Renovation of a municipal facility in Rubicon, Wisconsin. Completed plans call for the renovation of a municipal facility.

The work consists of building's original electrical distribution equipment shall be demolished and replaced to accommodate the installation of a new interior 50kW liquid propane generator. Mechanical and structural changes shall be made to support the new electrical equipment installed under the scope of this project. The site houses communications equipment for essential life safety operations in the state of Wisconsin. Extreme caution shall be exercised to ensure the building communications systems remain online throughout the scope of this project. Temporary facilities shall be provided to allow for the minimal number of required outages on equipment designated critical by the facility and A/E. The 2017-2019 Wisconsin State Budget (2017 Wisconsin Act 59) repealed Wisconsin's1 prevailing wage laws. Effective September 23, 2017, state prevailing wage requirements2 on state building projects no longer apply. These changes take effect for projects3 advertised for bid after September 23, 2017. This change does not affect the Federal4 Davis Bacon Act requirements. The Division of Facilities Development, hereinafter termed DFD, hereby announces that it is advertising for bids from certified contractors for the above project. All potential bidders must become certified by DOA prior to submitting bids on state construction projects with budgets over $50,000. All bids received from contractors who are not certified will be rejected. These changes take effect January 1, 2014. Contractor certification applications and instructions for completing the form may be obtained from the DOA Website. DFD Contractor Certification page or upon request from DFD--email. PDF scanned file of all required bid documents, including bid and bid bond forms with original wet signatures or properly transmitted electronic signatures (only PDF files will be accepted) emailed. US Mail (United States Postal Service) or Third-pardy delivery (UPS, Fedex, or DHL) to the State of Wisconsin Administration Building; or Hand delivery to the drop box labeled Sealed bids only in front of the State of Wisconsin Administration Building located at 101 East Wilson Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53703. In addition, DFD will now also accept the following for all construction bidding documents: PDF files with electronic signatures using a remote online signature or notarization technology provider (approved providers only). Electronic signatures must also be accompanied by telephone numbers for all signatories as well as the bond principal and issuing surety on bond documents for oral verification (only PDF files will be accepted) emailed. The 2017-2019 Wisconsin State Budget (2017 Wisconsin Act 59) repealed Wisconsins prevailing wage laws. Effective September 23, 2017, state prevailing wage requirements on state building projects no longer apply. These changes take effect for projects advertised for bid after September 23, 2017. This change does not affect the Federal Davis Bacon Act requirements. Bidders may submit PDFs of bid forms, bonds, and powers of attorney containing e-signatures, e-corporate seals, and e-notaries affixed to each document in accordance with the Suretys obligations. We will require telephone numbers for all signatories as well as the bond principal and issuing surety for oral verification. Bids must be accompanied by a bid guarantee, which may take the form of a properly executed DFD form of bid bond. If a bidder elects to use a bid bond as their bid guarantee, such bid bond must be accompanied by a power of attorney, which DFD will only accept as genuine if it is properly notarized. Wisconsin law permits the use of (electronic) remote online notarization if it is performed using technology providers that have been approved by the Department of Financial Institutions (DFI). If a bidder elects to use remote online notarization it is the responsibility of the bidder and its surety to ensure that the technology provider has been approved by DFI. DFD reserves the right to reject bids submitted electronically if a bidder uses a remote online notarization technology provider that has not been approved by DFI. Bid forms containing electronic signatures must be obtained using approved software in order to be accepted. Docu Sign software and Adobe Digital Signature software are approved for e-signatures for submission of bids. Use of any other e-signature software will require additional verification and approval at least three (3) business days prior to submission of bids. Please contact regarding any proposed electronic signature software. Failure to obtain pre-approval may result in bid rejection. Awarded contracts may be signed via Docu Sign. However, the contractor may still choose to print, sign, and mail paper contract. If a contractor chooses to sign contract and contract documents electronically via Docu Sign, they must attach their remote notarized Performance Bond, Payment Bond, Power of Attorney, and Corporate Resolution using technology providers that have been approved by the Department of Financial Institutions (DFI), to the DocuSign envelope. This is the preferred method and more detailed instructions will be provided with contract offer correspondence.