Remodeling of a municipal facility in Wichita, Kansas. Completed plans call for the remodel of a 4,245-square-foot municipal facility.

**As of November 3, 2022, this project has not yet been awarded. A timeline for award has not yet been established.** This project is for the remodel of the Emergency Communications Center (2 nd Floor, Public Safety Center). Demolish two office areas and conference room and expand the call center into that space. Create new centrally located supervisor platform, replace the existing access floor system with HPL (laminate) faced access floor system, lighting, modify HVAC and electrical and data connections to new station layout as required. The total remodel area is 4,245sf. Bid Security is required in the amount of at least 5% of the bid plus all additional alternates. In case of multiple prices in a bid or alternate, write for the maximum possible contract amount. Bid Security is required in the amount of at least 5% of the bid plus all additional alternates. In case of multiple prices in a bid or alternate, write for the maximum possible contract amount. Bidders are encouraged to examine bidding documents as early as possible. In order to ensure each bidder has the most current information for bidding there is an established date and time for last questions to be asked. Bidders requiring clarification or interpretation of the Bidding Documents shall make such requests, in writing only, to Lee Barrier, Purchasing Agent, at Lee.Barrier@sedgwick.gov no later than 5:00 pm on Monday, October 10, 2022. Bid Security will be retained by the Sedgwick County Clerk until the Contract for the Project has been completed and is a guarantee that if awarded the Contract, the Bidder will enter into a contract and give bonds as required. In the event the successful Bidder fails to consummate a signed Contract, through no fault of the Owner, Bid Security shall be retained by the Owner as liquidated damages and not as a penalty. The County reserves the right to reject Bidders in accordance with the Bidding Documents. The Owner shall have the right to reject any and all Bids . The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all Bids and to waive all technicalities should such action be deemed to be in the best interest of the Owner. Sedgwick County reserves the right to reject any and/or all bids and responses to these and/or related documents, to accept any item(s) in the bids, to waive any irregularity in the bids, and further if determined to be non-responsive in any form, or if determined to be in the best interest of Sedgwick County . All Bidders are required to state on the Bid Form the time needed for all work under the general contract to be completed, which would yield their best Bid. Unless otherwise required, this time frame shall be stated in calendar days and shall represent the Contractor's commitment to complete the project on schedule. The contractual period will begin with the issuance of Notice to Proceed and continue through completion of the project. The Agreement will include a stipulation that liquidated damages will be assessed in the amount of $182.50 per calendar day after Completion Date that the work is not substantially complete. Upon satisfactory completion of the Contract, a formal CERTIFICATE OF PROJECT COMPLETION will be forwarded to the Contractor by the Project Architect. The date of substantial completion of the Project will be the starting date of the warranty period. All work shall be in accordance with all Federal and State Laws, Local Ordinances and Building Codes, and the 2010 Standards for Accessible Design. Taxes: Materials and equipment incorporated in the work are exempt from payment of sales tax under the laws of the State of Kansas. It will be understood that time is of the essence in the bidder's performance. The bidder agrees that the County's damages would be difficult or impossible to predict in the event of a default in the performance hereof; and it is therefore agreed that if the bidder defaults in the performance of the contract documents, the bidder will be liable for payment of the sums stipulated in the contract documents as liquidated damages, and not as a penalty. If the Contractor fails to achieve Substantial Completion of the Work within the Contract Time and as otherwise required by the Contract Documents, the Owner shall be entitled to retain or recover from the Contractor, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, the following daily amounts commencing upon the first day following expiration of the Contract Time and continuing until the Date of Substantial Completion. Such liquidated damages are hereby agreed to be a reasonable pre-estimate of damages the Owner will incur as a result of delayed completion of the Work: One Hundred Thirty Two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($132.50). The Owner may deduct liquidated damages as described in the above paragraph from any unpaid amounts then or thereafter due the Contractor under this Agreement. Any liquidated damages not so deducted from any unpaid amounts due the Contractor shall be payable to the Owner at the demand of the Owner, together with interest from the date of the demand at a rate equal to the lower of the Treasury bill rate or the highest lawful rate of interest payable by the Contractor. No work shall commence until the Owner issues a Notice To Proceed, and a Notice To Proceed will not be issued until relevant documents are mailed or delivered to the Project Services Office, 271 W 3rd Street, Suite 325, Wichita, Kansas, 67202, by the selected vendor.