The Division of Facilities Development, hereinafter termed DFD, hereby announces that it is advertising for bids from certified 11 contractors for the above project. 12 13 All potential bidders must become certified by DOA prior to submitting bids on state construction projects 14 with budgets over $50,000. All bids received from contractors who are not certified will be rejected. These changes 15 take effect January 1, 2014. Contractor certification applications and instructions for completing the form may be 16 obtained from the DOA Website. DFD Contractor Certification page or upon request from DFD--email 18 dfdcertification@wisconsin.gov. 19 20 Sealed bids will be received as follows, before the time indicated above: 21 o PDF scanned file of all required bid documents, including bid and bid bond forms with original wet 22 signatures or properly transmitted electronic signatures (only PDF files will be accepted) emailed to 23 doadfdmbidsubmission@wisconsin.gov (this is the preferred method); 24 o US Mail or Third-party delivery (UPS, Fedex, or DHL). The bidder is responsible for the sealed bid being delivered to the indicated location or email before the time 30 specified for the bid submission. Third party delivery is entirely at the bidder's risk. 31 Bid opening will be conducted via Microsoft Teams. Bidders may call the Microsoft Teams teleconference number: 32 (608) 571-2209, conference ID: 484 588 360#, on the day of the bid to hear the bid results announced on the day 33 bids are due. The conference line will be open at 1:45 P.M. CDT and all bids will be opened after 2:00 P.M. CDT. 34 Bidders may also join the Microsoft Teams meeting via Microsoft Teams. Click here to join the meeting 35 36 37 In general, the work consists of: 38 This project will fully remodel the main bathrooms at the Truax Materials Laboratory including replacing all 39 fixtures and aesthetic updates. Restrooms are original to the building and need to have fixtures replaced to mitigate 40 maintenance costs and water use. As these restrooms are used by visitors, an aesthetic update will improve public 41 image. Additional project bidding information, including 46 plan holders lists are available on the Division of Facilities Development public website: 47 After opening the web page, select Current 48 Construction Project Bidding Opportunities at the bottom of the screen. Bidder shall identify the division of work 49 they are bidding on when requesting Bidding Documents online. No deposit is required to obtain documents for 50 bidding purposes. 51 52 Contract offer and construction phase records will be processed electronically on the WisBuild(TM) DFD Information 53 System. 54 A-2 1 The 2017-2019 Wisconsin State Budget (2017 Wisconsin Act 59) repealed Wisconsin's prevailing wage laws. 2 Effective September 23, 2017, state prevailing wage requirements on state building projects no longer apply. 3 These changes take effect for projects advertised for bid after September 23, 2017. This change does not 4 affect the Federal Davis Bacon Act requirements. Please contact Chris Oddo, InSite Consulting Architects, 8 (608) 204-0825, chris@icsarc.com for additional information.