Renovation of an educational facility in La Joya, Texas. Completed plans call for the renovation of a educational facility.

The La Joya Independent School District is soliciting competitive sealed proposals from qualified sole proprietorships, partnerships, corporations, or other legal entities to provide construction services for the La Jaya Baseball & Softball Complex Bleachers located at 201 North C. Stadium Drive, La Joya Texas 78560. The School district has selected Izaguirre Engineering Group LLC to prepare construction documents for this project. All prospective proposers will be required to deposit a certified or cashier's check or bid bond payable to La Joya ISD as a guarantee of the safe return of the construction documents made part of the request for proposals. A Bid security in the amount of 5% of the largest possible total of proposals submitted must accompany each proposal in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders. Performance and payment bonds for 100% of the contract value will be required upon issuance of contract. The selection criteria for competitive sealed proposals shall be the offeror's: 1. The purchase price. 2. The reputation of the vendor and of the vendor's goods and services 50 5 3. The quality of the vendor's goods or services. 10 4. The extent to which the goods or services meet the 11 District's needs. 5. The vendor's past relationship with the District. 1 6. The impact on the ability of the District to comply with laws and rules relating to historically underutilized businesses (consideration) 7. The total long term cost to the district to acquire the vendor's goods or services (service, supplies, maintenance, etc.), total cost of ownership 3 8. K through 12 Construction Experience 9 9. District Community Involvement 3 10. Company or local representative involved in litigation against a school district 8 100 Maximum Points Each proposal is to be submitted in a sealed envelope which is clearly marked: "Competitive Sealed Proposal for La Jaya Baseball & Softball Complex Bleachers" Each proposal which is not signed by the offeror or an authorized representative of the offeror shall be rejected. Within 45 days after the date of the opening the proposals, the District shall evaluate and rank each proposal submitted in relation to the published selection criteria. The District shall select the offeror that offers the best value to the district based on the published selection criteria and on its ranking evaluation. The District and its Architect/Engineer may discuss with the selected offeror options for cost reduction. If the District is unable to reach a contract agreement with the selected offeror, the District shall terminate further discussions and proceed to the next offeror in the order of the selection ranking until a contract agreement is reached or all proposals are rejected. In determining best value for the district, the District is not restricted to considering price alone, but may consider any other factor stated in the selection criteria.