Pickleball Lighting.pdf

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SECTION 00100

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

1. Sealed Bids: Sealed bids for construction of the project entitled Pickleball Court Lighting will be received until 11:00 AM on Thursday, April 17th, 2025 at the City Manager’s Office, 106 East Lee Street, Thomaston, Georgia 30286, at which time and place they will be publicly opened and read. No bid may be withdrawn after the closing time for the receipt of bids for a period of sixty (60) days.

2. Work To Be Done: The Work to be completed for the Pickleball Court Lighting is described briefly as follows:

In general, construction shall consist of the installation of court lighting for the new pickleball courts. The court lighting will consist of 8 new 18” round 4’ deep concrete bases; 8 new 30’ aluminum grade light poles on bases; and new 16 Glan Galleon II light fixtures with 120 degree tenon tops on poles. All feeder wire for lights will be 6AWG with a 10AWG ground, with 12AWG wire going up poles. All lights will be fused at hand holes in poles and feeder wire will be contained in new ¾ conduit for feeder wire.

A new panel service will include constructing a 100 amp electrical service, with Hubbel 100 amp switch for disconnect; new 18 x 18 locking enclosures and 240v 60amp lighting contractor, control transformer, HOA switch, and a pedestrian 2 hour time will be enclosed in all NEMA-4X boxes.

3. Plans, Specifications and Contract Documents: Complete digital specifications and contract documents are available at www.QuestCDN.com. You may view the digital documents for free by entering the Quest project number 9588585 on the website’s project search page. The fee to download the digital documents is $100 (non-refundable) payable through the website. A bidder’s proposal will not be considered by the Owner unless the Bidder is on record with Quest/ESG Engineering, Inc. as having purchased and received complete Bidding Documents. Please contact QuestCDN customer support at 952-233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance in membership registration, downloading and working with digital project information. Any other questions can be directed to the issuing office, ESG Engineering, Inc. Margaret Hildebrand mhildebrand@esgengineering.com or 478-474-4996.

4. Contractor License: Any Contractor submitting a bid must be licensed by the State of Georgia. See

Instructions to Bidders for additional bidding requirements.

5. Bonds: Bids shall be accompanied by a bid bond or certified cashier’s check in an amount not less than

5% of the base bid. All bonds shall be by a surety company licensed in Georgia with an “A” minimum rating of performance and a financial strength of at least five (5) times the contract price as listed in the most current publication of “Best’s Key Rating Guide Property Liability”. Performance and Payment Bonds, each in an amount equal to 100% of the contract price shall be required of the successful bidder if contract is awarded. Each Bond shall be accompanied by a “Power of Attorney” authorizing the attorney-in-fact to bind the surety and certified to include the date of the bond.

6. Funding: This project will be funded through local funds.

7. Reservation of Rights: Owner reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, including without limitation, the rights to reject any or all nonconforming, nonresponsive, unbalanced or conditional Bids and to reject the Bid of any Bidder if Owner believes that it would not be in the best interest of the Project to make an award to that Bidder, whether because the Bid is not responsive or the Bidder is unqualified or of doubtful

ESG Engineering, Inc. 00100 - 2 financial ability or fails to meet any other pertinent standard or criteria established by the Owner.

City of Thomaston Represented By: Russell Thompson

City Manager