with customary practice, will be controlling. <br />T'he City will reserve the right to: (i) waive non-substantive informalities of any bid or of matters <br />relating to the receipt of bids and award of the Bonds, (it) reject ail bids without Cause, and, <br />(iii) reject any bid which the City determines to have felled to comply with the terms herein. <br />BOND INSURANCE AT PURCHASER'S OPTION <br />ff the Bonds qualify for issuance of any policy of municipal bond insurance or commitment <br />therefor at the option of the bidder, thv purchase of any such insurance policy or the issuance <br />of any such commitment shall be at the sole option and expanse of the purchaser of the <br />Bonds. Any increased costa of issuance of the Bonds resulting from such purchase of <br />insurance shall be paid by the purchaser, axcopt that, if ihs City has requested and received a <br />rating on the Bonds from a rating agency, the City will pay that rating fee. Any other rating <br />agency fees shall be the responsibility of the purchaser. <br />Failure of the municipal bond insurer to issue the policy after Bonds have bean awarded b the <br />purchaser shall not consti#ute cause for failure or refusal by the purchaser to accept delivery on <br />thta Bonds. <br />REGISTRAR <br />The City will name the registrar which shah be subject to applicabie SEC requlaUons. The City <br />will pay for the services of the registrar, <br />CUSIP NUMBERS <br />if the Bonds quality for assignment of CUSIP numbers such numbers will be printed on the <br />• Bonds, but neither the failure to print such numbers on any Bond nor any error with respect <br />