Request for Bids- Planetarium Upgrade From Analog To Digital

Fitzgerald Public Schools issued a Request for Bids for the Chatterton Middle School Planetarium Upgrade From Analog to Digital project, with procurement jurisdictions including Macomb County and Westland City in Michigan. The project requires bidders to furnish all labor and materials necessary to upgrade the planetarium system from analog to digital technology. Bid documents became available on or about July 15, 2019, and could be electronically downloaded at no cost from the project architect (PARTNERS in Architecture, PLC) by submitting a written request to jhoulihan@partnersinarch.com or by contacting the firm directly at 586-469-3600 or 65 Market Street, Mt. Clemens, Michigan 48043. The bid submission deadline was Monday, August 12, 2019 at 2:00 p.m., with sealed bids submitted to the Fitzgerald Public Schools Human Resources & Operations Office, Room 123, Neigebaur Administration Building, 23020 Ryan Road, Warren, Michigan 48091-1999, and public bid opening and reading occurring at 2:05 p.m. on the same date in the gymnasium of the Neigebaur Administration Building. While no mandatory pre-bid meeting or facility walkthrough was held, vendors were permitted to arrange individual facility viewings by contacting the school district directly. Bidders were required to submit two complete sealed bid copies using provided bid forms and include bid security equal to five percent of the total bid amount as a certified check or acceptable bid bond payable to Fitzgerald Public Schools.

For bids exceeding $50,000, both a Labor and Material Payment Bond and a Performance Bond were mandatory requirements. All bids required submission of a sworn and notarized statement disclosing any familial relationships between the bidder's owners or employees and members of the Board of Education or the Superintendent, as well as a sworn and notarized Affidavit of Compliance with Michigan Public Act No. 517 of 2012 regarding the Iran Economic Sanctions Act. Late bids, electronically submitted bids, and bids submitted via fax were not accepted. No specific set-aside designations, disadvantaged enterprise restrictions, incumbent vendor information, incumbent contractors, or budget/award values were disclosed in the bid advertisement documentation. The procurement did not identify any existing infrastructure or technology that required integration with the digital planetarium upgrade system.