Football Stadium Grandstand Repairs

Cadillac Area Public Schools is soliciting sealed bids for Football Stadium Grandstand Repairs at Cadillac High School, located at 400 Linden Street, Cadillac, Michigan. This construction project involves repairs to the football stadium grandstand structure, with bidders required to submit a base bid for grandstand repairs and evaluate two alternate bids for new bleacher seating systems. The alternate bleacher seating options consist of 2" x 10" anodized aluminum bleacher seat planks, end caps, galvanized anchors, and appropriate brackets for complete assembly, with Alternate No. 1 sourcing materials from American Athletix in Muskegon, Michigan, and Alternate No. 2 sourcing from Southern Bleacher, Inc. in Graham, Texas. Bids were due on June 17, 2021, at 2:00 p.m., with public bid opening occurring at approximately 2:15 p.m. the same day. A pre-bid meeting was held on June 8, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. at the district's administrative offices (421 South Mitchell Street, Cadillac, MI 49601), with attendance recommended but optional. Bid documents became available for examination on or after June 2, 2021, through www.skillmanplanroom.com. All proposals required a sworn and notarized familial disclosure statement, certification of compliance with the Iran Economic Sanctions Act, pre-bid conference attendance declaration, jobsite visit confirmation, experience questionnaires, equipment and subcontracting plans, and verification that all material pricing had been secured.

No specific set-aside designations or restrictions on bidder types are identified in the procurement documents provided. Successful bidders were required to furnish Performance and Payment Bonds equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount prior to contract execution, demonstrating substantial financial capacity. Bid security equal to five percent (5%) of the proposed contract sum was required to accompany each submission as a good faith commitment. Bids were to remain in force for sixty consecutive calendar days from the due date, and the Cadillac Area Public Schools Board of Education reserved the right to accept or reject any and all proposals in its sole discretion. No wage scale applied to this project. The specific contract award value or budget range was not disclosed in the available bidding documents.