Ellicottville CSD 2024 COP

Sealed proposals will be received by the Board of Education, Ellicottville Central School District (herein referred to as the “Owner”) for the Ellicottville Central School District 2024 Capital Outlay Project. Bids shall be received by the Owner, in the District Business Office, 5873 Route 219, Ellicottville, NY 14731, until 3:30 P.M., local time, on Monday, October 7, 2024, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud in the Library. Bids transmitted electronically or via facsimile will not be accept-ed.

A bid is requested for the following Prime Contract:

Contract #100: ELECTRICAL-VOICE-DATA CONTRACT

The Architect for the Project is: SEI Design Group, 224 Mill Street, Rochester, NY 14614.

The Instructions to Bidders, Form of Proposal, General Conditions, Drawings, and Specifications may be examined at the following locations:

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Builders Exchange of Rochester, 180 Linden Oaks, Rochester, NY 14625

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McGraw Hill Construction/Dodge, 320 North Goodman Street, Rochester, NY 14607

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Construction Exchange of Buffalo & WNY, 2660 William St., Cheektowaga, NY 14227

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Southern Tier Builders Association, 65 East Main Street, Falconer,NY 14733

A Pre-Bid conference is by appointment only. Please contact the Architect, SEI Design Group Architects, to the attention of Brad Moreland, Architect, bjm@seidesigngroup.com.

All RFI’s should be directed to the Architect, SEI Design Group Architects, to the attention of Brad Mo-reland, Architect, bjm@seidesigngroup.com.

Bidders for Prime Contract Work may obtain Contract Documents from Rotolite- Elliot Corporation upon payment of a deposit of $50 per set, and a separate, non-refundable $25 shipping and handling payment for each set (deposit check shall be made payable to school district, shipping check made paya-ble to Rotolite-Elliott Corporation). Alternatively, bidders can provide their UPS or FedEx account in-formation.

In lieu of shipping, Contract Documents may be obtained in person at Rotolite-Elliot Corporation, 1 Grove Street, Pittsford, NY 14534. Phone (585) 385-2190.

In lieu of paper bid sets, bidders can view electronic plans and specifications online upon a $59 non-refundable payment by visiting www.recplanroom.com (Click Public Jobs under the Menu Tab on the left hand side of the plan room homepage. Once you are in the public plan room please select the link for

the school District.)

Bid sets will not be available at SEI Design Group’s offices.

Bids shall be on the form provided in the documents, prepared in triplicate as set forth in the Instructions to Bidders and enclosed in an envelope bearing on its face the name and address of the bidder and the title of work to which the proposal relates. If submitting for more than one contract, submit each contract bid in separate envelope.

Any Plan Holder upon returning such set in good condition within fifteen (15) days after Bid opening will be refunded the deposit. Any Plan Holder after fifteen (15) days after Bid opening so returning such a set will be refunded 50 percent of the deposit.

The Board of Education hereby reserves the right to waive any informalities and reject any or all Bids or to accept the one that in its judgment will be for the best interest of the school district.

A Bid Bond or Certified Check made payable to the Owner in the amount of five percent (5%) of the Bid, subject to the conditions provided in the Instructions to Bidders, must be deposited by each Bidder with his Bid as a guarantee that in the case the contract is awarded to him, he will then ten days thereafter, ex-ecute such contract and furnish a satisfactory Performance and Payment Bond, and the Bidder shall not withdraw his Bid for a period of forty-five days after the above date of Bid opening, and to guarantee the performance of all other obligations of the Bidders as set forth in Instructions to Bidders.

Attention of the Bidders is called to the requirements as to the conditions of employment and minimum wage rates to be paid under this Contract as well as to other provisions set forth in the Instruction to Bidders. Work shall be commenced and continuously and diligently prosecuted immediately after contracts have been signed.

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