LEGAL NOTICE INVITATION TO BID The City of Meriden is

LEGAL NOTICE INVITATION TO BID The City of Meriden is accepting sealed bids for: B022-10 Outdoor Classroom Concrete Pads The City of Meriden and Meriden Public Schools seeks the services of a contractor to furnish labor and materials to install four 23″”‘ X 30″”‘ stamped concrete pads at Thomas Hooker Elementary School, 70 Overlook Road, Meriden, CT 06450; Israel Putnam Elementary School, 133 Parker Avenue, Meriden, CT 06450; Roger Sherman Elementary School, 64 North Pearl Street, Meriden, CT 06450; and Hanover Elementary School, 208 Main Street, South Meriden, CT 06451. Bids shall be submitted on forms and in the manner specified. Forms and specifications may be obtained from the Purchasing Department, on the City of Meriden website (www.meridenct.gov/business/bids-rfps/), and on the State of Connecticut Department of Administrative Services website: https://portal.ct.gov/DAS/CTSource/BidBoard. Bids will be accepted at the Purchasing Department, 142 East Main Street, Room 210, Meriden, Connecticut 06450 until 11:00 A.M. local, eastern standard time on September 23, 2021 at which time they will be publicly opened and read. Any bid received after the time and date specified shall not be considered. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids, in whole or in part, to award any item, group of items, or total bid, and to waive informality or technical defects, if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the City of Meriden. No bidder may withdraw its bid within sixty (60) days of the date of the bid opening. There will be a MANDATORY pre-bid walkthrough at 10:00 AM on September 14, 2021 located at Thomas Edison Middle School, 1355 North Broad Street, Meriden, CT 06450 where there is a completed stamped concrete pad for contractor viewing. If any contractor wishes to visit any or all of the elementary school sites, they must contact David Paul, Director of Facilities for the Meriden Board of Education at (203) 630-4196. Each bid shall be accompanied by a Certified Check or Bid Bond in the amount of Ten (10%) percent of the amount bid. Labor and Material Payment Bond and a Performance bond for One Hundred Percent (100%) of the contract price, with a corporate surety approved by the City of Meriden, will be required of the lowest responsible bidder. This contract is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements. The City of Meriden is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Disadvantaged, minority, small, and women business enterprises are encouraged to respond. Adam B. Tulin Purchasing Officer City of Meriden, CT 06450-8022 Dated: September 7, 2021 R244739