1-OMB-MC5508000005-RFP.pdf
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- OMB-MC5508000005
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- Delaware
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This is an Invitation to Bid issued by the State of Delaware, Office of Management and Budget, Division of Facilities Management (DFM) for Contract No. MC5508000005 involving the replacement of a cooling tower and associated modifications at the Transportation Management Center in Smyrna, Delaware. Sealed bids must be submitted through the Bonfire Portal at https://DFM.bonfirehub.com by 10:00 AM on Thursday, August 20, 2026, with public bid opening and reading scheduled for 11:00 AM on the same date at the Haslet Armory in Dover, Delaware. A mandatory pre-bid meeting is required on Wednesday, August 5, 2026 at 10:00 AM at the Transportation Management Center (169 Brick Store Landing Road, Smyrna, DE 19977) to establish subcontractor lists and address questions; attendance is a prerequisite for bidding. The project scope encompasses cooling tower replacement, piping modifications, insulation, and building automation systems (Division 23 HVAC work) plus electrical power systems, conduit, wiring, and switchgear (Division 26 electrical work). Award will be made to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder within thirty days of bid opening, unless the agency elects best-value evaluation. The successful bidder must execute the formal contract within twenty calendar days of award.
Each bid submission must include bid security equal to ten percent of the bid amount plus all additive alternates, a completed subcontractor list, an Affidavit of Contractor Qualifications, a Non-Collusion Statement, and a notarized Affidavit of Employee Drug Testing Program compliance. Contract documents are available from Reprographics Center, Inc. (298 Churchmans Road, New Castle, DE 19720, phone 302-328-5019) for $250.00 per paper set or $75.00 per electronic set (non-refundable). The successful bidder must furnish performance and payment bonds equal to one hundred percent of the contract price. Prevailing wage requirements apply under OMB Circular 5508000005, with mechanics and laborers to be paid weekly at rates determined by Delaware's Department of Labor, Division of Industrial Affairs, and contractors must submit sworn certified payroll records. A general contingency allowance of ten thousand dollars is included in the bid, with any remaining balance credited to the owner. The contract utilizes AIA Document A101-2017 on a stipulated sum basis with Delaware-specific supplements and the state's General Requirements and Supplementary General Conditions. Questions are due by August 4, 2026.
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Transportation Management Center Cooling Tower Replacement December 19, 2025 MC5508000005
StudioJAED Architects & Engineers INVITATION TO BID Project No. 25045 00 11 16 - 1
SECTION 00 11 16
INVITATION TO BID
Sealed bids for OMB/DFM Contract No. MC5508000005 – Transportation Management
Center – Cooling Tower Replacement will be received by the State of Delaware, Office of Management and Budget, Division of Facilities Management, by way of the Bonfire Portal at https://DFM.bonfirehub.com until 10:00 AM local time on Thursday, August 20, 2026. Bidder bears the risk of late submission.
Bids will be opened and read aloud at 11:00 AM local time on Thursday, August 20, 2026 at the Haslet Armory, 122 Martin Luther King Blvd S., Dover, DE 19901.
The project involves the replacement of a cooling tower and associated modifications.
A MANDATORY Pre-Bid Meeting will be held at 10:00 AM local time on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, at the Transportation Management Center, 169 Brick Store Landing Road, Smyrna, DE 19977, for the purpose of establishing the list of subcontractors and to answer questions. Upon arrival, attendees are to check in at reception desk for directions to pre-bid meeting room. Representatives of each party to any Joint Venture must attend this meeting.
ATTENDANCE OF THIS MEETING IS A PREREQUISITE FOR BIDDING ON THIS
CONTRACT.
Contract documents may be obtained at Reprographics Center, Inc., 298 Churchmans Road, New Castle, DE 19720, phone (302) 328-5019, upon receipt of $250.00 per paper set or $75.00 per electronic set, non-refundable. Checks are to be made payable to “StudioJAED”.
Bidders will not be subject to discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin in consideration of this award, and Minority Business Enterprises, Disadvantaged Business Enterprises, Women-Owned Business Enterprises and Veteran-Owned Business Enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids on this contract. Each bid must be accompanied by a bid security equivalent to ten percent of the bid amount and all additive alternates. The successful bidder must post a performance bond and payment bond in a sum equal to 100 percent of the contract price upon execution of the contract.
The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informalities therein.
The Owner may extend the time and place for the opening of the bids from that described in the advertisement, with not less than two calendar days’ notice by certified delivery, facsimile machine or other electronic means to those bidders receiving plans.
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