ESBD_File_339932_Notice to Bidders.pdf

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is inviting bids to Install Fire Alarm System – Ferguson Unit in Midway, Texas.

This project is to provide and install a wireless based central station fire alarm system complete with fire alarm control panels, annunciators, smoke detectors, duct detectors, relays, horns/strobes and other components as required by NFPA life safety codes. This project will be throughout the entire Ferguson Unit.

Contractor must provide evidence that demonstrates the contractor is qualified to satisfactorily perform the specified work and, the contractor shall submit written evidence to include a minimum of three (3) projects completed within the last ten (10) years of similar work, size, and complexity to include the owner's name, telephone number, location, type of facility, construction cost and the date of completion with all bid proposals.

Contractors are required to submit a HUB Subcontracting Plan as detailed in Exhibit 1. Failure to submit a completed HUB Subcontracting Plan will result in the bid being rejected from further consideration.

Contractor must be bondable and insurable at the levels required. All bid proposals must be accompanied by a Bid Deposit in the amount of 5% of greatest amount bid. Performance and Payment Bonds in the amount of 100% of the contract amount will be required upon award of a contract.

The TDCJ reserves the right to reject any or all bids, and to waive any informality or irregularity.

It is the TDCJ’s intent to issue the Notice to Proceed at the Pre-Construction Meeting with the performance period to begin upon issuance.

Bid Documents can be purchased from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice at a cost of $60.00 (Sixty Dollars), non-refundable per set, inclusive of mailing/delivery costs, or they may be viewed at various plan rooms. Payment checks for documents should be made payable to Parkhill, Inc. and sent to:

Parkhill, Smith & Cooper 4222 85th Street Lubbock, TX 79423 Jarred Higgins, P.E.

A Pre-bid Conference will be held at 9:30 a.m. on November 7, 2023, at the Ferguson Unit, 12120 Savage Drive, Midway, Texas, followed by a site visit. Registration is required to attend. Please contact the Contract Specialist, Theresa Hall, CTCD, at (936) 437-3820 or Theresa.hall@tdcj.texas.gov, to register. ONLY ONE SCHEDULED

SITE VISIT WILL BE HELD FOR REASONS OF SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY; THEREFORE,

BIDDERS SHOULD ATTEND.

Due to strict security please be aware that entrance to the unit will be denied to anyone in possession of any items to include, but not limited to, any of the following: weapons (including pocketknives), tobacco products, alcohol, cell phones, pagers and more than $25.00. Visitors are subjected to searches as they enter the facility and may be required to walk through electronic scanning equipment such as metal detectors. Access to the facility will be denied to anyone not willing to be searched. Appropriate attire required.

Bids will be publicly opened and read at 3:00 p.m. on December 5, 2023, in the Contracts and Procurement Conference Room located at 2 Financial Plaza, Suite 703, Huntsville, Texas. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice requires the Contractor to make a good faith effort to include Historically Underutilized Businesses (HUB’s) in at least 21.1% of the total value of this construction contract award. Attention is called to the fact that not less than the minimum wage rates prescribed in the Special Conditions must be paid on these projects.