The project consists of construction of an exit drive from the campus for a quicker dismissal.Includes tree removal and striping. General Contractors must provide evidence that it is licensed under Chapter 87 of the NC General Statues and must have a minimum of five (5) years of experience on competitively bid publicly funded construction projects e.g. City, County, State or School Systems. Bid Security in the amount of five percent (5%) of the proposal must accompany each proposal in accordance with the Information for Bidders. No bid may be withdrawn for a period of forty-five days after the opening thereof. The successful bidder will be required to furnish 100% Performance Bond and a 100% Material Payment Bond. The Design Consultant and a representative from NHCS will be available at that time to answer questions concerning the project. Questions after that time shall be submitted in writing to the Design Consultant at Paramounte Engineering, Inc. rballand@paramounte-eng.com at 122 Cinema Drive, Wilmington, NC 28403 or to Leanne Lawrence (Leanne.lawrence@nhcs.net), Director of Facility Planning & Construction, NHCS Schools 6410 Carolina Beach Road Wilmington, NC 28412. NHCS has a verifiable ten percent (10%) goal for participation by minority businesses in the total value of the work. Bidders are required on school construction and renovation projects to make a good faith effort to meet this goal. Bidders shall identify on its bid the minority businesses that it will use on the project. Bidders shall submit along with the bid an affidavit listing the good faith efforts it has made pursuant to Section I - Information for Bidders, Article I-8, Minority Participation, and the total dollar value of the bid that will be performed by the minority businesses. A bidder that performs all of the work under the contract with its own workforce may submit an affidavit to that effect in lieu of the aforementioned affidavit otherwise required under this subsection. NHCS reserves the right to reject any and all bids, waive informalities and irregularities in bidding, and to accept bids which are considered to be in the best interest of the School System.