Byron-Bergen CSD 2025-2026 COEP

The BOARD OF EDUCATION of the Byron Bergen Central School District invites bids for a Single-Prime GENERAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT for the Byron Bergen Central School District, 2025-2026 COEP PROJECT located at the Main Building, 6917 West Bergen Road Bergen, NY 14416

Separate sealed bids will be received by Byron-Bergen Central School District at the District Office , until 3:00 PM on Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud. It is the sole responsibility of the bidder to ensure that the bid is received at the designated location prior to the designated time for opening bids.

Copies of the Bidding Documents may be obtained by Prime Contractors, Subcontractors and Vendors, at Rotolite Elliott, One Grove St. Pittsford, NY 14534 upon deposit of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per set, all Bid Deposit checks shall be made out to Byron-Bergen Central School District. Include, in addition to the document deposit, a non-refundable check payable to Rotolite Elliot in the amount of Thirty-Five Dollars ($35.00) per set for handling and postage of sets to be mailed.

In lieu of paper bid sets, bidders can view electronic plans and specifications online upon a Fifty-Nine Dollars ($59.00) nonrefundable 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 of the District’s name)

For the convenience of prospective Bidders, subcontractors and material suppliers, Bidding Documents will also be on file at the following locations:

• 1. McGraw-Hill Construction (Dodge): http://dodgeprojects.construction.com

• 2. Rochester Builders Exchange: http://www.robex.com

• 3. Construction Exchange of Buffalo & Western New York: https://conexbuff.com/

A Pre-Bid Meeting for the Project will be conducted by the Architect/Engineer on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at 8:00 AM local time, beginning at the District Office. All requests for additional site visits outside of this scheduled pre-bid meeting shall be by appointment only by contacting Nate Piscitelli, CPL, npiscitelli@cplteam.com.

All pre-bid questions shall be submitted to Nate Piscitelli, CPL, at npiscitelli@cplteam.com using the Request for Information (RFI) form found in specification section 006000, until Monday, December 29, 2025.

A Bidder whose bid is accompanied by a certified check or other security in accordance with the bidding requirements and public advertisement, and who returns a complete set of Bidding Documents in good condition within thirty (30) days following the award of the Contract covered by such Bidding Documents or the rejection of such bid, shall receive a refund of the full amount of the deposit for (1) copy of the Bidding Documents. Partial reimbursement in an amount equal to the deposit for (1) set of the Bidding Documents, less the actual cost of reproduction of the Bidding Documents, shall be made for the return of all other copies of the Bidding Documents in good condition within thirty (30) days following the award of the Contract or the rejection of the bids covered by such Bidding Documents.

Attention of the Bidder is particularly called to the Owner's sales tax exemption, the requirements as to conditions of employment to be observed and the minimum wage rates to be paid under the contract. In addition, the Bidding Documents for this project contain detailed requirements for the qualification of Bidders. These include, among other things, rigid bonding and insurance requirements, financial statements, bank references, lists of lawsuits, arbitrations or other proceedings in which the Bidder has been named as a party, a statement of surety's intent to issue Performance and Payment Bonds, and a description of other projects of similar size and scope completed by the Bidder.

Bids shall be prepared as set forth in “Instructions to Bidders”, enclosed in a sealed envelope bearing on its face the name and address of the Bidder and the title of the Work to which the bid enclosed relates. Each Bidder shall deposit with its bid, security in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the base bid in the form and subject to the conditions provided in the “Instructions to Bidders.” No Bidder may withdraw his bid within forty-five (45) days after the actual bid opening.

The Owner reserves the right to waive any and all informalities in or to reject any or all bids. The Owner further reserves its right to disqualify Bidders for any material failure to comply with the “Instructions to Bidders”.