Legal Notice # 21683019 NOTICE TO BIDDERS PUBLIC NOTICE

Legal Notice # 21683019
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the Eastern Suffolk Board of Cooperative Educational Services (in accordance with Section 103 of Article 5A of the General Municipal Law) hereby invites the submission of sealed bids for the following:
Bid #22-22-1028: Welding Classroom at ICC
Bids will be received until 11:00 a.m., EST on _Thursday, October 28, 2021_ at the Purchasing Office of the Eastern Suffolk Board of Cooperative Educational Services, 201 Sunrise Highway, Patchogue, New York, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.
The Contract Documents, including all Drawings and Specifications, may be examined and obtained between the hours of 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, at the office of the Architect, BBS Architects, Landscape Architects & Engineers, P.C., 244 East Main Street, Patchogue, New York 11772, (631- 475-0349); however the Contract Documents may only be obtained thru the office of REV, 330 Route 17A, Suite #2, Goshen, New York 10924 (877-272-0216) , beginning on Thursday, October 14, 2021_. Complete digital sets of Contract Documents shall be obtained online (with a free user account) as a download for a non-refundable fee of Forty-Nine ($49.00) Dollars at the following websites: www.bbsprojects.com or www.usinglesspaper.com under ‘public projects’. Optionally, in lieu of digital copies, hard copies may be obtained directly from REV upon a deposit of One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars for each complete set. Checks for deposits shall be made payable to the Agency, Eastern Suffolk BOCES and may be uncertified. All bid addenda will be transmitted to registered plan holders via email and will be available at the above referenced websites. Any bidder requiring documents to be shipped shall make arrangements with the printer and pay for all packaging and shipping costs. Plan holders who have obtained hard copies of the bid documents will need to make the determination if hard copies of the addenda are required for their use, and coordinate directly with the printer for hard copies of addenda to be issued. There will be no charge for registered plan holders to obtain hard copies of the bid addenda. The bid deposit for hard copies will be returned upon receipt of plans and specifications, in good condition, within thirty (30) days after the bid date or the rejection of the bid, except for the lowest responsible bidder, whose check will be forfeited upon the award of the contract.
The contract will be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder or the proposals will be rejected within forty-five (45) days of the date of the opening of proposals. The Eastern Suffolk Board of Cooperative Educational Services reserves the right to reject any or all, or to accept part of any bid. Bids shall be subject, however, to the discretionary right reserved by the Suffolk Board of Cooperative Educational Services to waive any informalities, accept or reject any alternatives, reject any proposals and to advertise for new proposals, if in its opinion the best interest of the Agency will thereby be promoted.No bidder shall withdraw his or her bid within forty-five (45) days after the formal opening thereof. A bidder may withdraw his or her bid only in writing and prior to the bid opening date.
Each bidder must deposit with his or her bid, a “Bid Bond” in an amount not less than 10% of the bid.
A Pre-Bid Walk-Thru will be held on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 @ 3:00 p.m., EST. Participants shall meet at the front entrance to the Islip Career Center, 379 Locust Avenue, Oakdale, NY 11769. All visitors must strictly adhere to all COVID-19 protocols and all ES BOCES visitor protocols.
Fred Langstaff, Clerk
Advertise Date: _October 14, 2021