Notice to Bidders
CITY OF BATAVIA
GENESEE COUNTY, NEW YORK
FIRE STATION AND BUREAU OF MAINTENANCE BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS
Contract No. 1G General
Contract No. 1E Electrical
Contract No. 1H HVAC
Contract No. 1P Plumbing
Notice to Bidders
All work will be in accordance with the Contract Drawings and Specifications and as directed by ENGINEER. Separate sealed Bids will be received by the City of Batavia until 10:00 a.m. local time on December 22, 2022 at the office of the City Clerk, City of Batavia, City Hall, One Batavia City Centre, Batavia, New York 14020, and then at that time and place be publicly opened and read aloud.
All Bids shall be made on the forms furnished and shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope marked
"CITY OF BATAVIA FIRE STATION AND BUREAU OF MAINTENANCE BUILDING IMPROVEMENT“ and directed to City of Batavia.
City of Batavia Fire Station and Bureau of Maintenance Building Improvements – The work under this Project includes the following:
Repair and renovation to the City of Batavia Fire Station and Bureau of Maintenance Building with work involving General, Electrical, HVAC and Plumbing construction.
There is a pre-bid meeting scheduled for December 1, 2022, at 9:00 a.m., at the City of Batavia Fire Station followed by a site visit at the Bureau of Maintenance Building. All Prospective bidders are strongly recommended to attend.
The Contract Documents may be examined at the following locations:
Avalon Plan Room, https://www.avalonbuff-planroom.com
F.W. Dodge Online Services, www.dodge.construction.com
Construction Exchange of Buffalo and WNY
2660 William Street
Cheektowaga, New York 14227
The Contract Documents may be viewed and ordered through Avalon Plan Room, at:
www.avalonbuff-planroom.com in the “Public Bid” section. If you do not have internet access or have questions on ordering from the site, please contact Avalon Document Services at (716) 995-7777. Bidders will be charged a non-refundable fee payable to Avalon. Only official planholders are eligible to bid on the project. Subcontractors, suppliers, equipment vendors, etc., will also be required to submit the non-refundable payment in order to receive the Contract Documents.
Bids must be submitted on the proposal form(s) furnished in the Contract Documents and must not be detached from the booklet. Failure to submit a bid on the proposal form(s) furnished in the Contract Documents, or submittal of form(s) detached from the Contract Documents, will result in automatic disqualification of bid. Addendum pages, if issued, shall be stapled to the original pages of the Contract Documents, and submitted as part of the Bid.
A bid security in the amount of 5% of the total bid made payable to the “City of Batavia” will be required and is subject to the conditions provided in the Instructions to Bidders. Failure to submit a bid bond or certified check with bid will result in automatic disqualification of bid. If, upon acceptance of their bid, a bidder fails to enter into a Contract with the City of Batavia, the bid security shall be forfeited to and become the property of the City.
No bidder may withdraw his bid within forty-five (45) calendar days after the actual date of the opening thereof. The successful bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and payment bond, each in an amount equal to 100 percent (100%) of the total Contract award amount.
The City of Batavia is exempt from the payment of sales and compensating use taxes of the State of New York and of cities and counties on all materials, equipment, and supplies sold to the City of Batavia pursuant to this Contract. Also exempt from such taxes are purchases by the Contractor and his Subcontractors of materials, equipment, and supplies to be sold to the City of Batavia pursuant to this Contract, including tangible personal property to be incorporated in any structure, building, or other real property forming part of the Project. These taxes are not to be included in the Bid.
Each Bidder's attention is called to the General Municipal Law, which requires a Bidder's Certificate of Non‑Collusion. Copies of such certifications are part of the Proposal Form, and unless completed with the Bid, will not be accepted.
The City of Batavia reserves the right to waive any informalities in the Bid and to reject any or all Bids.
Date: November 22, 2022
CITY OF BATAVIA
ENGINEER:
GHD Consulting Services Inc.
285 Delaware Avenue, Suite 500
Buffalo, New York 14202