Legal Advertisement NOTICE TO BIDDERS Notice is hereby

Legal Advertisement
NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Notice is hereby given that
SEALED BIDS will be
received:
BY:
The Board of School
Trustees
Bartholomew
Consolidated School
Corporation
1200 Central Avenue
Columbus, Indiana 47201
FOR: Columbus East High
School C4 Addition
UNTIL: Bids are due 10:00
AM, local time, Thurs-
day, November 20, 2025
RECEIPT OF BIDS: Bids
received after the desig-
nated day and time listed
above will be returned
unopened. Bids received
by mail or other carrier
must be addressed to
1200 Central Ave., Co-
lumbus, Indiana and re-
ceived on or before the
date and time desig-
nated to be valid.
BID OPENING: All Bids
will be publicly opened
and read aloud on
Thursday, November 20,
2025 at 10:00 AM local
time, at 1200 Central Av-
enue, Columbus, Indi-
ana. Deliver Bid in a
sealed envelope show-
ing the project name,
and Bidders name and
address.
PRE-BID MEETING: A
pre-bid meeting for inter-
ested parties will be held
on Thursday, November
06, 2025, at 11:00 AM at
Columbus East High
School at 230 South
Marr Road, Columbus,
IN 47201. The meeting
will include an opportu-
nity to tour the building.
To arrange site visits af-
ter this meeting, contact
Greg Ferguson, email:
[email protected], phone: (812)
376-4475.
CONTRACT TYPE:
The project will be con-
structed under a Single
Prime Contract with bids
received on a lump sum
basis. Each proposal
shall include all labor,
material, and services
necessary to complete
the projects in strict ac-
cordance with the Con-
struction Drawings and
Project Manual. Prime
bidders and their sub-
contractors must be cer-
tified and in compliance
with the Indiana General
Assemblys House En-
rollment Act #1019.
Where trade names,
brand names, or manu-
facturers names are
used in the Project Man-
ual, it is for the purpose
of establishing kind and
quality and not for the
purpose of limiting com-
petition. Bidders may of-
fer items or materials
equal in quality and hav-
ing the same durability
and efficiency if the Bid-
der first receives written
approval from the
Architect/Engineer prior
to the date and time of
the Bid Opening and
complying with require-
ments indicated in Docu-
ment 00 21 00,
Instructions to Bidders.
The Bidder shall identify
such substitutions by
name, kind, and type
with the Bid.
A contract will be awarded
to the lowest responsible
and responsive bidder,
complying with the con-
ditions of the Instruc-
tions to Bidders and Ad-
vertisements for Public
Bids. The Owner, how-
ever, reserves the right
to reject any and all bids,
and waive any informali-
ties, discrepancies,
omissions, variances, or
irregularities in bids re-
ceived in its sole discre-
tion. If a contract is
awarded, it will be to the
lowest responsible and
responsive bidder in ac-
cordance with Indianas
Public Work Projects
Act, Indiana Code
36-1-12. The bidder
agrees to hold open its
bid for a minimum of
sixty (60) days from the
date of the bid opening.
BID DOCUMENTS:
Interested Prime Bidders
may obtain electronic
Bidding Documents at
no cost from Eastern
Engineering,
http://distribution.easternengineering.com All
other bidders may pur-
chase electronic or
printed sets directly
from Eastern Engineer-
ing, 9901 Allisonville
Road, Fishers, IN 46038,
1-866-884-4115.
All questions concerning
bidding this project shall
be directed to CSO Ar-
chitects, 317-848-7800.
Contact Emily Newton,
[email protected] or
Brad Krohn,
[email protected].
BID DOCUMENTS - RE-
VIEW:
Construction will be in ac-
cordance with the bid
documents, which may
be viewed at the follow-
ing locations, as well as
local plan rooms:

1. Office of the Owner
Director of Operations
and Manager of Projects
Bartholomew
Consolidated School
Corporation
Operations Building
1260 North Marr Road
Columbus, Indiana 47201

2. CSO Architects
8831 Keystone Crossing
Indianapolis,
Indiana 46240
317-848-7800

BID SECURITY: Each bid
shall be accompanied by
a bid security for five
percent (5%) of the base
bid in the form of a certi-
fied check or a bid bond.
Bid bonds shall be exe-
cuted by the bidder and
a surety company quali-
fied to do business in the
State of Indiana. The
check or bid bond shall
be made payable to the
Bartholomew Consoli-
dated School Corpora-
tion. Should a successful
Bidder withdraw the bid,
or fail to execute a satis-
factory Contract, the
Owner may then declare
the Bid deposit forfeited
as liquidated damages.
PERFORMANCE BOND
AND LABOR AND MA-
TERIAL PAYMENT
BOND:
The successful bidder
shall, upon acceptance
of their bid, be required
to procure and pay for a
100% Performance
Bond/Labor and Material
Payment Bond in the
amount equal to the con-
tract price, and such
bond shall comply with
all laws of the State of
Indiana governing public
contracts let by govern-
mental units.
END OF NOTICE TO
BIDDERS
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