Questions: Inquiries about the bid documents are encouraged and should be directed to the Purchasing Department. Questions should be submitted electronically via the bidding website. Assistance in the preparation of all required forms and documents will be provided upon request. Question Deadline 10/31/2023 at 5:00 PM PT Extension of Bid Submittal Deadline: The NSHE reserves the right to extend the Bid Submittal Deadline when it is in the best interest of the NSHE SUBCONTRACTORS Listing of Subcontractors: Each bid shall list, on the form provided by NSHE, each subcontractor who will provide labor or a portion of the Work to the contractor and a description of the portion of the work which each subcontractor will complete. This list is to represent all subcontractors who will be doing work in excess of 1% or $50,000.00, whichever is greater of the General Contractor's total bid price, if the Contractor is awarded the contract. The license numbers issued to the subcontractors pursuant to chapter 624 of the NRS must be included on the form provided by NSHE. Subcontractors who are not listed will not be used without the written approval of the NSHE. If a bidder fails to submit such a list, his or her bid shall be deemed non-responsive. After receipt of the Letter of Intent to award the contract, within forty-eight (48) hours the successful bidder shall submit to NSHE a final, complete listing of the names and addresses of all subcontractors who will participate in any portion of the work along with the subcontractors' license numbers and limits. A bidder may indicate on the List of Subcontractors form, that there will be no subcontractors used on the project or that the list submitted with the bid is complete and there will be no additions or changes. Subcontractor Competency: The successful bidder will be required to establish to the satisfaction of the NSHE the competency, reliability and responsibility of the subcontractors proposed to furnish or perform the work described in the contract documents. Before the award of the contract, the NSHE will notify the bidder in writing if, after due investigation, NSHE has objection to any proposed subcontractor, and the Bidder will submit an acceptable substitute. Persons and entities proposed by the bidder to be used as subcontractors, and to whom NSHE has made no reasonable objection, must be used on the Work for which they were proposed and shall not be changed except with the written consent of the NSHE. Informed Bidder: Bidders are expected to fully inform themselves as to the conditions, requirements, and specifications before submitting bids. Failure to do so will be at the bidders' own risk and they cannot secure relief on the plea of error. Measurements: It is the responsibility of the bidder to make all measurements to determine his bid price. NSHE will not be responsible for determining the quantities of materials necessary to complete the work specified. Specifications & Work Site Inspection: It is the responsibility of the bidder to carefully and personally examine the specifications and site of the proposed work, access to the work, aboveground and underground utilities, buildings, structures or other improvements that may be within the limits of the work or adjacent to the work and which may or may not be shown on the plans, public safety and traffic requirements. If a bidder finds facts or conditions that appear to be in conflict with the plans and specifications the bidder may apply to NSHE, in accordance with these bid documents, for additional information and/or clarification before submitting its bid. However, no such supplemental information or clarification so requested or furnished shall vary the terms of the specifications of the work to be performed unless included in an Addendum to this bid document that is issued by NSHE. It is the Contractor's responsibility to ascertain the existence of any conditions affecting the cost of work which could have been disclosed by reasonable examination of the site. While it is believed that much of the information pertaining to conditions which may affect the cost of the proposed Work will be shown on the Drawings, or be indicated in the Specifications, NSHE does not warrant the completeness or accuracy of such information. Existing improvements visible at the job site, for which no specific disposition is made on the Drawings, but which could reasonably be assumed to interfere with the satisfactory completion of the improvements contemplated by the Drawings, shall be removed and disposed of by the Contractor after written notification is given to NSHE. The submission of a bid by a bidder shall constitute the acknowledgment that he has relied and is relying on his own examination of (a) the site of the work, (b) the access to the site and (c) all other data, matter and things requisite to the fulfillment of the Work and on his own knowledge of existing services and utilities on and in the vicinity of the site of the Work to be construed under the contract, and not on any representations or warranty by NSHE. No claim will be allowed for additional compensation that is based upon a lack of knowledge of the above items. Owner - Contractor Construction Agreement: If the Contractor fails to sign and return the contract within fifteen (15) calendar days of issuance, NSHE may void the bid award; collect the Contractor's bid bond and award the contract to the next lowest responsive responsible bidder. Interpretation of Bid Documents: Doubts as to the true meaning of any part of the specifications or other bid or contract documents, or discrepancies or omissions in the specifications, should be submitted to NSHE via a written request on the online bidding system for interpretation or correction. When the NSHE considers interpretations necessary, interpretations will be in the form of an addendum to the contract documents, and when issued, will be issued electronically via the online bidding system as promptly as is practical to all parties recorded as having received contract documents. All such addenda shall become a part of the bid and any resulting contract. Oral and other interpretations or clarifications shall be without legal or contractual effect. Validity of Bid Submittals: Bids shall be valid for a period of sixty (60) days from the Bid Submittal Deadline.