Request for Qualifications and Invitation to Prequalify to Bid for Fuel Oil Tank Replacement at Benjamin Banneker Elementary School

St. Mary's County Public Schools (Maryland) is requesting qualifications and inviting prequalification to bid for replacement of a 5,000-gallon underground fuel oil tank and associated piping and leak detection systems at Benjamin Banneker Early Childhood Center in Leonardtown, with prequalification applications due October 31, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. Only general contractors acting as prime contractors are eligible to prequalify; subcontractors are not eligible.

Contractors must demonstrate successful completion of at least three underground fuel tank replacement projects since 2015, each valued at $125,000 or more, plus experience with leak detection system installations and underground fuel oil piping replacement in occupied facilities. The project executive must have ten years of experience on similar projects; the project manager and project superintendent each must have five years. All applicants must be licensed in Maryland and in good standing with the Maryland Comptroller and must obtain a letter from an acceptable surety confirming bonding capacity for a bid bond equal to 5% of the estimated construction cost and performance and labor/material payment bonds each in the amount of $125,000.

The estimated construction cost is $125,000 on a locally funded project with no prevailing wage requirements applicable. The project is scheduled to commence June 10, 2026 (pending makeup days) with substantial completion targeted for August 14, 2026 (pending return of students and teachers). The MBE participation goal is currently listed as zero percent pending review by state agencies. Questions regarding the prequalification package are due in writing by October 23, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. to Wes King at cwking@smcps.org. SMCPS will notify all contractors of their prequalification status at least fifteen days prior to the bid submission deadline. Prequalification applications should be submitted to Ms. Vivian Johnston, Department of Design and Construction, 27190 Point Lookout Road, Loveville, Maryland 20656.