The Owner, the School Board of Hoosic Valley Central School District will receive sealed bids to furnish materials and labor to complete the 2021 Capital Project which includes resonstruction and additions. Each bid shall be on a stipulated sum basis for the following contracts: SED Control Numbers Elementary School 49-14-01-04-0-001-016 Jr/ Sr High School 49-14-01-04-0-002-023 Transportation/ Admin Building 49-14-01-04-5-009-004 Contract No. 01 - Sitework (SC) Contract No. 02 - General Construction (GC) Contract No. 03 - Mechanical Construction (MC) Contract No. 04 - Electrical Construction (EC) Contract No. 05 - Plumbing Construction (PC) No interpretation of the meaning of the Contract Documents, the existing conditions, or of the scope of Work will be made verbally. Provide every request for such interpretation in writing, addressed to CSArch, Attention: Kyle Smith, 40 Beaver Street, Albany, New York 12207, by e-mail: ksmith@csarchpc.com, and to be given consideration must be received at least seven (7) working days prior to the date of the Bid Opening. A Each Bid must be accompanied by a certified bank check of the Bidder, or a Bid Bond prepared by a surety company licensed in New York State. 1. Bid Security shall be provided in the amount of five (5) percent of the dollar amount of the Base Bid. 2. Bid Security shall be payable to Hoosic Valley Central School District. 3. If certified check is utilized, the Bidder shall provide written confirmation from a licensed New York State Surety company that Performance and Payment Bonds will be available to said Bidder for this project. 4. The apparent successful Bidders, upon failure or refusal to furnish the required Performance and Payment Bonds and execute a Contract within ten (10) calendar days after receipt of notice of the acceptance of Bid, shall forfeit the Bid Security as liquidated damages for such failure to refusal, and not as a penalty. 5. The successful Bidders shall have the Bid Security returned upon execution of an Owner/Contractor Agreement. 6. Unsuccessful Bidders shall have their Bid Security returned following the execution of the Owner/Contractor Agreements or the forty five (45) day period following the Bid Opening, whichever occurs first. 7. The Bid Security shall not be forfeited to the Owner in the event the Owner fails to comply with subparagraph 6.2. The School Board of Hoosic Valley Central School District reserves the right to waive any informalities or irregularities in the Bids received, or to reject all Bids without explanation. Question Deadline 11/03/2023