INVITATION TO BID West Baton Rouge Parish School Board (OWNER) 3761 Rosedale Road Port Allen, LA 70767 RECEIPT OF BIDS: Sealed bids on forms prepared by the Engineer will be received by West Baton Rouge Parish School Board, 3761 Rosedale Road, Port Allen, LA 70767 until 11:00 a.m. on September 10, 2014 Environmental Hazard Abatement and Demolition at Cohn Elementary School in accordance with Drawings, Specifications and other Contract Documents prepared by Wynn L. White Consulting Engineers, Inc., P.O. Box 83527, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70884-3527, (225) 761-9141. Bids will be publicly opened and read at 11:00 a.m. (Central Time) on September 10, 2014. Any bids received later than the above time and date will not be accepted. OBTAINING CONTRACT DOCUMENTS: Drawings, specifications and other contract documents may be obtained electronically upon application at the Baton Rouge office of Wynn L. White Consulting Engineers, Inc. after 10:00 a.m. on August 4, 2014. Contact Chris White, P.E. at [email protected] to obtain electronic document copies. BID GUARANTY: Each bid shall be accompanied by an acceptable form of Bid Guaranty in an amount equal to at least five (5) percent of the amount of the bid payable to the West Baton Rouge Parish School Board as a guaranty that if the bid is accepted, the bidder will execute the Contact and file acceptable Performance and Labor and Material Payment Bonds as stated in the contract documents. OWNERS RIGHTS RESERVED: West Baton Rouge Parish School Board, hereinafter called 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 action, those stated in the Advertisement for Bids, and those required on the bid form shall not be considered as informalities and shall not be waived by any public entity. Only Contractors or Contacting firms who have been fully qualified by the Louisiana State Licensing Board of Contractors in accordance with Act 233 of 1956, and are in current good standing, will be permitted to submit bids or execute work where the contract price will amount to $50,000 or more. Only the bids of Contractors or Contracting firms who obtain proposal forms from the Engineer?s office more than 24 hours prior to the hour and date set for the bid opening will be opened. No bidder may withdraw his bid within 30 days after the actual date of the opening of bids. A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held August 27, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at Cohn Elementary School, 805 North 14th Street, Port Allen, LA 70767.