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HOWELL PUBLIC SCHOOLS

2023 BOND PROGRAM

COMMUNITY CENTER ELECTRIC PRIMARY RELOCATION

Howell Public Schools will receive firm prime contractor bids for the labor, materials, equipment, and all other services to complete the following project: Community Center Electric Primary Relocation located at 1224 W. Grand River Avenue, Howell, MI 48843. This project will consist of relocating and replacing the existing electric primary switchgear and transformers.

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 on or after Thursday, October 23rd, 2025. If you need assistance viewing bid documents or project documents through Precon Suite, please contact Kirsten Vincent with AUCH Construction at 248-334-2000.

A Pre-Bid Meeting will be held at the existing primary switchgear location on the North end of the Howell High School Field House / Aquatics Center, 1224 W. Grand River Avenue, Howell, MI 48843, on Monday, October 27th, 2025 at 1:00 PM. This meeting is not mandatory, but highly recommended to 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 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: HPS Community Center Electric Primary Relocation

Bids must be delivered no later than 12:00 PM (EST), Monday, November 10th, 2025 to the location 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 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 may 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 (EST) on Monday, November 10th, 2025 in the Edinburgh Room. To access the MS Teams meeting for the bid opening, please use the following URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/join-a-meeting/ then enter… Meeting ID: 253 683 064 562 9 Passcode: 2LL7ZK9P

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. Approval by the Board of Education of a Recommendation to award a contract to a particular contractor does not constitute a formal contract, and the Board of Education reserves the right to retract an approval of a recommendation.

Board of Education Howell Public Schools