Interior Painting DOCO Police Dept

The City of Albany, Georgia Procurement Division, procuring on behalf of the Dougherty County Board of Commissioners, issued an IFB for interior painting services at the Dougherty County Police Department with bids due May 31, 2022, and questions due May 24, 2022. A mandatory pre-bid conference was held May 11, 2022, at the worksite (2106 Habersham Road, Albany, Georgia).

The scope covers approximately 15,000 square feet of interior painting on the first and second floors, including offices, hallways, restrooms, break rooms, conference rooms, and common areas, excluding records areas, the evidence room, and the Keep Albany Dougherty Beautiful room. The contractor must supply Sherwin Williams paint in specified colors, remove and reinstall electrical outlet and switch plates, move furniture as needed, strip wallpaper, repair and sand walls to level 5 smooth finish, and provide a one-year warranty on labor and materials for individual units and a two-year warranty for common areas. Addendum 1 added an option for PPG paint and mud and smooth work where baseboards are removed (cove base application). All work must be completed within sixty calendar days of the Notice to Proceed, with liquidated damages of five hundred dollars per day for delays. Contractors must be licensed by Georgia, comply with the Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act through E-Verify, and provide two references for similar projects completed within the previous two years.

The contractor must carry general liability insurance with a minimum combined single limit of one million dollars and two million dollars general aggregate, statutory workers' compensation coverage, and one million dollars in business automobile liability coverage. A five percent bid bond is required; the successful bidder must provide 100% performance and payment bonds before commencing work. Bids are awarded on a lump-sum basis to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder.

Empire Painting, LLC was awarded the contract with the low bid of $28,625 ($26,675 base plus $1,950 alternate). Two other bidders submitted proposals.