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Harris County Board of Commissioners C & S Project No. H1500.098 2025 Generator Installations September 2025

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INVITATION TO BID

PART 1. GENERAL

1.1 SEALED BIDS

Sealed bids for construction of 2025 Generator Installations will be received until Thursday, November 20th, 2025 at 10:00 am. Bids must be submitted electronically at QuestCDN.com. No paper submissions will be allowed. Any Bid received after said time and date will not be considered by the Owner. No Bid may be withdrawn after the closing time for the receipt of Bids for a period of sixty (60) days except as specifically provided in the Instructions to Bidders and/or by State Law.

1.2 SCOPE OF WORK

Under this project, the Contractor must furnish all labor and materials necessary to install 5 permanent generators and 1 portable generator, automatic or manual transfer switches at all eight sites, and other necessary appurtenances for a complete installation.

Time allotted for completion of work is 365 consecutive calendar days. All Work shall be completed in accordance with the plans and specifications. The Work will be awarded in one (1) Contract.

1.3 PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS AND CONTRACT DOCUMENTS

Complete digital specifications and contract documents are available at www.QuestCDN.com. You may view the digital documents for free by entering the Quest project number 9914871 on the website’s project search page. The fee to download the digital documents is $100.00 payable through the website. There will be a $50.00 fee to submit the bid online. Bids must be submitted electronically at QuestCDN.com. Please contact QuestCDN customer support at 952-233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance in membership registration, downloading and working with digital project information. Any other questions can be directed to the issuing office, Carter & Sloope, Inc., Canton, GA, 770-479-8782.

1.4 CONTRACTOR LICENSE

Any Contractor submitting a bid must be licensed as an Electrician by the State of Georgia or be able to provide a license number for the individual performing the installation. See Instructions to Bidders for additional bidding requirements.

1.5 PREQUALIFICATION OF BIDDERS

Prequalification may be required of Bidders prior to the award of contract. At the Owner’s request, detailed written evidence such as financial data, bonding capacity, previous experience, present commitments, and other such data that may be necessary to

Harris County Board of Commissioners C & S Project No. H1500.098 2025 Generator Installations September 2025

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1.6 BONDS

Bids shall be accompanied by a bid bond or certified cashier’s check in an amount not less than 10% of the base bid. All bonds shall be by a surety company licensed in Georgia with an “A” minimum rating of performance and a financial strength of at least five (5) times the contract price as listed in the most current publication of “Best’s Key Rating Guide Property Liability”. Performance and Payment Bonds, each in an amount equal to 100% of the contract price shall be required of the successful bidder if contract is awarded. Each Bond shall be accompanied by a “Power of Attorney” authorizing the attorney-in-fact to bind the surety and certified to include the date of the bond.

1.7 PERMITS

All anticipated federal, state, or local permits required for the project shall be obtained by the Engineer.

1.8 RESERVATION OF RIGHTS

Owner reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, including without limitation, the rights to reject any or all nonconforming, nonresponsive, unbalanced or conditional Bids and to reject the Bid of any Bidder if Owner believes that it would not be in the best interest of the Project to make an award to that Bidder, whether because the Bid is not responsive or the Bidder is unqualified or of doubtful financial ability or fails to meet any other pertinent standard or criteria established by the Owner.

HARRIS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

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1.8 RESERVATION OF RIGHTS