The Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (SCCPSS) would like to take this opportunity to announce that it is requesting bids for Bid # C24-03 - (ESPLOST) Garrison School for the Arts Fencing Project. Contracting services meeting the requirements of the plans referenced in this solicitation. Once temporary fencing is removed, permanent fencing must be installed so that property is secured at all times. Enclosed is an Invitation to Bid (ITB) packet, which provides instructions for the submission of Bids and identifies the goods and/or services requested by the SCCPSS. Please include with your bid all documents requested by this solicitation, including, but not limited to, a copy of your firms current business license and certificate of insurance. Failure to include all the information and/or documents requested by this solicitation could result in the bid not being considered by the SCCPSS. If you have any questions concerning this solicitation, please submit them in writing through the e-Builder portal where they will be directed to Teresa Jayne Phillips, Purchasing Agent. Please note that all communications relating to the contents of this solicitation must be directed to the Purchasing Department pursuant to SCCPSS policy. If a Bidders Bid exceeds $100,000, then Bidder's Bid must be accompanied by a Bid Bond made payable to the District in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the Bid. Bid Bonds should be furnished on forms accepted as standard by the insurance industry but shall be substantially in accordance with the Bid Security Form attached hereto. Performance and Payment Bonds: If a Bidder's Bid exceeds $100,000 and the Bidder is the successful Bidder who is awarded a contract at the end of this solicitation, then the successful Bidder will be required to provide both a Performance Bond and a Payment Bond, each in an amount equal to 100 percent of the total Contract. At the time of bid submission, Bidder must provide documentation from Bidder's bond issuer stating the Bidders current bonding capacity, which must be sufficient to cover 100 percent of the total contract value. Bidder must then obtain the payment and performance bonds within 14 days receipt of the District's Intent to Award and prior to execution of contract. Sample performance and payment bond forms are attached as "Attachment C" to the sample contract issued with this solicitation. If the Bidder believes that additional insurance coverages other than those listed in Attachment A are required to ensure coverage for damages arising out of the performance of this contract, then Bidder should notify the district by the deadline for requests for interpretation and material substitution before 5:00 p.m. on Monday, August 18, 2023. All requests for interpretation must be submitted to the Purchasing Department before, 5:00 p.m. on Monday, August 18, 2023, through e-Builder. The District shall not be required to answer any questions about this ITB submitted after 4:59:00 p.m. on this date. The Purchasing Department will extend the deadline for submitting bids for all Bidders by at least seventy two (72) hours if it issues any addenda within seventy-two (72) hours before the scheduled bid submission deadline. The Purchasing Director, or her designee, in her discretion, may extend the deadline for submitting requests for interpretation for all Bidders if the deadline for submitting bids is also extended. If a bidder is unable to submit a bid at this time but would like to remain on the list of potential vendors for the SCCPSS, please complete and return only the No Bid Statement Form included with this ITB packet and clearly mark the outside of the envelope with the words No Bid. The District reserves the right to reject any and all bids submitted in response to this ITB, and to waive any irregularities or technicalities in bids received whenever such rejection or waiver is in the best interest of the District. The District reserves the right to reject any Bid that does not contain the terms of the Sample Contract or contains other terms unacceptable to the District. The District reserves the right to decline to enter into a contract with any Bidder that refuses to enter into a contract substantially similar to the Sample Contract attached hereto. The District reserves the right to negotiate any and all terms of any contract proposed by a Bidder up until any point before the School Board awards a contract to a Bidder Scope of Services: The goods and/or services to be provided by Contractor pursuant to this Agreement are described in more detail in Attachment A to this Agreement: Scope of Services.