Chillers & Towers Removals at 4 locations

The University of Georgia Procurement Office is soliciting sealed bids for the removal of chillers and towers at four locations: Aderhold, Tate Student Center, Instructional Plaza, and Fine Arts. This construction project is procured by the University of Georgia on behalf of its Athens campus operations. The primary deliverable is the furnishing and installation of chiller and tower removal services across these four designated facilities, with the core objective of decommissioning existing HVAC equipment at these locations. Bidders must obtain all bidding documents through the University of Georgia Procurement Office located at 424 East Broad Street, Room 301, Athens, Georgia 30602, or by contacting Jessica Beri, Senior Procurement Specialist, at jberi@uga.edu. A mandatory pre-bid conference and facility walk-through is scheduled for November 26, 2013, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Tate Student Center Loading Dock (45 Baxter Street, Athens, GA 30602), with attendance required for all contractors intending to bid; Project Superintendent Mike Jewell can be reached at (706) 255-4911 or steven53@uga.edu for walk-through inquiries. Sealed bids must be physically delivered to Room 301 of the Business Services Building by 2:00 p.m. on December 18, 2013, at which time bids will be publicly opened and announced. Addendum One was issued on December 9, 2013, and all project addenda are exclusively available on the Georgia Procurement Registry.

The procurement opportunity does not specify set-aside designations, disadvantaged enterprise requirements, or restrictions limiting eligible respondents to particular organization types. No incumbent vendors or current contractors are identified in the solicitation documents. The contract does not identify a specific budget range or award value, leaving the contract amount to be determined through competitive bidding. Contractors should be aware that bidding documents must be obtained exclusively through official University of Georgia Procurement Office channels to ensure receipt of complete and accurate information, as acquisition from unauthorized sources creates risk of outdated or incomplete bid materials. The project timeline indicates that a bid tabulation was added on December 19, 2013, suggesting the bidding process had already closed by that date.