Farmington High School and FPS Central Office Projects - Bid Package 2.03 Rebid

BP #2.03 - Concrete For questions regarding Addenda, or to confirm the bid date, contact Mark Carroll at O&G Industries, Inc. (860) 496-4233 or email markcarroll@ogind.com. Technical questions, specific questions regarding bidding procedures, project scope and site visits may be directed to Lorel Purcell of O&G Industries, Inc. (860) 626-6418 or email lorelpurcell@ogind.com. This project is being performed under the Construction Management form of construction. With respect to this project, the Construction Manager is the representative of the Owner. The Owner shall approve the award of all trade contracts. Each Trade Contractor's contract shall be with the Construction Manager. 6. The Owner, Town of Farmington, has contracted with O&G Industries to serve as the Construction Manager (CM). No bid shall be accepted from any person/company who is in arrears to the Owner upon debt, or contract, or who is a defaulter as surety or otherwise upon obligations to the Owner. 9. The Owner or its Designee reserves the right to reject any or all bids, without stating reasons therefor, including without limitation the right to reject any or all nonconforming, non-responsive, unbalanced, or conditional bids and to reject the bid of any bidder if the Owner or its Designee believes that it would not be in the best interest of the Owner or the project to make an award to that bidder, whether because the bid is not responsive or the bidder is unqualified or of doubtful financial ability or fails to meet any other pertinent standard or criteria established by the Owner or its Designee. The Owner or its Designee reserves the right to waive informalities and to negotiate contract terms with one or more bidders without reopening the bidding process insofar as such negotiations are not violative of applicable competitive bidding statutes or law. In the event of a tie low bid, the Owner reserves the right to take into account the residency of bidders within the Town of Farmington and/or location of the bidder's business within the Town of Farmington in awarding the bid. In evaluating bids, the Owner or its Designee will consider the qualifications of bidder, whether or not the bids comply with the prescribed requirements, and such alternates, unit prices, and other data, as may be requested in the Form of Proposal or prior to Notice of Award. The Owner or its Designee may consider the qualification and experience of subcontractors and other persons and organizations proposed for those portions of the work as to which the identity of subcontractors and other persons and organizations must be submitted as provided by the bid documents. The Owner or its Designee reserves the right to require, prior to Notice of Award, a statement of facts in detail of the business and technical organization and plant of the bidder available for the contemplated work, including financial resources, present commitments, and experience of the bidder in performance of comparable work. 10. Bid Security, Payment and Performance Bonds will be required for all bid packages with exception of the following trade packages: 2.07f - Firestopping, 2.12 - Window Treatments, 2.13 - Final Cleaning and 2.32 - Tennis Courts. Refer to paragraph 1 in Instructions to Bidders Section 002113 for amount of Bid Security required for this project. Bidders should note O&G's insurance requirements. 12. Out-of-state bidders without a permanent office in the State of Connecticut are required to comply with the Connecticut Department of Revenue Services Statute 12-430(7) if awarded the contract. 13. This contract is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements, including nondiscrimination statutes and set-aside requirements. State law requires a minimum of twenty-five (25%) percent of the state-funded portion of the contract be set aside for award to subcontractors holding current certification from the Connecticut Department of Administrative Services. The contractor must demonstrate good faith effort to meet the 25% set-aside goals. Contractors shall note the Small/Minority Business participation requirements identified for each trade package and are responsible for ensuring that they, and the SBE/MBE's they have selected, are eligible contractors and that they meet State requirements. Trade Contractors will be responsible for compliance with the following Goals and Requirements established for this project as follows: a) In accordance with Sections 4a-60g and 4a-60h Conn. Gen. Stat., as revised, the contractors shall note the CHRO MBE Set-aside Program Requirements and Small/Minority Business participation requirements as indicated above for each trade package and are responsible for ensuring that they, and the SBE/MBE's they have selected, are eligible contractors and that they meet State of Connecticut CHRO Project Requirements. Referring to the Table above, trade contractors working on this project shall utilize State of Connecticut Supplier Diversity program certified Small Business Enterprises (SBE) and Minority Business Enterprises (MBE) for the minimum as stated above. For those trade contractors with goals indicated, the contractors shall provide documentation of their good faith efforts. b) Prior to the Scope Review Meeting, Bidders are required to provide Contractor's Means of Compliance Table totaling their Bid Value and outlining their means of compliance with these minimum project SBE and MBE goals. The successful contractor shall provide a clear and concise breakout of their Bid Value and assigned value allocation representing the contractor's means of compliance with the State of Connecticut CHRO percentages. This information is mandatory and required to be submitted for review and discussion at the Scope Review Meeting and compliance is a condition of contract award. See Specification Section 002113 titled Instructions to Bidders. 14. O&G is an affirmative action-equal opportunity M/F/veteran/disability employer. *Please note that the listed value reflects the entire scope of work.

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Concrete, Cast-in-Place Concrete.