Invitation To Bid

INVITATION TO BIDNORTH BRANFORD HIGH SCHOOLPHASE II – NEW SCHOOL CONSTRUCTIONSTATE PROJECT NO. 0099-0053 NGILBANE JOB NO. J09215.000 1. Sealed bids for the bid packages listed below for the North Branford High School Project will be received by Gilbane Building Company at Gilbane Building Company’s Glastonbury Office at 208 New London Turnpike, Glastonbury CT 06033 until August 19, 20201 @ 1:00PM. Bids will be opened and read aloud shortly following the close of the bid period, refer to Bid Opening Logistics in the full advertisement. Late bids or bids received at any other location will not be accepted.2. Bidders, at the time the bid is submitted, must be prequalified with the State of Connecticut Department of Administrative Services (DAS) in accordance with C.G.S §4b-91, for the bid package(s) listed below. In accordance with C.G.S. §4a-100, §4b-91, and §4b-101, any trade contractor submitting a bid is required to submit their DAS Update (Bid) Statement with their bid. Failure to submit this item with the bid will result in rejection of the bid. All lower tier subcontractors with contracts in excess of $500,000 must be pre-qualified in the applicable classification at the time of performance of their work. In the event of a re-bid, the Bidder’s Prequalification Update (Bid) Statement must be resubmitted with each bid submission. Failure to resubmit the Bidder’s Prequalification Update (Bid) Statement with a re-bid submission will result in rejection of the bid.3. The contracts to be awarded are subject to contract compliance requirements of the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities as mandated by Sections 4a-60 and 4a- 60a of the Connecticut General Statutes; and, Sections 46a-71(d) and 46a-81i(d) of the Connecticut General Statutes. There are Contract Compliance Regulations codified at Section 46a-68j-21 through 43 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, which establish a procedure for awarding all contracts covered by Sections 4a-60 and 46a-71(d) of the Connecticut General Statutes. Prevailing wage rates as outlined in Connecticut General Statutes 31-53 apply.4. Each Bid shall be accompanied by a bid security in the form of a Bid Bond in an amount not less than Ten Percent (10%) of the total amount of the base bid. Said surety shall be issued by a surety that is licensed to do business in the State of Connecticut and is rated A-(VII) or better by A.M. Best. The bid security shall be drawn in favor of Gilbane Building Company. Bids received without such bid bond will be considered non-responsive and therefore rejected, no exceptions. In the event of a re-bid, each bid must be accompanied by a new Bid Bond. Bid Bonds submitted for previous bids are not valid and will not be accepted. Bids received for re-bids without such bid bond will be considered non-responsive and therefore rejected, no exceptions.5. The Work includes construction as indicated on the construction documents. This project includes the demolition of the existing124,000 SF North Branford High School in its entirety and replacing it with a new 108,750 SF building at the same site. The new High School will be constructed in two phases. Phase I to include constructing a three-story building that will house Academic Spaces, Science Rooms, Admin. Offices, Kitchen, Cafeteria, stairs, Mechanical Rooms, Electrical rooms, Bathrooms and other support spaces. Phase II will include a two-story building that will house Academic Spaces, Gymnasium, Locker-Rooms, Art classrooms and other support spaces. The site improvement consists of new parking lots, grading, practice field, lighting, new utilities, new driveways, landscaping and striping. Refer to the complete advertisement to bid for the breakdown of bid packages and DAS Prequalification Classifications. 6. There will be a non-mandatory Pre-bid walkthrough for this bid at 2:00PM on August 4th, 2021 at 49 Caputo Road North Branford, CT. 7. The Bid Documents* are accessible via the below: a) Download free of charge from the Gilbane DatAnywhere link below: https://dn.gilbaneco.com/?linkid=KZi4zr6VWWXa00A74TS1m7dQ8bdrq+M1F4jODS6ncAGbVD1eU2zWsg 8. This project is being performed under the Construction Management at Risk (CMR) form of construction. With respect to this project, the Construction Manager is the representative of the Owner. Each Trade Contractor’s contract shall be with the Construction Manager. The Owner has contracted with Gilbane Building Company to serve as the CMR.9. No oral, telephone or telegraphic proposals will be considered. All bids shall stand available for acceptance for a period of sixty (60) days from the date proposals are received. 10. The Owner and/or Construction Manager reserves the right to reject any or all bids, without stating reasons therefore, including without limitation the right to reject any or all nonconforming, non-responsive, unbalanced, or conditional bids and to reject the bid of any bidder if the Owner and/or Construction Manager believes that it would not be in the best interest of the Owner or the project to make an award to that bidder, whether because the bid is not responsive or the bidder is unqualified or of doubtful financial ability or fails to meet any other pertinent standard or criteria established by the Owner and/or Construction Manager. The Owner and/or Construction Manager reserves the right to waive informalities and to negotiate contract terms with one or more bidders without reopening the bidding process insofar as such negotiations are not violative of applicable competitive bidding statutes or law. In evaluating bids, the Owner and/or Construction Manager will consider the qualifications of the bidder, whether or not the bids comply with the prescribed requirements, and such alternates, unit prices, and other data, as may be requested in the Form of Bid or prior to Notice of Award. The Owner and/or Construction Manager may consider the qualification and experience of subcontractors and other persons and organizations proposed for those portions of the work as to which the identity of subcontractors and other persons and organizations must be submitted as provided by the bid documents. The Owner and/or Construction Manager reserves the right to require, prior to Notice of Award, a statement of facts in detail of the business and technical organization and plant of the bidder available for the contemplated work, including financial resources, present commitments, and experience of the bidder in performance of comparable work. 11. Gilbane Building Company is an Affirmative Action Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/H/V. 12. This is an abbreviated advertisement to bid. Refer to the complete advertisement on the Gilbane DatAnywhere link provided in Section #7 of this advertisement. Stephanie GreenmanPreconstruction ManagerGilbane Building CompanyDated: July 29, 2021
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