Sealed proposals will be received by the Board of Education, Ellicottville Central School District (herein referred to as the "Owner") for the Ellicottville Central School District 2024 Capital Outlay Project. A bid is requested for the following Prime Contract: Contract #100: ELECTRICAL-VOICE-DATA CONTRACT All RFI's should be directed to the Architect, SEI Design Group Architects, to the attention of Brad Moreland, Architect, bjm@seidesigngroup.com. Bid sets will not be available at SEI Design Group's offices. Bids shall be on the form provided in the documents, prepared in triplicate as set forth in the Instructions to Bidders and enclosed in an envelope bearing on its face the name and address of the bidder and the title of work to which the proposal relates. If submitting for more than one contract, submit each contract bid in separate envelope. The Board of Education hereby reserves the right to waive any informalities and reject any or all Bids or to accept the one that in its judgment will be for the best interest of the school district. A Bid Bond or Certified Check made payable to the Owner in the amount of five percent (5%) of the Bid, subject to the conditions provided in the Instructions to Bidders, must be deposited by each Bidder with his Bid as a guarantee that in the case the contract is awarded to him, he will then ten days thereafter, execute such contract and furnish a satisfactory Performance and Payment Bond, and the Bidder shall not withdraw his Bid for a period of forty-five days after the above date of Bid opening, and to guarantee the performance of all other obligations of the Bidders as set forth in Instructions to Bidders. Attention of the Bidders is called to the requirements as to the conditions of employment and minimum wage rates to be paid under this Contract as well as to other provisions set forth in the Instruction to Bidders. Work shall be commenced and continuously and diligently prosecuted immediately after contracts have been signed.