Benzie HS Windows Advertisement (1).pdf

5400-14A NOTICE TO BIDDERS NTB-1

Kingscott Associates, Inc. High School Middle School

Architects/Engineers Window Replacement

Portage, Michigan Benzie County Central Schools

Benzonia, Michigan

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Sealed Bids for the High School Middle School Window Replacement Project will be received by Benzie Central Schools, at the Central Office, 9300 homestead Road, Benzonia, Michigan

49616 on September 23, 2025 until 2:00 p.m., local time.

Bids will be opened publicly and read aloud at the Benzie Central High School (9222

Homestead Road, Benzonia, MI).

Bids received after 2:00pm will be returned unopened. Each bid shall be accompanied by a sworn and notarized statement disclosing any familial relationship that exists between the owner or any employee of the firm submitting the bid and the Superintendent of Benzie Central Schools or any member of the Board of Education.

Bids shall be executed on the Bid Form provided. Each proposal must be accompanied by a satisfactory certified check, money order, or bid bond payable to Benzie Central Schools for not less than five (5%) percent of the amount of the bid and delivered in a sealed envelope bearing the bidder’s name, address, and project identification.

All bids submitted shall be from a prime bidder only and shall include all subcontractor costs for scopes identified in the contract documents. This project does not require prevailing wages.

Successful bidder(s) will be awarded by AIA A101-2017, Standard Form of Agreement Between

Owner and Contractor, issued by the Owner following direction by Big Rapids Public Schools.

Bidding and Contract Documents will be available from Kingscott Associates, Inc. on September

3, 2025 on the Kingscott ShareFile site. For access to the Kingscott ShareFile site, please contact

Lisa Dailey ldailey@kingscott.com. No printed sets of contract documents will be issued;

however, the electronic files may be reproduced for bidding purposes by the bidder and at the bidder’s expense.

The Owner reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, to waive any irregularities in biding and to refrain from accepting or rejecting any bids for a period of thirty (30) days after the bid opening.

There will NOT be a pre-bid meeting. Access to the Owner’s facilities may be arranged through contacting Mike Zielinski at (231) 645-8429.

The project scope of work includes the following:

1. High School / Middle School: removal and replacement of (14) exterior original aluminum storefront windows with new thermally efficient aluminum storefront and operable windows.