RFP2025-06 LIBRARY ENGINEER- ADDENDUM NO.pdf
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- Solicitation number
- RFP2025-06
- Issued by
- Mercer County, Jersey City, New Jersey
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This document is an Addendum No. One for Request for Proposals (RFP2025-06) issued by the Mercer County Purchasing Department in New Jersey for a qualified engineering firm to provide bid and permit-ready drawings, specifications, and construction management services for the West Windsor Branch Library. The electronic sealed bids are scheduled to be opened on April 8, 2025, at 11:30 A.M. via a live-streamed electronic platform on BidNet Direct. Bidders are required to submit their proposals electronically through the specified website, with no physical bids being accepted.
The addendum includes a series of questions and answers that provide additional context about the project. Key points include confirmation that digital plans will be available in PDF format to the awarded vendor, site surveys are permitted during business hours, and no major structural changes or new utility services are anticipated. The building, constructed in the 1990s, does not contain asbestos-containing materials. The scope involves replacing existing equipment with similar components, and a new Building Management System will be implemented. Bidders are instructed to comply with specific state regulations and must acknowledge receipt of this addendum as part of their proposal submission.
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ADDENDUM NO. ONE
Notice is hereby given that on April 8,2025 at 11:30 A.M. (Prevailing time), electronically sealed bids will be opened and conducted in electronic platform in accord with N.J.A.C. 5:34-1 et. Seq., on BidNet Direct at https://www.bidnetdirect.com/new-jersey/mercercounty at which time and place the electronic sealed bids will be opened publicly and read via live-stream by the Purchasing Agent in the Mercer County McDade Administration Building, 640 South Broad Street, Room 321 Third Floor, Trenton, New Jersey for:
RFP2025-06
A QUALIFIED ENGINEERING FIRM TO PROVIDE BID & PERMIT READY
DRAWINGS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR WEST
WINDSOR BRANCH LIBRARY
BID SUBMISSIONS:
Bids shall be electronically uploaded through BidNet Direct following:
https://www.bidnetdirect.com/new-jersey/mercercounty.
No physical bids shall be received, opened or honored. Please contact BidNet for any questions or assistance with electronic bid submission 1800-835-4603 Option 2.
Clarifications, amendments, additions, deletions, revisions and modifications are part of the
Contract and change the original documents only in the manner and to the extent stated.
Bidders shall complete the Acknowledgement of Receipt of Addendum No. One and shall include the Acknowledgement with their response.
Specifications and bid forms can be obtained through https://www.bidnetdirect.com/new-jersey/mercercounty.
It is the responsibility of prospective bidders to check this website for any addenda issued prior to the proposal opening. Failure to do so could result in the rejection of your submission.
Bidders are required to comply with the requirements of N.J.S.A.10:5-31 et seq. and N.J.A.C. 17:27.
COUNTY OF MERCER, NEW JERSEY
Purchasing Department 609 989 6710 https://www.bidnetdirect.com/new-jersey/mercercounty
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT OF ADDENDA
RELEASE DATE: MARCH 26,2025
ADDENDUM NO. ONE
The undersigned Respondent hereby acknowledges receipt Addendum No. One:
Date: ___________________________________
Signed: ___________________________________
Title: ___________________________________
Printed Name: ___________________________________
Date: ___________________________________
Company: ___________________________________
ADDENDUM NO.ONE
Q1. Are digital plans available that will include mechanical and electrical?
Answer: Yes, they are available in PDF form and will be made available to the awarded vendor.
Q2. Would they be allowed to survey during business hours?
Answer: Yes
Q3. What is the extent of existing Building Management System (BMS)?
Answer: Scope includes new BMS – because unsure if existing systems are a ‘true’ system which receives/sends alerts – or if just a series of commands (if/then) switches to various equipment.
Q4. Will there exist a new for new services (electric, gas, etc.)?
Answer: Not anticipated that new service runs are needed.
Q5. Will there be a need to run new electric lines?
Answer: Not anticipated, but not sure. Replacing like with like – and believe that newer equipment will have similar or less of an electric draw than existing equipment.
Q6. Were core samples completed?
Answer: No
Q7. Are structural changes/updates needed?
Answer: Not anticipated since replacing like with like. Not sure if any damage may be found – but, the selected engineer will finalize/determine.
Q8. Please confirm lack of Asbestos Containing Materials (ACM)?
Answer: Confirmed. The building was constructed in the 1990’s as noted in Feasibility/RFP
Scope.
Q9. What is the existing warrantee on the roof?
Answer: We currently don’t have this information.
Q10. Would you like for guard rails to be a part of the design scope?
Answer: No
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