Site work and new construction of an educational facility in Forest City, Iowa. Completed plans call for the construction of a 17,551-square-foot educational facility; and for site work for a educational facility.

Pursuant to Chapter 73 of the Code of lowa, out-of-state bidders are hereby advised of the lowa Bidding Preference Law extending to lowa firms any preference which may be (a) strict preference, (b) reciprocal preference, or (c) combination preference and reciprocal. Application of such preference will be extended from any "public improvement" as defined in Chapter 23.1 of the Code of lowa. Proposals will be acted upon by the North lowa Area Community College Board of Directors immediately following the closing of the Public Hearing at the 6:00 pm regularly scheduled board meeting on October 15, 2020, in the Administrative Board Room at 500 College Drive., Mason City, lowa, 50401, or at such later time and place as may then be fixed. Bidders shall be expected to comply with Chapters 91C and 103A of the Code of lowa concerning the registration and bonding of construction contractors and the successful bidder shall be required to supply the North lowa Area Community College Board of Directors with proof of said compliance. The required surety bond shall be executed on AIA Document A312, two-part Performance Bond and Labor and Material Payment Bond, conditioned for the faithful performance of all the terms of the Contract and the payment of all obligations arising thereunder with the amount shown on each part equal to the Contract Sum. Surety shall be a company licensed to do business in the State of lowa and shall be acceptable to North lowa Area Community. The Architect will approve monthly estimates and the Owner will make payment to the Contractor in the amount of ninety-five percent (95%) of said estimate on or about the last week of the following month. Final payment will be made not sooner than thirty (30) days following final acceptance of the work by the North lowa Area Community College Board of Directors. Each proposal shall be sealed in an envelope marked "North lowa Area Community College - Career Education Training Center, Forest City, IA". Each bid must be accompanied in a separate envelope by a bidding check, bid bond or a certified share draft in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the bid price, said check being either a cashier's check, a check certified by a bank in lowa or a bank chartered under the laws of the United States or a certified share draft on a credit union in lowa or chartered under the laws of the United States, and made payable to the North lowa Area Community College, as security that the bidder will furnish the required bonds and enter into a contract and furnish bonds within seven (7) days after the award of the contract to him. The North lowa Area Community College Board of Directors reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive technicalities and irregularities. The intent of this Bid request is to obtain an offer to perform work to complete a new freestanding pre-engineered building of approximately 17,590 SF one-story buiding with a mezzanine, which houses primarily classroom, workshop and lab components with adjacent common, administrative and support spaces. located at 124 Nereem Drive, Forest City 50436