ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Sealed bids will be received for the State of Louisiana by the Division of Administration and shall 
be directed to the Office of Facility Planning and Control, 1201 North Third Street, Claiborne 
Office Building, Suite 7-160, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70802 or P.O. Box 94095, Baton Rouge, 
Louisiana, 70804-9095. The deadline for receipt of bids is 2:00 PM on Tuesday, August 29, 2023, at 
which time bids will be opened and read aloud in a public meeting in the Claiborne Office Building, 
Conference Room 1-145.

ANY PERSON REQUIRING SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS SHALL NOTIFY FACILITY PLANNING AND CONTROL OF THE 
TYPE(S) OF ACCOMMODATION REQUIRED NOT LESS THAN SEVEN (7) DAYS BEFORE THE BID OPENING.
FOR:         Lighting Replacement Turpin Stadium
Northwestern State University Natchitoches, Louisiana
PROJECT NUMBER: 19-671-22-01, F.19002411
Complete Bidding Documents for this project are available in electronic form. They may be obtained 
without charge and without deposit from www.centralbidding.com. Printed copies are not available 
from the Designer but arrangements can be made to obtain them through most reprographic firms. Plan 
holders are responsible for their own reproduction costs.
Questions about this procedure shall be directed to the Designer at:

Associated Design Group, Inc.
3909 West Congress Street, Suite 201
Lafayette, LA 70506
Telephone: 337-234-5710
E-mail: Tom Van Deventer ([email protected])
All bids shall be accompanied by bid security in an amount of five percent (5.0%) of the sum of the 
base bid and all alternates. The form of this security shall be as stated in the Instructions to 
Bidders included in the Bid Documents for this project.

The successful Bidder shall be required to furnish a Performance and Payment Bond written as 
described in the Instructions to Bidders included in the Bid Documents for this project.
A PRE-BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD
at 2:00 PM on Thursday, August 17, 2023 at Northwestern State University,
Physical Plant Office, Conference Room 126, 998 South Jefferson Street, Natchitoches, LA 71497.
Bids shall be accepted from Contractors who are licensed under LA. R.S. 37:2150-2192 for the 
classification of Electrical Work. Bidder is required to comply with provisions and requirements of 
LA R.S. 38:2212(B)(5). No bid may be withdrawn for a period of forty-five (45) days after receipt 
of bids, except under the provisions of LA. R.S. 38:2214.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids for just cause. In accordance with La. R.S. 
38:2212(B)(1), the provisions and requirements of this Section and those stated in the bidding 
documents shall not be waived by any entity.

When this project is financed either partially or entirely with State Bonds or financed in whole or 
in part by federal or other funds which are not readily available at the time bids are received, 
the award of this Contract is contingent upon the granting of lines of credit, or the sale of bonds 
by the Bond Commission or the availability of federal or other funds. The State shall incur no 
obligation to the Contractor until the Contract Between Owner and Contractor is fully executed.

Facility Planning and Control is a participant in the Small Entrepreneurship (SE) Program (the 
Hudson Initiative) and the Veteran- Owned and Service-Connected Disabled Veteran-Owned (LaVet) 
Small Entrepreneurships Program. Bidders are encouraged to consider participation. Information is 
available from the Office of Facility Planning and Control or on its website at 
https://www.doa.la.gov/doa/fpc/.
STATE OF LOUISIANA DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION
FACILITY PLANNING AND CONTR
ROGER E. HUSSER, JR., DIRECTOR