ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
FAYETTE COUNTY SCHOOLS
HVAC & ELECTRICAL RENOVATIONS ESSERF
McKINLEY ARCHITECTURE + ENGINEERING
Sealed Bids for the Project listed above, will be received by the Owner, Fayette County Schools at the
Administration Offices of the Fayette County Board of Education, 111 Fayette Avenue, Fayetteville, WV
25840, until 1:00 pm local prevailing time on March 2nd 2023, at which time and place all accepted bids
will be publicly opened and read aloud. After opening, the bids will be compared as to quality,
thoroughness, and cost by Fayette County Schools, and its Architect (McKinley Architecture and
Engineering). The work in general consists of extensive HVAC Renovations and Electrical Service upgrades
to the Valley PK-8 Building.
Electronic Copies of the Bidding Documents will be available as early as, January 26th, 2023, from the office of
the Architect, McKinley Architecture and Engineering, The Maxwell Center, Suite 100, 32-20th Street,
Wheeling, WV 26003, telephone 304-233-0140; Bidding Documents are being issued in electronic format
(PDF) only and will be sent by the Architect to interested parties via file transfer email download only, upon
payment of a non-refundable document access fee of $100.00. Only full sets of the Bidding Documents will
be issued by the Architect. With payment of the $100.00 document access fee, the interested party will also
be listed by the Architect as a registered bidding document holder. All Bidding Document requests for
information, substitution requests and correspondence shall be submitted in writing and directed to the
Architect’s administrative account, email [email protected]. Addenda will be issued by the
Architect to registered bidding document holders only, who will automatically receive all addenda in
electronic format (PDF) via file transfer email. Additional reproduced paper copies of the initially issued
Bidding Documents and any subsequent addenda are also available from the Architect upon request by
registered bidding document holders only, and upon payment of a non-refundable cost; contact the Architect
for further information.
A MANDATORY Pre Bid Meeting will be held at the project site (1 Greyhound Ln, Smithers, WV 25186) at
10:00 am on February 8th, 2023, for the purpose of familiarizing Bidders with bidding requirements and to
consider questions regarding the Bidding Documents. A subsequent site visit following this meeting will
occur. All potential Bidders are required to attend. Potential sub-bidders and material suppliers are also
encouraged to attend.
The Bidding Documents are being provided to the following plan rooms, and depending on access restrictions of
each entity, bidders may examine electronic versions Bidding Documents at these locations.
— Ohio Valley Construction Employers Council: Wheeling, WV; 304-242-0520; www.ovcec.com
— Construction Employers Assoc; White Hall, WV 304-367-1290; www.ceawv.com/
— Dodge Reports; www.construction.com
— Contractors Assoc. of West Virginia; Charleston, WV; 304-342-1166; www.cawv.org/
— Parkersburg-Marietta Contractor’s Association; Parkersburg, WV;304-485-6485; www.gopmca.com/
— Pennsylvania Builders Exchange; Pittsburgh, PA; 412-922-4200; http://home.pbe.org/
— iSQFT; Cincinnati, Ohio; 800-364-2059; https://go.isqft.com
A Bid Bond executed by the Bidder and issued by a surety company approved by and in favor of the Owner, in the
amount equal to five percent (5%) of the Bid, shall be submitted with each Bid, to guarantee the Bidder’s
entrance into a Contract, if given the award.
No accepted Bid shall be waived or returned because the Bidder failed to or cannot comply with all requirements
as set forth in Bidding Documents. Further, the successful bidder will be required to furnish and pay for a
satisfactory 100% Performance and Labor and Material Payment Bond in the amount of the contract price.
Bids may not be withdrawn for a period of ninety (90) days without the consent of the Owner.
All Bidders and sub-bidder(s) as Contractor and Subcontractor(s) are required to utilize “local labor” pursuant to
Chapter 21-Article 1C, the “West Virginia Jobs Act.”
Pursuant to Chapter 21-Article 11 of the “West Virginia Contractor Licensing Act” of 1991, all Contractors doing
business in West Virginia must be licensed to perform work in the State; the Contractor’s WV License
number must be affixed to all submitted construction bids and fully executed and binding construction
contracts or agreements.
The work of the project is partially funded by Federal Grant and as such is subject to compliance with the
following Federal requirements as further stipulated in the Bidding Documents: 1) Davis Bacon Act.
(40 U.S.C. 3141 3144, and 3146 3148); 2) The Equal opportunity clause provided under 41 CFR 60 1.4(b),
contractors will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color,
religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. The contractor will take affirmative action
to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment without regard
to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin; 3) The Contract Work
Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 U.S.C. 3701 3708); the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 7671Q); the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 1387); Byrd Anti Lobbying Amendment (31 U.S.C.
1352); and section 6002 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act; and 4) As appropriate and consistent with law and
to the greatest extent possible the Domestic Preferences for Procurements (2 Cfr §200.323) and Small and
Minority Businesses, Women’s Business Enterprises, and Labor Surplus Area Firms (2 Cfr § 200.321) are
preferred; 5) Contract award (see 2 CFR 180.220) will not be made to parties listed on the government wide
exclusions in the System for Award Management (SAM).
To the extent permitted by state law, the Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids, and to make selections
from the bids that are solely in its own best interest.
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