Request for building construction services

Gull Lake Community Schools, located in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, is seeking sealed bids for the construction of two post frame buildings: a 5,000 square feet maintenance building with approximately 1,000 square feet of office buildout, salt storage area, fenced laydown area, and site improvements at Thomas M. Ryan Intermediate School in Richland, Michigan, and a 2,000 square feet storage building with electrical service and site improvements at Kellogg Elementary School in Hickory Corners, Michigan. Sealed bids are due by 3:00 PM on May 21, 2019, at the Gull Lake Administration Building, with public bid opening and reading scheduled for 3:30 PM the same day at Gull Lake High School. A mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, May 9, 2019, at 1:30 PM, beginning at the maintenance building site at Ryan Intermediate and continuing with a walkthrough at the storage building site at Kellogg Elementary. Bidders must submit requests for information by Tuesday, May 14, 2019, at 4:00 PM, with bidding documents available at www.builder-exchange.com. All bids must remain valid for sixty consecutive calendar days after the bid date, and the Owner intends to award contracts on or about June 3, 2019. Bidders must submit Bid Security in the amount of five percent of the Base Bid amount and provide current Contractor Qualification Statements on file with Miller-Davis Company prior to contract award.

All contractors bidding on work exceeding $50,000 must be bondable and include Performance Bond and Payment Bond costs in their proposals, with Gull Lake Community Schools named as obligee. The project operates under an equal opportunity policy for minority and women's business enterprises, with all qualified bidders encouraged to participate regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, or veteran status. No specific budget range or award value is disclosed in the procurement documents; however, the bonding requirement for work exceeding $50,000 indicates that individual project values may reach or exceed this threshold. The Owner and Miller-Davis Company, serving as the project representative, reserve the right to waive irregularities, reject any or all bids, or accept any bid deemed to best serve their interests. Prospective bidders should note that no incumbent contractors or existing infrastructure integration requirements are identified in this solicitation.