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DeWitt Public Schools is soliciting sealed bids for a District Voice Systems Upgrade project involving the procurement and installation of a new telecommunications system to replace existing infrastructure across six school facilities: DeWitt High School, DeWitt Middle School, Herbison Woods School, Schavey Road Elementary School, David Scott Elementary School, and Fuerstenau Early Childhood Center. The procured system must be a single enterprise Ethernet-based telecommunications solution installed on the Owner's existing network to service classrooms throughout the instructional facilities. Qualified contractors must be prepared to provide complete system demolition of the existing telecommunications system following new system cut-over and acceptance. A pre-bid conference is scheduled for November 16, 2018 at 1:00 PM at DeWitt Public Schools Board Room, with attendance highly encouraged. The question and clarification deadline is November 19, 2018 by 5:00 PM, and sealed bids are due December 5, 2018 at 1:00 PM at DeWitt Public Schools Administration Conference Room, with bids to be read aloud at public opening. The Designer is Communications by Design, Inc., and bid documents may be obtained from Rebecca Szilagy by mail, email, or fax. Bid security equal to five percent (5%) of the total bid amount must accompany each base bid.

The selected contractor will be required to provide both a performance bond and payment bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the bid amount, including any accepted alternates, issued by a surety licensed by the State of Michigan. No specific set-aside designations or restrictions on organization types are identified in the procurement documents. The incumbent vendor or current contractor information is not disclosed in the available documentation. The Owner reserves the right to reject any and/or all bids and to accept a bid or portion thereof by issuance of a valid purchase order within ninety (90) calendar days following the bid opening. Bids may not be withdrawn during this period without specific Owner approval, and withdrawal without approval may result in forfeiture of required bid security. No explicit budget range or award value is stated in the procurement notice.