Demolition and site work for an educational facility in New Orleans, Louisiana. Completed plans call for the demolition of a educational facility; and for site work for a educational facility.

Demolition, Brown Building and New Science Building Southern University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana. Questions about this procedure shall be directed to the Designer at: Manning Architects Ryan Bertucci rmb@manning.xyz Telephone: 504-412-2000. All bids shall be accompanied by bid security in an amount of five percent (5.0%) of the sum of the base bid and all alternates. The form of this security shall be as stated in the Instructions to Bidders included in the Bid Documents for this project. The successful Bidder shall be required to furnish a Performance and Payment Bond written as described in the Instructions to Bidders included in the Bid Documents for this project. Bids shall be accepted from Contractors who are licensed under LA. R.S. 37:2150-2192 for the classification of Building Construction. Bidder is required to comply with provisions and requirements of LA R.S. 38:2212(B)(5). No bid may be withdrawn for a period of forty-five (45) days after receipt of bids, except under the provisions of LA. R.S. 38:2214. The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids for just cause. In accordance with La. R.S. 38:2212(B)(1), the provisions and requirements of this Section and those stated in the bidding documents shall not be waived by any entity. When this project is financed either partially or entirely with State Bonds or financed in whole or in part by federal or other funds which are not readily available at the time bids are received, the award of this Contract is contingent upon the granting of lines of credit, or the sale of bonds by the Bond Commission or the availability of federal or other funds. The State shall incur no obligation to the Contractor until the Contract Between Owner and Contractor is fully executed. Facility Planning and Control is a participant in the Small Entrepreneurship (SE) Program (the Hudson Initiative) and the Veteran-Owned and Service-Connected Disabled Veteran-Owned (LaVet) Small Entrepreneurships Program. Bidders are encouraged to consider participation. As a matter of clarification, the contract time referenced in the RFQ, Section 2.2 (page 9) and also Addendum No. 2 (Exhibit 8), Articles 4 and 5, shall be amended as follows: The Part A: Pre-Construction Services (design-assist) contract shall have a start date of on or before January 4, 2021 for a total of 60 calendar days with the GMP Proposal due no later than day 40 of the contract. The Part B: Construction Services contract shall have a start date of on or before March 1, 2021 for a total of 180 calendar days. Substantial Completion shall be achieved no later than August 31, 2021 with Partial Occupancy of certain portions of the building achieved by no later than August 15, 2021. SEALED "PROPOSALS" (Statements of Qualifications) will be received until 4:00 p.m. local time, Monday, December 14, 2020, for furnishing the work described herein. The "PROPOSAL" package must be labeled "PART A: PRE-CONSTRUCTION SERVICES and PART B: CONSTRUCTION SERVICES (Construction Management at Risk), Hurricane Laura Building and Site Repairs - Arts & Humanities Reconstruction (Phase III), SOWELA Technical Community College, Lake Charles, Louisiana, State Project No. 01-107-05B-13, F.01004163 and shown clearly on the outside of the package.