Section 00010 - Advertisement for Bids

SECTION 00010 - ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed proposals will be received by Cleveland County in the Lane Alexander Suite of the County Administration Building located at 311 East Marion Street, Shelby, NC until 2:30pm January 30, 2007, and thereafter opened and read, for the furnishing of labor, materials, and equipment for a new Scale House in Cleveland County.

Bids will be received for all work under the General Contract. Bids must be on the Standard Form provided by the Architect.

Bid documents will be available for inspection in the Plan Rooms of Associated General Contractors, Construction Market Data and F.W. Dodge Company in Charlotte, NC; Associated General Contractors in Asheville, NC; Scan in Atlanta, GA; in the office of the Architect, Holland Hamrick & Patterson, Architects, P.A., 222 N. Lafayette Street, Suite 21, Shelby, NC and CADCopy & Supply, LLC, 513 S. Dekalb Street, Shelby, NC 28150.

Bid documents may be obtained from the office of the Architect on the following basis:

Bidders may obtain two complete set of bid documents upon deposit of $400.00. Plumbing, Mechanical and Structural subcontractors may obtain one set of documents upon deposit of $200.00. Full deposit for of bid documents will be refunded to those submitting a bona fide bid proposal for the contract and who return the documents in usable condition within ten (10) days after date of bid opening.

Additional prints of drawings will be issued on a non-refundable cost basis of $1.50 per sheet. Additional copies of the specification pages for a non-refundable charge of ten cents per page.

All Contractors are notified that General Statutes of N.C., Chapter 87, and as amended, will be observed in receiving bids and awarding contracts. All federal, state and municipal laws governing each respective trade will be complied with.

In compliance with NCGS 143-128, the Cleveland County Board of Commissioners has adopted a policy to encourage participation by minority businesses in their building projects. A pre-bid conference will be held at 2:30pm, January 18, 2007 in the Lane Alexander Suite of the County Administration Buiding to answer any questions about this project and the Board’s policy on participation by minority businesses.

Each proposal shall be accompanied by a bid guarantee of five percent (5%) of the bid. Bid guarantee may be in cash, certified check drawn on some bank or trust company insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or by a Bid Bond executed by a corporate surety licensed under the Laws of N.C. to execute such bond. Check or Bond shall be made payable to Cleveland County. Bid Bonds and/or Checks will be promptly returned to the unsuccessful bidders, and to the successful bidders upon the execution of the Contract. Should the successful bidder fail to execute the Contract and furnish Bond

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Note: Bid Guarantee must be exactly five percent (5%) of the bid, not the difference between the low bid and the next lowest bid not to exceed five percent.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and/or to waive any and all technical defects in the execution of and informalities in the submission of any proposal. No bid may be withdrawn for thirty (30) days after the bid opening.

Payments will be made by the Owner once a month in an amount equal to ninety (90) percent of the work completed and final payment within thirty (30) days after the completion and acceptance of the work.

David Dear, County Manager Cleveland County

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