High School metal locker replacement

Delton Kellogg Schools in Delton, Michigan, issued a sealed competitive procurement for high school metal locker replacement and chiller repair work, with The Christman Company serving as construction manager. The procurement encompasses two primary work categories: furnishing and installing new steel lockers with bases and accessories in athletic and physical education locker room areas (Work Category 25), and replacing a failed compressor on an existing chiller system (Work Category 27). The locker specification requires heavy-duty ventilated steel lockers in two configurations—15 inches wide by 15 inches deep by 72 inches high for athletic areas and 10 inches wide by 15 inches deep by 72 inches high for physical education areas—all in single-tier configuration with flat tops. Acceptable manufacturers include Republic Storage Systems, Inc., Lyon Metal Products, Incorporated, Penco Products, Interior/Medart, Hadrian, Inc., Art Metal Products, and DeBourgh, with all units requiring compliance to 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design with a minimum of 5 percent accessible lockers of each type. All lockers must include polished aluminum number plates, interior shelving, hooks, heavy-duty hinges, positive automatic pre-locking devices, and a cadmium-plated or rust-retardant bolt construction with baked enamel finish. Sealed proposals were due on August 1, 2019, at 10:00 AM, with a mandatory pre-bid conference held on July 25, 2019, at 10:00 AM at Delton Kellogg High School, and all proposals were required to remain valid for 60 days following the bid date. Bidders were required to examine the site, field-measure all locker locations, and verify existing conditions prior to fabrication, with work to be performed during summer months if leadtime permitted or outside school hours (7:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Monday through Friday) during the school year.

The procurement documents do not identify any set-aside designations or restrictions limiting responses to disadvantaged enterprises or specific organization types. All contractors were required to be bondable through sureties licensed in Michigan with minimum A.M. Best ratings of A, and successful bidders were required to furnish 100 percent Co-Obligee Performance Bonds and Labor & Material Payment Bonds unless waived by the construction manager, with bid security of at least five percent of the base bid amount required. Pricing was structured on a lump sum basis with overhead and profit on the contractor's own work set at 15 percent of net cost and overhead and profit on subcontractor work set at five percent, with all pricing to include applicable federal, state, and local taxes, workers' compensation insurance, health and welfare contributions, and all labor and materials for complete installation. A minimum two-year warranty against defects for materials and installation was required for all locker work. The contract documents specified AIA Document A201-2007 General Conditions as modified by The Christman Company's Supplementary General Conditions, and no specific budget range or award value was disclosed in the procurement documents.