Job Order Contracts - Mechanical Works (HVAC)

Bids shall be submitted using forms furnished in the Project Manual(s) and in accordance with Instructions to Bidders and shall be accompanied by a Certified or Cashier's Check or Bid Bond for $25,000. Only one bid per contractor shall be submitted for all contracts. The apparent lowest, responsive, and responsible bidder shall be selected for consideration for award of each JOC contract but will be excluded from consideration for each successive contract. The County reserves the right to award up to three (3) individual contracts for Mechanical Works (HVAC): JOC-2306, JOC-2307, or JOC2308. One (1) contract will be awarded to the successful lowest bidder, one (1) to the second lowest bidder, and one (1) to the third lowest bidder. A bond of $1,000,000.00 will be required for the faithful performance of each contract, and a separate bond in the amount of $1,000,000.00 will be required to guarantee the payment of wages for services engaged and for materials used in the performance of each contract. If the collective total of Job Orders issued exceeds one million dollars, an increase in the payment and performance bond will be required in an amount of not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Maximum Contract Value. At no time may the sum of issued Job Orders exceed the amount of the Payment Bond and Performance Bond. The scope of Work for these Contracts will be determined by the Detailed Scopes of Work issued in connection with individual Job Orders. The scope of work, for each project will be explained to the Contractor at a Joint Scope Meeting. The County will provide a Request for Job Order Proposal and Detailed Scope of Work to the Contractor. The Contractor will be required to review the Detailed Scope of Work and develop a Job Order Price Proposal using appropriate Unit Price, quantities and the applicable Adjustment Factor as well as drawings and sketches, a list of subcontractors and materialmen, construction schedule, and other requested documentation. The County will review the Contractor's J o b O r d e r Proposal in detail and if found to be reasonable and acceptable, a Job Order may be issued. The agreed upon price will be fixed price for the performance of the Detailed Scope of Work. A Job Order will reference the Detailed Scope of Work and set forth the Job Order Completion Time, and the Job Order Price. The Job Order Price shall be a lump sum price for the completion of the Detailed Scope of Work. A separate Job Order will be issued for each Project. Extra work, credits, and deletions will be contained in a Supplemental Job Order.

Division 01 -	General Requirements.
Division 10 -	Specialties.
Division 11 -	Equipment.