23-0512 LAKE JOY PRIMARY & ELE

March 2023

Bid # 23-512

LJPS & LJES Site Upgrades Houston County School District

Warner Robins, Georgia 00100 - 1

SECTION 00100

INVITATION FOR BIDS

Sealed Proposals for the Lake Joy Primary & Elementary Site Upgrades for the Houston County

School District will be received until 10:00 AM local time, Thursday, March 30, 2023 at Houston

County School District, 1100 Main St., Bldg. A, Perry, Georgia 31069, at which time and place they will be publicly opened and read. No bid may be withdrawn after the closing time for the receipt of bids for a period of sixty (60) calendar days.

Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference for the Lake Joy Primary & Elementary Site Upgrades for the

Houston County School District will be held at 10:00 AM local time, Thursday, March 16, 2023 at

Lake Joy Elementary School, 985 Lake Joy Road, Warner Robins, Georgia 31088. The meeting will take place outside adjacent to the parking lot to the south side of the school.

E-Verify Requirement: All bidders shall provide their signed E-Verify affidavit with their bid. Bids will not be considered without the Contractor affidavit. The successful bidder is responsible for obtaining a signed E-verify affidavit from their Subcontractors and Sub-subcontractors.

The work to be done consists of furnishing all materials, equipment and labor necessary to complete the site improvements as shown on the construction drawings. The work shall be installed as detailed on the construction drawings and specified herein and all incidental work required for a complete and functional installation. Work shall include but not be limited to new asphalt roadway, asphalt overlays, concrete curb and gutter, sidewalk and storm infrastructure. Contractors are responsible for traffic control and erosion control. All construction shall comply with the City of Warner Robins Standard Specifications.

Plans, Specifications and Contract Documents are available for review at the Houston County School

District office at 1100 Main St., Bldg. A, Perry, GA 31069 during regular business hours. Bid

Documents & Drawings may be obtained from Houston County School District, 1100 Main St., Bldg. A, Perry, Georgia 31069, 478-988-6246.

Bonds: The successful bidder, if awarded the Contract, will be required to furnish a Performance Bond in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract amount and a Payment Bond in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract amount.

License: The Bidder shall hold a current Contractor’s License and a Utility Manager License issued by the Georgia State Construction Industry Licensing Board.

Owner’s Right: The Houston County School District reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any technicalities and informalities and re-advertise. The Houston County School District further reserves the right to award this contract in whole or in part.

END OF SECTION

Warner Robins, Georgia 00200 - 1 March 2023

SECTION 00200

INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS

1 – DEFINED TERMS

1.1 Terms used in these Instructions to Bidders have the meanings indicated in the General

Conditions and Supplementary Conditions. Additional terms used in these Instructions to

Bidders have the meanings indicated below:

A. Bidder – One who submits a Bid directly to the Houston County School District, as distinct from a sub-bidder, who submits a bid to a bidder.

B. Successful Bidder – The lowest, qualified, responsible and responsive Bidder to whom the Houston County School District (on the basis of Houston County School District’s evaluation of bid and qualifications as hereinafter provided) makes an award.

C. Bidding Documents – Includes the Advertisement for Bids, Instructions to Bidders, the

Proposal, Bid Bond and the proposed Contract Documents (including all Addenda issued prior to receipt of Bids).

2 – COPIES OF BIDDING DOCUMENTS

2.1 Complete sets of the Bidding Documents in the number and for the deposit sum, if any, stated in the Advertisement for Bids may be obtained from the Engineer.

2.2 Complete sets of Bidding Documents shall be used in preparing Bids; neither Houston

County School District nor Engineer assumes any responsibility for errors or misinterpretations resulting from the use of incomplete sets of Bidding Documents.

2.3 Houston County School District and Engineer, in making copies of Bidding Documents available on the above terms, do so only for the purpose of obtaining Bids for the Work and do not authorize or confer a license for any other use.

3 – QUALIFICATIONS OF BIDDERS

3.1 To demonstrate Bidder’s qualifications to perform the Work, Bidder should submit written evidence of the following data. Bidder understands that completing the questions is not required but the answers will be one of the primary tools used to evaluate the Bidders’ qualifications.

A. Evidence of Bidder’s qualification to do business in the state where the Project is located or covenant to obtain such qualification prior to award of the Contract.

B. Bidder’s state contractor license number.

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C. Bidder’s Utility Manager License number.

D. Bidder’s project experience similar to project.

3.2 Bidder is advised to carefully review those portions of the Proposal requiring Bidder’s representations and certifications.

3.3 The Houston County School District may request additional information from Bidders.

Such information must be submitted to the Houston County School District within five (5) business days of the request.

4 – EXAMINATION OF BIDDING DOCUMENTS, OTHER RELATED DATA, AND SITE

4.1 Underground Facilities

A. Information and data shown or indicated in the Bidding Documents with respect to existing Underground Facilities at or contiguous to the Site is based upon information and data furnished to Houston County School District and Engineer by owners of such

Underground Facilities, or others, including Houston County School District. Houston

County School District does not assume responsibility for the accuracy or completeness thereof unless it is expressly provided otherwise in the Supplementary Conditions.

4.2 Provisions concerning responsibilities for the adequacy of data furnished to prospective

Bidders with respect to subsurface conditions, other physical conditions and Underground

Facilities, and possible changes in the Bidding Documents due to differing or unanticipated conditions appear in Paragraphs 4.02, 4.03 and 4.04 of the General

Conditions. Provisions concerning responsibilities for the adequacy of data furnished to prospective Bidders with respect to a Hazardous Environmental Condition at the Site, if any, and possible changes in the Contract Documents due to any Hazardous

Environmental Condition uncovered or revealed at the Site which was not shown or indicated in the Drawings or Specifications or identified in the Contract Documents to be within the scope of the Work, appear in Paragraph 4.06 of the General Conditions.

4.3 On request in advance, Houston County School District will provide Bidder access to the

Site to conduct such examinations, investigations, explorations, tests, and studies as

Bidder deems necessary for submission of a Bid. Bidder shall fill all holes and clean up and restore the Site to its former condition upon completion of such explorations, investigations, tests, and studies. Bidder accepts all liability for any possible damages, accidents or injuries incurred by Bidder on Houston County School District property during their reconnaissance of the Site. Bidder shall comply with all applicable Laws and

Regulations relative to excavation and utility locates.

4.4 Reference is made to the Supplementary Conditions for the identification of:

A. Those reports of explorations and tests of subsurface conditions at the Site which have been utilized by Engineer in preparation of the Bidding Documents. Bidder may rely upon the accuracy of the technical data contained in such reports but not upon non-technical data, interpretations or opinions contained therein or for the completeness

Warner Robins, Georgia 00200 - 3 March 2023 thereof for the purposes of bidding or construction.

B. Those drawings of physical conditions in or relating to existing surface and subsurface conditions, (except Underground Facilities), which are at or contiguous to the Site which have been utilized by Engineer in preparation of the Bidding Documents. Bidder may rely upon the accuracy of the technical data contained in such drawings but not upon the completeness thereof for the purposes of bidding or construction.

C. Copies of such reports and drawings will be made available by Houston County School

District to any Bidder on request. Those reports and drawings are not part of the

Contract Documents, but the technical data contained therein upon which Bidder is entitled to rely as provided in Paragraphs 4.04 A and B are incorporated therein by reference. Such technical data has been identified and established in the Supplementary

Conditions.

4.5 It is the responsibility of each Bidder before submitting a Bid to:

A. examine and carefully study the Bidding Documents, and the other related data identified in the Bidding Documents;

B. visit the Site and become familiar with and satisfy Bidder as to the general, local, and

Site conditions that may affect cost, progress, and performance of the Work, especially with respect to possible utility conflicts with the installation of the proposed water system as shown on the Plans;

C. become familiar with and satisfy Bidder as to all federal, state, and local Laws and

Regulations that may affect cost, progress, and performance of the Work;

D. carefully study all: (1) reports of explorations and tests, if any, of subsurface conditions at or contiguous to the Site and all drawings of physical conditions relating to existing surface or subsurface structures at the Site (except Underground Facilities) that have been identified in Paragraph 4.02 of the Supplementary Conditions as containing reliable "technical data," and (2) reports and drawings of Hazardous Environmental

Conditions, if any, at the Site that have been identified in the Paragraph 4.06 of the

Supplementary Conditions as containing reliable "technical data";

E. make or obtain, at Bidder’s own expense, any additional examinations, investigations, explorations, tests and studies and obtain any additional information and data which pertain to the physical conditions (surface, subsurface and Underground Facilities) at or contiguous to the site or otherwise which may affect cost, progress, performance or furnishing of the Work and which Bidder deems necessary to determine its Bid for performing and furnishing the Work in accordance with the time, price and other terms and conditions of the Contract Documents.

F. consider the information known to Bidder; information commonly known to contractors doing business in the locality of the Site; information and observations obtained from visits to the Site; the Bidding Documents; and the Site-related reports and drawings identified in the Bidding Documents, with respect to the effect of such information,