Brown Bear Holding Door Replacement Bid Package #1

The Owners Representative to contact for viewing the site and for construction is: Nathan Decker Phone: 419-389-6403 ext. 3013 Fax: 419-385-6935 The Toledo Zoo is soliciting sealed proposals for the Brown Bear Holding Door Replacement Project. The bid package includes all supervision, materials, labor, and equipment for the Brown Bear Holding Door Replacement Project. Work shall consist of demolition of existing and design, fabrication, and installation of new custom animal shift doors. Bids will be accepted only on the bid package forms provided and only if the bids are received on or before the bid time stated. The official bid clock will be the clock located within the Administration Building. A certified check, cashier's check, or a letter of credit, in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the bid amount, or a bid bond in accordance with all applicable sections of the Ohio Revised Code is required. Particular attention should be given to Ohio Revised Code Section 307.88, 153.54, 153.57, and 153.571. If your proposal is accompanied by a certified check, cashier's check, or a letter of credit, a performance and payment bond for 100% of your bid proposal will be required. Minimum Wage Rates, Prevailing Wage Rates, and Equal Employment Opportunity laws of the United States and the State of Ohio are applicable to all bids received for this project. It will be mandatory that all Bidders visit the site and physically inspect the work to be performed. No proposal shall be accepted unless there is verification that the Bidder has performed this physical inspection. Confirmed attendance shall be considered a signature from a representative of the bidding contractor on the official pre-bid "sign-in sheet". Bids are subject to the terms and conditions of the Bidding Documents and the terms and conditions are hereby incorporated into the Invitation to Bid the same as if written in full herein. The owner may reject any and all bids on any basis and without disclosure of a reason. The Owner may waive any informality in the bidding to the extent permitted by law, or accept the bid which is the "lowest and best" and which embraces such combination of alternates as may promote the best interests of the Owner. Such actions taken by the Owner shall not result in accrual of any right, claim, or cause of action by any unsuccessful bidder against The Toledo Zoo, the Board of Lucas County Commissioners, or Consultants under contract to The Toledo Zoo who prepared the specification and drawings.

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Openings, Doors and Frames, Windows.