Bus Lane Construction - BSMS

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1.1 SOLICITATION

A. Sealed proposals from interested and qualified construction firms will be received by Carroll County Schools in the school board office at 164 Independence Drive, Carrollton, GA. 30116 until 2:00 PM on September 13, 2022 for construction of:

New Bus Drive for:

Bay Springs Middle School

B. A mandatory pre-proposal meeting will be held at Bay Springs middle School at 10:00 AM on August 30, 2022.

The school’s address is 122 Bay Springs Road, Villa Rica, GA. 30180. Any person or entity that fails to attend the mandatory pre-proposal meeting will not be permitted to submit a Proposal for the Project and any Proposal submitted by a person or entity that did not attend the mandatory pre-proposal meeting will be returned uno-pened.

C. Competitive Sealed Proposals will be opened by the Review Committee and scored as outlined in the Instruc-tions to Proposers. Proposals will not be opened publicly. The Owner will notify the proposers, in writing, of the results.

1.2 BID DOCUMENTS

A. Proposal forms and construction documents may be examined at Southern A & E’s office at 7951 Troon Circle, Austell, Georgia 30168 or by calling 770-819-7777 to request a password and a link to Southern A & E’s online plan service to view the documents. Upon further request documents may be downloaded for printing or hard-copies may be ordered through the online plan service. Only complete sets will be provided for downloading or as hardcopies.

B. No deposits are required and no refunds will be made.

C. Construction documents will not be sent to plan rooms.

1.3 CONDITIONS

A. No proposal may be withdrawn for a period of thirty (30) days after proposals are submitted.

B. Proposals shall include: a) the completed Competitive Sealed Proposal Form b) the signed Bid Form c) the

Bid Bond d) The “Contractor Affidavit and Agreement” demonstrating compliance with O.C.G.A. 13-10-91, Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act and e) affidavits demonstrating compliance with O.C.G.A.

50-36-1, Verification of Lawful Presence Within United states through the use of the Systematic Alien Verifica-tion for Entitlements (SAVE) program which are available on the Georgia Audits and Accounts website

(http://www.audits.ga.gov/NALGAD/section_3_affidavits.html)

C. Retain the following paragraph for Competitive Sealed Proposals only.

D. Bid bond in the amount of five percent of the base bid is required and must be submitted with the bid. A bid bond is the only acceptable form of bid security. No personal checks, cashier’s checks, certified checks or cash will be accepted in lieu of the bid bond.

E. Performance and payment bonds in the amount of one-hundred percent (100%) of the contract sum will be re-quired prior to commencement of construction.

F. All bonds shall be written by a surety licensed to conduct business in Georgia, listed on the Federal Register and acceptable to the Owner.

G. Owner reserves the right to waive technicalities and irregularities and to reject any or all proposals.

1.4 SOLICITED BY:

Mr. Scott Cowart, Superintendent

Carroll County Schools

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