Grain Bin Restoration

INVITATION TO BID Section 00 11 16 Southern Tenant Farmers Museum Grain Bin Restoration/ Project #24-36 1. You are invited to bid on a Contract to furnish all labor, materials, and equipment necessary for the Southern Tenant Farmers Museum Grain Bin Restoration, located in Tyronza, Arkansas for Arkansas State University, hereinafter termed Owner. Bidders will be required to guarantee their prices for a maximum of 60 calendar days from the date of bid opening. 2. Pre-Bid Conference: A Non-mandatory Pre-Bid conference is scheduled for 2:00pm, May 7th at the jobsite. 3. Owner will receive bids until 2:00pm, local time, on May 21st. Bids may be mailed or delivered to Office of Planning Design & Construction, Arkansas State University - Jonesboro, 2713 Pawnee Street, Jonesboro, AR 72401, hereinafter termed ASU, University or Owner. Bids received after this time will not be accepted. Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at the time and date mentioned. Interested parties are invited

to attend. 4. ASU-J supervises the bidding and awarding of all construction contracts, approves contracts, change orders, requests for payment and insures that on-site inspections are accomplished. 5. Contract documents may be examined at the plan rooms listed below: Southern Reprographics SRI- Jonesboro Blueprint 901 W. 7th St. 222 S. Madison Little Rock, AR 72201 Jonesboro, AR 72401 (501)372-4011 (870) 932-4349 6. A complete digital set of contract documents may be obtained from the Office of Procurement Services’ website. 7. Obtaining contract documents through any source other than the Owner listed above, or his representative(s) is not advisable due to the risks of receiving incomplete or inaccurate information, and the bidder runs the risk of basing bidder’s proposal on such information. The documents obtained through the Architect or his representative(s) are considered the official version and take precedence if any discrepancies occur. 8. Bid Security in the amount of five percent (5%) of the Bid must accompany each Bid in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders. 9. Bidders are hereby notified that any bidder who desires to enter into Contract for this work must comply with disclosure requirements pursuant to Governor Executive Order 98-04. Submission to ASU-J of completed Disclosure forms will be a condition of the Contract. The Owner cannot enter into nor approve any contract, which does not obligate the contractor to require the submission of Disclosure forms for subcontractors. 10. The University reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any informality. Bidders shall conform to the requirements of the Arkansas licensing laws and regulations for contractors, and shall be licensed before his bid is submitted unless the project is federally funded and therefore excepted by Ark. Code Ann. §17-25-315. 11. Pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. § 22-9-203, the State encourages all small, minority, and women business enterprises to submit bids for capital improvements. Encouragement is also made to all general contractors that in the event they subcontract portions of their work, consideration is given to the identified groups. END OF SECTION