SO-1849 Food Service Equipment

The Lansing School District has issued solicitation SO-1849 for food service equipment replacement and renovations across three school locations: Dwight Rich Elementary (2600 Hampden Drive), Gardner Elementary (333 Dahlia Drive), and Ebersole Center (3400 2nd Street, Wayland), all within Ingham County, Michigan. This lump sum procurement requires bidders to furnish and install new food service equipment including walk-in coolers and freezers, convection ovens, preparation tables, hot and cold food service counters, dishwashers, disposers, steaming equipment, wire shelving units, utility carts, and related accessories. Bidders may submit proposals for one, two, or all three schools and may offer discount packages. All equipment must be newly manufactured and NSF-compliant, with comprehensive deliverables including two eight-hour training sessions, one-year free service, one-year general warranty (with extended warranties on refrigeration units of four years and walk-in panels of ten years), operation and maintenance manuals, shop drawings, rough-in drawings, equipment brochures, and as-built drawings submitted on a flash drive within 20 days of award notification. A virtual pre-bid meeting was held on March 3, 2026, at 2:00 PM; proposals must be received by 2:00 PM on March 12, 2026, at the Lansing School District Administration Office (519 West Kalamazoo, Lansing, Michigan), and project work is scheduled to commence June 8, 2026, with substantial completion by August 14, 2026, and final occupancy by August 20, 2026. Bidders must submit a 5 percent bid bond or certified check and provide performance, labor, and material bond costs separately on bid forms, with all proposals requiring a Sworn Statement of Familial Relationship and Affidavit of Compliance-Iran Economic Sanctions Act.

The solicitation contains no minority or disadvantaged business enterprise set-asides, and prevailing wage requirements do not apply to this procurement. Bidders will be assigned as subcontractors to Beckering Construction Inc., the apparent prime contractor or project manager, with all inquiries directed to project contact David Beckering at djb@beckering.com (Grand Rapids, Michigan 49548). The procurement documents specify demolition and removal allowances totaling $7,500 for Dwight Rich Elementary, $3,000 for Ebersole Center, and $10,000 for Gardner Elementary, as no demolition drawings are available. Michigan sales and use tax applies to this procurement, and no specific total budget range or award value has been disclosed in the available solicitation materials. The solicitation has been updated through four addenda issued between February 24, 2026, and March 4, 2026, which modify equipment specifications, quantities, and technical requirements across the three school locations, and bidders must acknowledge all addenda as binding parts of their proposals.