Cooling Tower Replacement - Building B

The Technical College System of Georgia, on behalf of Chattahoochee Technical College, solicited sealed bids for cooling tower replacement in Building B at the Marietta campus, with bids due January 31, 2023. Attendance at a mandatory prebid conference and site visit on January 6, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. EST in Building D, Room D2207 was required for all bidders; failure to attend in its entirety resulted in automatic disqualification.

The project involves replacement of a cooling tower at the Marietta Campus facility located at 980 South Cobb Drive, Marietta, Georgia. Work must be performed in strict conformity with project plans and contract documents provided through the Team Georgia Marketplace electronic bidding system. Bids required submission of a completed Bid Form, Bid Bond in an amount specified in the Project Manual, Contractor Affidavit, Tax Compliance Form, and all addenda. All bids were submitted electronically; paper bids were not accepted.

Requests for interpretations of bidding documents were due January 13, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. Addendum 1 was posted January 19, 2023, with a final addendum deadline of January 19, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. All communications regarding bidding documents, the bidding process, and substitution requests were submitted in writing to contracting officer Denita Jones at djones@tcsg.edu or 404-679-5951.

Comfort Systems USA (Southeast), Inc. was selected as the apparent successful offeror with a fixed contract amount of $247,078. A Notice of Intent to Award was posted February 13, 2023. One unsuccessful bidder, Maxair Mechanical, was rejected based on not submitting the low bid. All protests regarding the award were to be submitted electronically to doas.protests@doas.ga.gov within the timeframe specified in the Georgia Procurement Manual.