Bid Advertisment

Montabella Community Schools is soliciting sealed bids for a Series 1 Addition & Renovations project located in Blanchard, Michigan, encompassing multiple construction work categories including earthwork, site utilities, structural concrete, masonry, steel, general trades, painting, mechanical systems, roofing, electrical work, and related trades as detailed in the Project Manual. The project is being managed by The Christman Company with Tower Pinkster serving as Architect/Engineer. Bids are due in two phases: February 12, 2019 at 2:00 PM for work categories 02, 10, 11, 12, 20, 24, 25, and 27, and February 14, 2019 at 2:00 PM for work categories 14, 15, 18, 21, 22, and 28. A pre-bid conference was held on January 29, 2019 at 1:00 PM at Montabella Jr/Sr High Cafeteria, with an additional optional site visit available on February 6, 2019 at 1:00 PM. Pre-Bid Requests for Information were due by end of business on February 6, 2019. Contract documents became available via Dropbox beginning January 21, 2019, and sealed proposals must be submitted to Montabella Schools Central Office at 302 W Main Street, Edmore, MI 48829, using the north entrance. All proposals will be publicly opened at 2:00 PM on the respective bid due dates, and all contractors must be bondable and capable of furnishing Co-Obligee Labor and Material Payment Bonds and Co-Obligee Performance Bonds.

All bidders must submit bid security in the form of a certified check, cashier's check, money order, or bid bond payable to The Christman Company in an amount equal to at least five percent of the base bid. Proposals remain valid for sixty days following the bid date, with unsuccessful bidders' bid security returned immediately after contract award and successful bidders required to enter into contract and furnish required bonds and insurance within thirty days of award or face forfeiture of bid security. No specific set-asides for disadvantaged enterprises or restrictions on respondent types are indicated in the procurement documents. The Owner, Architect, and Construction Manager reserve the right to waive irregularities, reject any or all proposals, or accept any proposal deemed in their best interest. No specific award value or budget range is disclosed in the available documents. The project includes security infrastructure to be provided by a separate security contractor, with new electrical power connections to be fed from existing Panel A in the technology room, requiring coordination with existing building systems.