ADVERTISEMENT
FOR BIDS
HANCOCK COUNTY
BOARD OF EDUCATION
WEIR HIGH SCHOOL –
ATHLETIC FIELDS
WEIR HIGH SCHOOL –
PE ADDITIONS
McKINLEY
ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING
Sealed Bids for the Project listed above, will be received by the Owner, the Hancock County Board of Education, at its Administrative Offices, 130 Rockefeller Center,
New Cumberland, WV 26047 until 1:00 pm local prevailing time on April 19, 2022, at which time and place the 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 and Engineering. In general, the Work of this bid package includes, for the Athletic Fields project, site improvements related to the demolition and removal of an existing parking lot to create space for a synthetic turf softball field, renovations to the existing softball field to create a synthetic turf baseball field, including, but not limited to excavation and earthmoving, site drainage and preparation, road and walkway paving, concrete slab systems, masonry field structures, electrical infrastructure for site amenities and future field lighting and scoreboards (scoreboards, foundations, poles and lights are not included) interior and exterior plumbing systems and utility relocations, and other general construction. Coordination of the Owner purchased synthetic turf system in both locations, coordination of field lighting purchases negotiated by the Owner, and other Work indicated in the Bidding Documents. For the PE Additions, the project generally consists of an 18,500 sf (+/-) high bay addition to the exterior of the existing high school gymnasium, consisting of 3 main spaces, PE classrooms 1 and 2, and a Fitness Center. The project will also include site improvements, renovations of the existing weightlifting room into a wrestling room, an area of roof replacement (as an alternate), mechanical systems, electrical renovations, including replacing the existing switch gear, complete replacement of the fire alarm system in the entire building (as an alternate), and other Work indicated in the Bidding Documents.
Electronic Copies of the Bidding Documents will be available as early as, March 29, 2022, from the office of the Architect, McKinley Architecture and Engineering, 32-20th Street, Suite 100, 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 nonrefundable document access fee of $100.00 per project. 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. Bidding Document requests for information, substitution requests and correspondence shall be submitted in writing and directed to the Architect’s administrative account, email
projects@mckinley
delivers.com
Addenda will be issued by the Architect to registered bidding document holders only, who will automatically receive 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 Pre-Bid Meeting will be held at Weir High School, Weirton, WV, in the High School Theater Room on March 31, 2022, at 2:30 pm local prevailing time, for the purpose of familiarizing Bidders with bidding requirements and to consider questions regarding the Bidding Documents. 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.
ONLY BIDS FROM DOCUMENT HOLDERS REGISTERED WITH THE ARCHITECT WILL BE
ACCEPTED:
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 the 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.
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, 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 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.
Int. March 30, 2022