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 Cen-
tral Avenue Columbus,
Indiana 47201
FOR: Clifty Creek Elemen-
tary School Re-Roof
UNTIL: Bids are due 2:00
P.M., local time, Tues-
day, February 03, 2026
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 Avenue,
Columbus, Indiana and
received on or before the
date and time desig-
nated to be valid.
BID OPENING: All Bids
will be publicly opened
and read aloud on Tues-
day, February 03, 2026
at 2:00 PM local time, at
1200 Central Avenue,
Columbus, Indiana. De-
liver Bid in a sealed en-
velope showing the proj-
ect name, and Bidders
name and address.
PRE-BID MEETING: A
pre-bid meeting for inter-
ested parties will be held
on Tuesday, January 20,
2026, at 1:00 PM at
Clifty Creek Elementary
School at 4625 East 50
North, Columbus, IN
47203. The meeting will
include an opportunity to
tour the building. To ar-
range site visits after 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 Instructions
to Bidders and Adver-
tisements 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 En-
gineering, http:// distribu-
tion.easternengineering.
com. All other bidders
may purchase 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
Manager of Projects
Bartholomew Consoli-
dated School Corpora-
tion 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.
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