Renovation of an educational facility in Waterbury, Connecticut. Completed plans call for the renovation of a educational facility.

CLARIFICATION DEADLINE 5/12/2022 2:00 PM To engage one qualified vendor to provide mechanical upgrades and integration with supporting building systems for three high schools; provided, however, the Board of Education reserves the right to award one or more of the project upgrades to one or more different vendors. The FCA Report provided a supplemental overview of existing systems at several locations and has outlined three separate projects with the following determinations: Project 1 - Mechanical upgrades required at the John F. Kennedy High School, located at 422 Highland Avenue, Waterbury, CT 06708 - The FCA Report has determined that the existing exhaust fans have reached their useful life and will require replacement. Project 2 - Mechanical upgrades required at the Crosby High School, located at 300 Pierpont Road, Waterbury, CT 06708 - The FCA Report has determined that the existing cooling towers has reached their useful life and will require replacement. Project 3 - Mechanical upgrades required at the Wilby High School, located at 568 Bucks Hill Road, Waterbury, CT 06708 - The FCA Report has determined that the existing air handling unit has reached its useful life and will require replacement. Successful Proposer shall commence work upon delivery of the written Notice to Proceed and shall reach Substantial Completion of all work and services required under this RFP within ONE HUNDRED FIFTY (150) consecutive calendar days and shall reach Final Completion within TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY (180) consecutive calendar days of the written Notice to Proceed. All questions and communications about this request for Proposal and submission requirements must be directed to the City of Waterbury ProcureWare website and must be received by 2:00 PM on May 12, 2022. Prospective proposers must limit their contact regarding this RFP to the Purchasing Director or such other person otherwise designated by the Purchasing Director. Responses to questions submitted by the above date or identified at any Information Session to be held in regard to this RFP, along with any changes or amendments to this RFP, will be available via the City of Waterbury ProcureWare website by May 17, 2022, 2:00 PM. It shall be the responsibility of the proposer to download this information. If you have any procedural questions in this regard, please call the Purchasing Director at (203) 574-6748. Each Bid shall be submitted in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders and be accompanied by a Bid Security in the amount of ten (10) percent of the Total Bid Price. The Bidder to whom a contract is offered, must furnish to the City, if that contract has a total cost greater than $50,000.00, a 100 percent Performance Bond with a surety, and in a form, acceptable to the City. In the City's sole discretion, it may also require a 100 percent Payment Bond and/or other additional security with a surety, and in a form, acceptable to the City. State law requires a minimum of twenty-five (25%) percent of the state-funded portion of the contract for award to subcontractors holding current certification from the Connecticut Department of Administrative Services ("DAS") under the provisions of CONN. GEN. STAT. 4a-60g, as amended. (25% of the work with DAS certified Small and Minority owned businesses and 25% of that work with DAS certified Minority, Women and/or Disabled owned businesses.) The contractor must demonstrate good faith effort to meet the 25% set-aside goals. The City reserves the right to award in part and to reject any and all proposals in whole or in part for misrepresentation or if the proposer is in default of any prior City contract, or if the proposal limits or modifies any of the terms and conditions and/or specifications of the RFP. The City also reserves the right to waive technical defects, irregularities and omissions if, in its judgment, the best interest of the City will be served. The City further reserves the right to award one or more of the projects outlined in this RFP to one or more proposers based upon the individual prices provided for each separate project.