Ludington Elementary Final Clean

The Ludington Area School District is procuring construction services for the final clean phase of a new elementary school building project located at 5771 W Bryant Road in Ludington, Michigan. This sealed bid procurement is being managed by The Christman Company as Construction Manager, with GMB Architecture + Engineering serving as Architect/Engineer. The project requires bidders to submit sealed proposals for all work categories no later than September 23, 2021 at 1:00 PM to the Ludington Area Schools Administration Building, with public opening of proposals immediately following the deadline. A mandatory pre-bid site walk-through is scheduled for Thursday, September 9, 2021 at 1:00 AM at the new elementary building site, with attendance strongly recommended and personal protective equipment required. Contract documents have been available through Procore beginning Tuesday, August 31, 2021, and all bidder inquiries must be directed to Ben Globke, Project Manager, at ben.globke@christmanco.com. All bidders must be bondable and include in their proposals the cost of furnishing both a Co-Obligee Labor and Material Payment Bond and a Co-Obligee Performance Bond. Each proposal must be accompanied by bid security in the form of a certified check, cashier's check, money order, or bid bond made payable to The Christman Company in an amount not less than five percent of the base bid.

All bidders must provide a sworn and notarized statement disclosing any familial relationships between the bidder or its employees and any member of the school district's Board or Superintendent, and must certify that they are not an "Iran-linked" business. All proposals remain valid for sixty days following the bid date. The Owner, Architect, and Construction Manager reserve the right to waive irregularities, reject any or all proposals, or accept any proposal deemed to serve their best interests. No specific set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises are mentioned in the procurement documents. Successful bidders must enter into a contract and furnish required bonds and insurance within thirty days of contract award, with the bid security of unsuccessful bidders returned immediately after contract award and the successful bidder's security forfeited if they fail to execute the contract within the specified timeframe. No specific award value or budget range is provided in the available documentation.