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HOWELL PUBLIC SCHOOLS

2023 BOND PROGRAM

HOWELL COMMUNITY CENTER

BP #3: Community Center

Howell Public Schools will receive firm prime contractor bids for the labor, materials, equipment, and all other services to complete the Sitework & Utilities scope of work at the following project: Howell Community Center at 1224 West Grand River Ave., Howell, MI 48843. This bid package will consist of concrete, masonry, steel, carpentry, metal panels, roofing, glazing, finishes, athletic equipment, casework, grandstand seating, synthetic turf, asphalt, fire suppression, plumbing, HVAC, electrical, structured cabling, fencing, landscaping, etc. that will be part of the new Howell Community Center project.

The bid documents consist of Plans and Specifications prepared by Kingscott Associates, and Front-End documents consisting of Instructions to Bidders, Scopes of Work, and Bid Forms prepared by AUCH Construction. Documents may be downloaded from Precon Suite (formerly Pipeline Suite) on or after Friday, October 2nd, 2026. If you need assistance viewing bid documents or project documents through Precon Suite, please contact Travis Collins with AUCH Construction at 248-334-2000.

A Pre-Bid meeting will be held on-site at the future site of the Howell Community Center, which will be located on the North end of the Howell High School Field House & Aquatics Center…. at the North parking lot near where the existing practice baseball diamonds are located; 1224 West Grand River Ave., Howell, MI 48843. The pre-bid meeting will be on Monday, October 12th, 2026 at 11:30 AM. While attendance is not mandatory, participation in this meeting is strongly encouraged for all bidders.

Bids will be accepted via Precon Suite for electronic bid submission. Hard copy sealed bids will also be accepted; however, we strongly encourage using the Precon Suite electronic submission process. Please upload the appropriate proposal forms provided by the construction manager in the submission. If hard copy bids are delivered, they must be a sealed bid on the forms furnished by the Construction Manager and must be completed in full. An opaque envelope bearing your proposal must identify your company, the project name, the proposal being bid and be addressed and delivered to:

Howell Public Schools Administration Building 411 N. Highlander Way; Suite D Howell, MI 48843 Attn: Mr. Paul Pominville, Assistant Superintendent of Operations and Technology Project: Howell Community Center

Bids must be delivered no later than 12:00 noon (EST), Thursday, November 5th, 2026 to the locations indicated above. The Board of Education will not accept bids submitted after the date and time specified for bid submission. All late bid proposals will be returned to the bidder unopened. Precon Suite will not allow electronic bid submissions after the due date and time.

Completing the electronic bid submission questions and uploading bid forms does take time, which must be accounted for and be fully completed and submitted prior to the bid due date and time.

Bids over the State threshold of $31,321 must be accompanied with either a certified cashier’s check or a U.S. treasury listed security bond in the amount of 5% of the bid amount. Bids received without this guaranty will not be read or considered. Electronic scans of the cashier’s checks are not accepted. All cashiers’ checks must be delivered prior to the due date and time, and must be made payable to Howell Public Schools. Cashier’s Checks will be returned to the bidder upon execution of the contract. All proposals shall be firm for a period of ninety (90) days.

Bids must be accompanied by a sworn and notarized statement disclosing any familial relationship that exists between the owner or any employee of the bidder and any member of the Board of Education, or the Superintendent. Additionally, bids shall be accompanied by a sworn and notarized statement for the Iran Economic Sanctions Act Affidavit of Compliance and Equal Opportunity Statement. Bids not accompanied by these documents will not be accepted.

Bids will be publicly opened and read via a public and virtual meeting on Microsoft Teams held at the Howell Public Schools

Admin. Building starting at 1:00 PM on Thursday, November 5th, 2026 in the Edinburgh Room. To access the MS Teams meeting, please use the following URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/join-a-meeting/ then enter… Meeting ID: 265 857 035 408 233 Passcode: bP6w7bY7

Successful bidders whose proposals are $50,000 or more will be required to furnish a Satisfactory Performance and Payment Bond in the amount of 100% of their bid. The cost of the Bond shall be included in each proposal.

The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any and/or all bids in whole or in part, and to waive any informality therein.

The Board of Education reserves the right to accept that bid which in its opinion is in the best interest of the Owner, or to award the contract to an alternate bidder other than the bidder(s) submitting the best financial Bid (low bidder) in its sole and absolute discretion.

Board of Education Howell Public Schools