A Unified Bid is requested for all work in this project, including General, Mechanical, and Electrical Construction work. See project specifications for electronic bid submission instructions. All bid proposals shall be in full accord with the Bidding Documents, which are on file with the Owner and may be examined by prospective Bidders: VPCPF Support Resources - Construction Procurement Indiana University bidtab@indiana.edu 812-855-5294 Each bid must be accompanied by: o a completed Minority, Women's and Veteran's Business Enterprise Participation Plan, detailing the good faith efforts of the contractor to include minority, women and veteran owned enterprises as subcontractors or material suppliers on the Project; o a bid security for 5% of the total bid; and o the contractor's written drug testing program, which must be in full compliance with IC 413-18. The Owner reserves the right to accept or reject any bid and to waive any irregularities in bidding. The Owner may consider a bid to be incomplete if it does not provide the required documentation as described in this Notice, including but not limited to the Minority, Women's and Veteran's Business Enterprise Participation Plan. The Base Bid may be held for a period not to exceed sixty days before awarding Contracts. All Alternate Bids may be held for a period not to exceed ninety days before award and incorporation into the contract by proper Change Directive. Should a successful Bidder withdraw his bid or fail to execute a satisfactory Contract within 10 days after notice of acceptance of bid, the Owner may declare the Bid Security forfeited as liquidated damages, not as penalty. 23154.000 Pre-bid questions shall be submitted to the Owner's Representative for inclusion of all answers and distributed to all bidders via Addenda. Each Bidder shall examine the Bidding Documents carefully and, not later than ten (10) days prior to the date of receipt of bids, shall make written request for interpretation or correction of any ambiguity, inconsistency or error therein which it may discover. Verbal questions will not be answered. 7.2 Request for interpretation, correction or clarification of the Bidding Documents shall be in writing to the Owner's Representative. Interpretation of the Bidding Documents will be given by the Owner's Representative in the form of written Addenda no fewer than two (2) days before the bid opening date. Addenda will be distributed to each Bidder and shall become a part of the Bid Documents.