Avoca CSD 2023 CIP Re-Bid

Status

Accepting Bids

Bid Date 2/20/25 1:30pm

Company & Contacts

CPL
Nate Piscitelli  
(585) 672-2241

Location

Avoca, New York

THE AVOCA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

Invites bids for GENERAL CONSTRUCTION, PLUMBING, MECHANICAL, and

ELECTRICAL Work for the Avoca CSD 2023 CIP Project located at 17 Oliver Street , Avoca ,

New York , 14809 .

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

Lobby (Door #9) , until 1:30 p.m. local time on February 20, 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 Roto-lite 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 Roto-lite 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/

4. Syracuse Builders Exchange: https://www.syrabex.com/

There will not be a formal Pre-Bid Meeting for this Project. All requests for site visits shall be

by appointment only via Jake Bates, Cell: 585-409-4739.

All pre-bid questions shall be submitted to Jake Bates, and Caitlin Terri, Watchdog, at

jakebates@watchdogbp.com and cterry@watchdogbp.com, using the Request for Information

(RFI) form found in specification section 006000. Questions will be accepted until 12:00 p.m.

February 12, 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 anamount 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, the minimum wage rates to be

paid under the contract, and the New York State Department of Labor Contractor

Registry. 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”.