Welding Shop Upgrades

Additional Notes/Requirements

NOTICE TO BIDDERS The Calcasieu Parish School Board will receive sealed bids until 10:00 AM., January 23, 2018, at its offices at the Calcasieu Parish School Board, Planning & Construction Department, Chennault Facilities, 3800 Mallard Cove Drive, P.B. #506, Lake Charles, Louisiana 70615 for College Street Vocational Center Welding Shop Upgrades, Career Development Grant Funds, and Bid No. 2018-09PC. Complete plans and specifications may be obtained from Brossett Architect, LLC, 414 Pujo Street, Lake Charles, La. 70601 No Bid shall be considered or accepted unless the bid is accompanied by bid security in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the Base Bid and all Additive Alternates. The bid security shall be in the form of certified check or cashier’s check drawn on a bank insured by the FDIC, or Calcasieu Parish School Board Bid Bond Form contained in the Front End Documents written by a surety company licensed to do business in Louisiana with a A.M. Best rating of “A” or better, countersigned by a person who is under contract with the surety company or bond insurer as a licensed agent in this state and who is residing in this state. Bids shall be accepted only from Contractors who are licensed under LA. R.S. 37:2150- 2163, Act 635, effective January 1, 1989, for the classification Building Construction No bid may be withdrawn for a period of thirty (30) days after receipt of bids, except under the provisions of LA. R.S. 38:2214. Evidence of authority to submit the bid shall be required in accordance with R.S. 38:2212 (A) (1) (c) and/or R.S. 39:1594 (C) (2) (d). Each bid must be placed in an envelope, sealed and marked on the outside “College Street Vocational Center Welding Shop Upgrades ,Career Development Grant Funds , Bid No. 2018-09PC, to be opened at 10:00AM., January 23, 2018”, at the Calcasieu Parish School Board, Planning & Construction Department, Chennault Facilities, P.B. #506, Lake Charles, Louisiana 70615”. Non –Mandatory pre-bid conference will be held at 9:00 A.M. on January 11th, 2018 at 736 E. College Street, Lake Charles, La. The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids. In accordance with La. R.S. 38:2212 (A) (1) (b), the provisions and requirements of this Section, 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. A deposit may be required on the bid documents; however, the deposit shall not exceed twice the actual cost of reproduction. Deposits on the first set of documents furnished bona fide prime bidders will be fully refunded upon return of the documents no later than ten days after receipt of bids. On other sets of documents furnished to bidders the deposit less actual cost of reproduction, will be refunded upon return of the documents no later than ten days after receipt of bids. R.S. 38:2212 (A) (1) (e). Bid may also be submitted by electronic means security/password protected to this location, ensuring the following is included on all pages of all correspondence: www.centralauctionhouse.com Karl Bruchhaus, Secretary Calcasieu Parish School Board Pc: Bourne, Trahan, Heath, Architect or Designer, State License Board for Contractors, Daily Journal of Commerce, F. W. Dodge, File Publish in the Lake Charles American Press: December 22, 29th, and January 5th 2018.