Farber Educational Campus Buffer Tank Installation

Fresno Unified School District is soliciting sealed bids under Informal Bid No. 1561-00017 for installation of a new buffer tank in the chilled water return piping to chillers at Farber Educational Campus, with a mandatory pre-bid conference and job-walk on October 28, 2026 at 10:00 AM and bids due November 17, 2026 by 2:00 PM. Attendance at the pre-bid is required for bids to be deemed responsive. A Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) goal of 3% of the total contract dollar amount applies to this project.

Prime contractors must hold a valid Class "C-20" Contractor's License (Warm Air Heating, Ventilating and Air-Conditioning). Scope covers the buffer tank along with associated plumbing, piping, and system connections at 720 S. 10th Street, Fresno, California. The project completion period is 90 calendar days. Bids must be accompanied by a certified check, cashier's check, or bidder's bond of not less than 10% of the total bid amount, payable to Fresno Unified, and the DVBE Declaration must be submitted with the bid through the Procureware portal.

The architect/engineer's estimate is approximately $140,000.

Bid documents are available at no charge from the FUSD bidding portal at https://fresnousdpurchasing.procureware.com/home. Questions may be submitted through the Clarification tab on the portal or directed to Marisa Thibodeaux at marisa.thibodeaux@fresnounified.org. An optional online bid opening will occur via Microsoft Teams on the November 17 due date, with preliminary results posted immediately upon bid unsealing. The District reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids and to waive any irregularities or informalities that may be legally waived.