Health Science Campus - ABB Variable Frequency Drives (VFD) Upgrade

The work consists of to upgrade the existing ABB Variable Frequency Drives (VFD) at the Health Science Campus. Vendors requesting clarifications to this Invitation to Bid may submit in writing questions for official response by the University. Questions should be sent via email to Evan Riddell at evan.riddell@louisville.edu no later than 2:00 PM, EST on 10/12/2022. Project start: TBD (will be based on product lead time) Completion: TBD (will be based on product lead time) Liquidated damages of $100/day 10% retainage will be withheld Prevailing wages not required. Amendments to this Invitation to Bid may be necessary prior to the closing date and will be furnished in the form of written addenda that will be posted on the University of Louisvilles BID/RFP Procurement Services - electronically. Oral communication with any person(s) will not be construed as providing amending data to the specifications unless converted to the form of written addenda and posted to the University of Louisvilles BID/RFP Purchasing electronically. If any person contemplating the submission of a bid has any doubt as to the true meaning, of any part of the invitation, he/she should contact Evan Riddell at evan.riddell@louisville.edu. Any interpretation of the specifications will be made by addenda and posted electronically. Any technical errors or omissions in the technical specifications should be reported to the buyer whose name appears on the face of the Invitation to Bid so (within seven (7) days before Bid Opening) an official addendum can be issued. The submission of bid will be construed as evidence that a visit and examination of the site has been made. Later claims for labor, equipment, or materials required or difficulties encountered, which could have been foreseen had such an examination been made, will not be recognized. Bids and modifications thereof shall be enclosed in sealed envelopes and addressed to the office specified in the solicitation. The Bidder shall show the hour and date specified in the solicitation for receipt, the solicitation number, and the name and address of the Bidder on the face of the envelope. Two envelopes should be submitted: One containing the technical proposal and one with the financial proposal/lump sum bid. Telegraphic bids and/or telegraphic modifications to a bid shall NOT be acceptable. Signed, written bid must be received by the Department of Procurement Services by the official bid opening date. NOTE: Bidders sending their Bids via Overnight Courier should send via FedEx or UPS. Overnight packages delivered by USPS are delivered to a University lockbox and cannot be guaranteed to be delivered to the Department of Procurement Services prior to the bid due date and time specified. All vendors are required to enter their bid prices where indicated on the University of Louisville Invitation to Bid form. Pages of figures showing how vendors arrived at their bid prices are not pertinent to this Invitation and should not be submitted with the bid responses. The Bid/Quote number must appear on the outside of the envelope. The Bids/Quotes must be signed and delivery dates given. Bids shall be accompanied by a bid guarantee of not less than five percent (5%) of the amount of the base bid executed by a Surety Company authorized to do business in the State of Kentucky and countersigned by a licensed Kentucky Resident Agent representing the Surety Company. (Certified Check Acceptable) It is agreed that in the event that this bid is accepted by the owner and the Contractor shall fail to execute a contract within ten (10) consecutive calendar days from the date of notifications of the Award of Contract, the Owner shall determine that the contractor has abandoned the contract and thereupon, the Bid shall become null and void, and the bid guarantee, check of bid bond which accompanied it shall be forfeited and become the property of the Owner as liquidated damages for such failure and no protest pursuant to such action will be allowed. The awarded Contractor shall furnish a performance and payment bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price as security for the faithful performance of this contract and for the payment of all persons performing labor, including payment of all unemployed contributions which become due and payable under the Kentucky Unemployment Insurance Law furnishings materials in connection with this contract.

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