Renovation of a detention facility in Chestertown, Maryland. Completed plans call for the renovation of a detention facility.

The County Commissioners of Kent County, Maryland are requesting proposals from qualified bidders to install a building security camera system at the Kent County Detention Center, located at 104A Vickers Drive, Chestertown, MD 21620. Questions subsequent to the pre-proposal conference must be submitted in writing to the person below. Please refer any questions to: Warden Herb Dennis Kent County Detention Center Phone: 410-778-6025 Email: hdennis@kentgov.org Questions must be received by noon, June 2, 2021. A summary of questions and answers, including those addressed at the pre-proposal conference, will be distributed to all attendees of the pre-proposal conference and any others known to have received the bid documents. All bids will be opened and publicly read by designated County staff at 10:00 a.m., June 9, 2021, Kent County Department of Public Works, 709 Morgnec Road, Chestertown, Maryland. Bidders and other interested parties are invited to attend these public forums. All bids shall be accompanied by a Bid Surety in the form of a certified check, or bid bond, made payable to the County Commissioners of Kent County, Maryland for the penalsum of 5% of the bid price. Bid Surety will be returned to all bidders upon completion of the contract award process, with the exception of the successful bidder. Non-Performance or failure to sign the contract within ten (10) working days after the award, or later within the bid guarantee period at the discretion of the County, or withdrawal of a bid subsequent to opening but prior to award, shall result in forfeiture of the Bid Surety. Any Bid Surety and related forms and instruments required must be executed and attached to submittal. In accordance with the specifications, the selected bidder will be required to furnish a Performance Bond and a Payment Bond each in an amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price. The successful bidder shall be required to furnish the bond(s) at the time of the execution of the contract. Where attorneys-in-fact sign bid, payment, and/or performance bonds bidders must provide with each bond a certified and effective dated copy of their Power of Attorney. The bidder to whom the contract is awarded will be required to execute the contract and obtain the requisite bonds within ten (10) calendar days from the date when Notice to Award is delivered by the County to the bidder. The County reserves the right to waive formalities or technicalities in bids as the interest of the County may require in accordance with the terms of the County's Purchasing Ordinance.