Renovation of an elderly care / assisted living facility in Waupaca, Wisconsin. Completed plans call for the renovation of a elderly care / assisted living facility.

All potential bidders must be certified by DOA prior to submitting bids on state construction projects over $50,000. All bids received from contractors who are not certified will be rejected. Contractor certification applications and instructions for completing the form may be obtained from the DOA Website DFD Contractor Certification page Only bidders who have been certified by DOA as a qualified and responsible bidder in the Electrical division of work may bid on this project This project is being let using a new single trade bidding and contracting process. When 85% or more of the construction cost of a project could be completed by a Single Trade Contractor (mechanical, electrical, plumbing, or fire protection), the Department may bid and contract all work of that construction project directly to a Single Trade Contractor. The State will enter into a single contract with the lowest, qualified, responsible, certified single trade MEP contractor. Single trade MEP contractors may bid on single trade projects up to their current division of work certification level for that trade. All Work for this project will be awarded to a single trade Electrical contractor. Bidders shall submit a Single Base Bid for all Work In general the work consists of Emergency power system components, including generators and automatic transfer switches, have reached the end of their useful life and will be replaced. Additional equipment essential during a power outage will be installed onto the emergency power system. Corrections will be made to separate the existing wiring of emergency and normal power systems as required by the state electrical code. This project will include the replacement of all exterior, stairwell and tunnel light fixtures on the King campus. Base Bids will be received as follows: A single lump sum bid for All Work. Bid Guarantee in the amount of 10% of the Bid must accompany each bid submitted Contract offer, and construction phase records will be processed electronically on the WisBuild(TM) DFD Information System. The 2017-2019 Wisconsin State Budget (2017 Wisconsin Act 59) repealed Wisconsin's prevailing wage laws. Effective September 23, 2017, state prevailing wage requirements on state building projects no longer apply. These changes take effect for projects advertised for bid after September 23, 2017. This change does not affect the Federal Davis Bacon Act requirements MBE (2%), WBE (11%)