ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS The Wayne County Board of Education, hereinafter referred to as the Owner, invites qualified contractors to submit sealed bids for the Renovations to Wayne Middle School according to Bidding Documents prepared by ZMM, Inc. Architects and Engineers. Sealed bids will be received atthe offices of the Owner, 212 North Court Street,Wayne, West Virginia 25570 until 1:30p.m., local time, on April 11, 2023 atwhich time and place the bids will be publicly opened and read. A pre-bid conference will be held at 1:00 p.m. local time, on March 28, 2023 at the Wayne Middle School located at 200 Pioneer Road, Wayne, WestVirginia 25570. Attendance at pre-bid conference is mandatory for prime contract bidders only. Bidding Documents can be obtained by one ofthe following methods: 1.Prime Contract Bidders only may contact ZMM, Inc. Architects and Engineers Attn:Receptionist; [email protected] and requestinformation to access the firm’s online ShareFile site for the Renovations to Wayne Middle School project.Once access is gained, Bidders can download Bidding Documents in the form ofPDF files at no charge. Requests for access to documents must be made by email,and those requests received through mail, telephone, fax transmission, or otheronline communications will not receive a response. 2.Hard Copies may be obtained from CharlestonBlueprint (304-343-1063) by General Contractors, Subcontractors, material suppliersand dealers by paying the actual cost of printing, binding and mailing; howeversuch cost is not refundable. Bidding documents may be examined at Viewing Depositories listed in theBidding Documents. Each bid shall be accompanied by a bid bond,made payable to the Owner, in the amount of five percent (5%) of the base bid,in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders. Each Bidder must be registered with the West Virginia Departmentof Tax and Revenue prior to the time and date for Receipt of Bids in order forhis Bid to be considered. Each Bidder’s registration certificate number shallbe written in the space provided on the Form of Proposal. All bidders are required to be licensed to perform work inthe State of West Virginia prior to submitting a bid for this project asrequired by Chapter 21, Article 11, of the Code of West Virginia. Each Bidder’sContractor license number shall be written in the space provided on the Form ofProposal. The Owner reserves the right to reject any orall bids, the right to waive minor informalities and procedures in bidding, andthe right to withhold final award of contract for 30 days after opening bids. The bidder to whom the contract is awarded shall execute and deliver to the Owner within 10 days after the award, and before signing the contract, a Performance Bond and Payment Bond utilizing the bond forms bound in the Project Manual each in a penal sum equal to at least the contract sum and the cost of such bonds shall be included in the bid. LH-148731 3-15,22;2023
