Underground Storage Tank Removal and above ground tank inst

Niles Community Schools is seeking sealed bids for the removal of an underground storage tank and installation of an aboveground tank at the district's bus garage facility located at 1740 Lake Street, Niles, Michigan. The procurement is being conducted through a sealed bid process with a submission deadline of May 6, 2026, at 1:00 p.m., with all bids to be submitted in hard copy format to Tom Skarbek at Niles Community Schools, One Tyler Street, Niles, MI 49120. A mandatory pre-bid site inspection and walkthrough meeting is scheduled for April 16, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. at the bus garage location, and prospective bidders may request bid documents by emailing rvilla@villaenv.com. Qualified bidders must demonstrate at least five years of successful experience with similar underground storage tank removal and aboveground tank installation projects and must maintain adequate financial resources to execute work of this magnitude. Each bid submission must include a bid bond equal to no less than 5 percent of the total bid amount, and the successful bidder will be required to obtain 100 percent performance, labor, and material bonds from a surety company rated A- or better for the full contract amount. The project is subject to prevailing wage requirements, with wage information provided in the bid documents, and evaluation criteria include bidder experience, financial capacity, and bond requirements.

No set-aside designations or restrictions on organization types responding to this procurement are specified in the available documentation. No incumbent vendors, current contractors, or existing infrastructure or technology integration requirements are identified in the bid materials. No award value or budget range has been disclosed in the procurement announcement. The Board of Education reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids in whole or in part, to award the contract to other than the lowest bidder, and to waive any irregularities or informalities at its discretion.