Listing Information/Advertisement

THE ADVOCATE
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
To be published three times Legal:
June 14, June 21, and June 28, 2024
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
The City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge (City-Parish) will receive electronic or paper bids
for the construction of the following project:
LOUISIANA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
CORONAVIRUS HVAC IMPROVEMENTS - RESTART
Dr. Leo S. Butler Community Center, 950 Lorri Burgess Ave Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Jewel J. Newman Community Center, 2013 Central Rd Baton Rouge, LA 70807
CITY PARISH PROJECT NO. 21-ASC-CP-1525
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: IN A CARES ACT FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECT, MAKE HVAC EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS
IMPROVEMENTS PER ASHRAE GUIDANCE TO HELP REDUCE RISKS OF CORONAVIRUS AT MUNICIPAL COMMUNITY
CENTERS IN BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA.
Bid Package with Plans and Specifications may be obtained online at www.centralauctionhouse.com. Alternately,
paper copies may be obtained through most reprographic vendors for their printing cost, by arrangement through
Architectural Services Division, by please contacting Monica Springer at (225) 389-4694 or [email protected]
between 7:30am to 2:00pm at least 3 business days prior to Bid Opening. All Bids shall be made on the Bid Package
Forms.
Statutory Forms (Bid Package Part 1-A) shall be submitted to the Purchasing Division prior to Bid Opening:
Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension and Other Responsibility Matters
Attestation of No Past Criminal Convictions
Legal Citizen Affidavit
Non-Collusion & Non-Solicitation Affidavit
Bid Forms (Bid Package Part 1) submitted shall be accompanied by a Certified Check or Cashier's Check payable
to the Parish of East Baton Rouge, or a satisfactory Bid Bond executed by the Bidder and an acceptable surety, in
an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the total bid.
Contractors must hold an active license issued by the State of Louisiana Licensing Board for Contractors in the
classification of Mechanical work or Building Construction, and must show their license number on the face of
the bid envelope. All Contractors bidding on this work shall comply with all provisions of the State Licensing Law
for Contractors, La RS 37:2150-2163 for all public contracts. It shall also be the responsibility of the General
Contractor to assure that all subcontractors comply with this law.
Bids will be received online through www.centralauctionhouse.com or in an envelope delivered to the Purchasing
Division 8th Floor Room 826 City Hall 222 St Louis St Baton Rouge, LA 70802 until the BID OPENING 2:00 PM Local
Time, THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2024 with no exceptions.
At Bid Opening in Purchasing Division Room 826 City Hall, electronic Bids and Bid Bonds will be downloaded, then
all electronic and paper Bids will be publicly read aloud. Bidders and/or their authorized representatives are
invited. Bid results can also be viewed at the link: http://city.brla.gov/dept/purchase/bidresults.asp
NTC 2 of 2
The contract shall be awarded to the lowest responsible and responsive bidder. If at the time this contact is to
be awarded, the lowest base bid submitted by a responsible bidder does not exceed the amount of funds then
available to finance the contract, the contract will be awarded. In accordance with La RS 38:2214 B the City/Parish
reserves the right to reject any and all bids if they exceed the amount available to finance the contract, or for just
cause. Alternately, the City/Parish may award the contract on the base bid combined with one or more alternates,
if still within the available funds. Bids shall be firm for a period of forty-five (45) days from the date of the Bid
Opening, except as allowed per Louisiana Revised Statute (La RS) 38:2214 C. In the event all qualified bids are
above the granted CARES Act federal fund amount, the typical time limits of 45 days to award contract, 60 days
to execute contract, and 30 days to issue Notice to Proceed shall not be applicable, until additional project funding
is secured.
The Successful Low-Bidder will have an active Universal Entity Identifier Number, as verified on www.sam.gov,
prior to the beginning of construction, and shall begin mobilization and procurement of materials within ten (10)
working days of the receipt of the Notice to Proceed. The Attention of Bidders is called to the requirements for
conditions of employment to be observed and minimum wage rates to be paid under the Contract, Section 3,
Segregated Facilities, Executive Order 11246, and all applicable laws and regulations of the Federal government
and State of Louisiana and bonding and insurance requirements.
The City-Parish is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a Social and Economically Disadvantaged Business
Enterprise (SEDBE) Program. The Bidder is encouraged to utilize minority-, woman- and veteran-owned
businesses to the extent possible as suppliers or subcontractors, toward a 25% SEDBE participation goal. The
successful low bidder shall complete SEDBE forms (revised 1/19/2024) verifying good faith efforts.
A non-mandatory pre-bid conference will be held at 10:00 am Tuesday, July 2nd, at Jewel Newman Community
Center 2013 Central Rd Baton Rouge, LA 70807. All parties interested in this project are invited to attend this
conference.
For additional information regarding the project, please contact Bid related: Purchasing Division (225) 389-3259;
General Documents related: Sean Johnson, (225) 389-4694 or [email protected] or Engineering and
Construction Documents related: Jordan Fish, AST Engineers (225) 926-5600 or [email protected].