Avoca CSD 2025/2025 COEP

SECTION 001112

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS (N.Y. PUBLIC WORK)

AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

The BOARD OF EDUCATION of the Avoca Central School District invites bids for a Single-

Prime GENERAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT for the Avoca Central School District, 2025-

2026 COEP PROJECT located at the Main Building, 17 Oliver Street Avoca, NY 14809.

Separate sealed bids will be received by Avoca Central School District at the District Office,

until 3:00 pm local time on December 4, 2025 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 Avoca Central School

District. Include, in addition to the document deposit, a non-refundable check in the amount of

Thirty-Five Dollars ($35.00) per set for handling and postage of sets to be mailed. All checks

shall be made payable to Rotolite Elliott. Alternatively, bidders can provide their UPS or FedEx

shipper # for shipment of bid documents.

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 November 20,

2025, at 3:00 pm, 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

November 24, 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”.