Public Notice

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FOR BIDS
HANCOCK COUNTY
BOARD OF EDUCATION
OAK GLEN MIDDLE SCHOOL
PYRITE REMEDIATION
McKINLEY ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING
Sealed Bids for the Oak Glen Middle School Pyrite Remediation project will be received by the Owner, the Hancock County Board of Education, at its Administrative Offices, 130 Rockefeller Circle, New Cumberland, WV 26047, until 1:00 pm local prevailing time on 6 June 2024, 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 the Hancock County Board of Education and its Architect, McKinley Architecture+Engineering. In general, Oak Glen Middle School will consist of Pyrite Remediation.
Electronic Copies of the Bidding Documents will be available as early as 14 May 2024, from the office of the Architect, McKinley Architecture+Engineering, 1324 Chapline Street, Suite 400, 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 email ShareFile download only, upon payment of a non-refundable document access fee of $100.00. Only full sets of 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, emailprojects@mckinley delivers.com. Addenda will be issued by the Architect to registered bidding document holders only, who will automatically receive all addenda in electronic format (PDF) via ShareFile. 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, Oak Glen Middle School, 39 golden Bear Drive, New Cumberland, WV at 1:00 pm local prevailing time on 23 May 2024, for the purpose of familiarizing Bidders with bidding requirements and to consider questions regarding the Bidding Documents. All potential Bidders are required to attend. Potential sub-bidders and material suppliers are also encouraged to attend.
Bidders may examine Bidding Documents at the following locations:
McKinley Architecture and Engineering, 1324 Chapline Street, Suite 400, Wheeling, WV 26003
Harrison County Schools, 445 W Main Street, Clarksburg, WV 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 Builders Exchange; Cleveland, Ohio; 216-393-6300; www.bxohio.com
A Bid Bond executed by the Bidder and issued by a surety company approved by and in favor of the Owner, the Hancock County Board of Education, 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 thirty (60) 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. 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.
WDT May 20, 28, 2024