The project involves improvements to the existing parking lot on Baldwin Avenue in Paia, Maui. Improvements include repair of perimeter fence, new lighting, paving, striping, and other improvements for safety operations. Please note there are new procedures for bids, other submittals, and the pre-bid conference. Prospective Bidders and all parties interested in accessing the plans, specifications, proposal, and addenda must be registered as a Public Purchase Vendor, Hawaii Region, and County of Maui Agency. New vendors should click on the link to Public Purchase at website to initiate the registration process. Bids shall be submitted via the Public Purchase System, otherwise the bids shall not be opened or considered. All bids will be encrypted until the hour of opening. Bids received after the time fixed for opening will not be considered. The County of Maui will not be responsible in any way for errors in transmission or failure to receive the bid by the deadline due to the bidder's error. Upon bid opening, all bid documents submitted will be available for viewing by all bidders on the Public Purchase System. Prospective Bidders and all parties interested in accessing the plans, specifications, proposal, and addenda must be registered as a Public Purchase Vendor, Hawaii Region, and County of Maui Agency. New vendors should click on the link to Public Purchase at www.publicpurchase.com to initiate the registration process. PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 103D, HRS, ELECTRONIC SEALED BIDS, shall be received and recorded immediately via the Public Purchase System until 2:00 P.M., Hawaii Standard Time on: To be eligible to bid, bidders must be licensed in accordance with Chapter 444, HRS, relating to the licensing of contractors. The County of Maui, in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 252) and the Regulations of the U.S. Department of Transportation (Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations Part 21) issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that the contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement will be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder without discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability. The Equal Employment Opportunity Regulations of the Secretary of Labor implementing Executive Order 11246, as amended shall be complied with on this project. Estimated construction cost is between $300,000 to $500,000. For additional information on this project, contact Kurt Watanabe at (808) 270! 7745 or by email at kurt.watanabe@co.maui.hi.us . The Department of Finance reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive any defects in said proposals for the best interest of the public *The value for this project is based on a financial range. The value is listed as the highest possible cost from the range provided by a stakeholder or official project document.