ALLEN PARISH LIBRARY - OAKDALE BRANCH

ADDITIONS AND RENOVATIONS

405 EAST 6TH AVENUE

OAKDALE, LOUISIANA

Sealed bids from Contractors will be received by Allen Parish Libraries, Attn: Renee Grantham, Director,

320 S. 6th Street, Oberlin, Louisiana 70655 on Tuesday December 23, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. CST for all

labor, materials, and equipment required to fully complete the Project entitled “ALLEN PARISH LIBRARY

- OAKDALE BRANCH, ADDITIONS AND RENOVATIONS, 405 EAST 6TH AVENUE, OAKDALE,

LOUISIANA”. Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud shortly after the time and at the place stated

above.

Complete Bid Documents for this Project are available in electronic form. They may be obtained from

Central Bidding / Central Auction House at https://www.centralauctionhouse.com, (225) 810-4814.

Printed copies are not available from the Architect, 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 Architect at:

ARCHITECTS BEAZLEY MOLIERE

300 HEYMANN BOULEVARD

LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA 70503

PHONE: (337) 233-0614

[email protected]

Bids shall be accepted only from Contractors who are licensed by the State of Louisiana for the

classification of Building Construction and registered as a Prime Bidder with Central Bidding /

Central Auction House at https://www.centralauctionhouse.com. No bid may be withdrawn for a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.

A MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD

at 10:00 a.m. CST on Tuesday, December 9, 2014

at Allen Parish Libraries Oakdale Branch 405 E. 6th Avenue, Oakdale, Louisiana 71463

Each bid will be accompanied by a certified check, cashier’s check or Bid Bond payable to the Allen

Parish Libraries, the amount of which shall be 5 percent (5%) of the proposed base bid plus all alternates.

Money orders will not be accepted. This shall be given as guarantee that the Bidder will execute the

Contract, if it is awarded to him, in conformity with the Contract Documents. If Bid Bond is used, it shall

meet the requirements according to R.S. 38:2218.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids for just cause. In accordance with LA R.S.

38:2212 (A)(1)(b), the provisions and requirements of this section and the Bid Form shall not be

considered as informalities and shall not be waived by any public entity.

Contract, if awarded, will be on a single lump sum basis to Bidders licensed under the provisions of

Contractor's Licensing Law of the State of Louisiana. If the Bidder is notified of the acceptance of the bid

within forty-five (45) days of the opening of bids, he agrees to execute a Contract for the Work accepted,

in the Standard Form of AIA Contract Document A-101, within ten (10) days after receipt of written notice

from the Owner that the instrument is ready for signature, and that he will complete the Work within Two-

Hundred-Seventy (270) calendar days following Notice to Proceed as stipulated in Section 8.2 of the

General and Supplementary Conditions.
The Contractor will be subject to reimburse to the Owner Liquidated Damages of Five Hundred Dollars

($500.00) per calendar day as stated in Section 8.4 of the General and Supplementary Conditions for

each calendar day that completion is delayed beyond the adjusted Contract Time.

The successful Bidder shall be required to furnish a Performance and Payment Bond in an amount equal

to 100 percent (100%) of the Contract sum in accordance with Section 11.4 of the General and

Supplementary Conditions.

The successful Bidder must obtain Contract Documents for construction of the Project from the Architect.

All bids must be received on or before the time specified and must be plainly marked on the outside of the

envelope:

ALLEN PARISH LIBRARIES

ATTN: RENEE GRANTHAM, DIRECTOR

320 S. 6TH STREET

OBERLIN, LOUISIANA 70655

Additional Notes/Requirements

Statement of Probable Cost Architectural Estimate: $1,123,510.00