Renovation of a mixed-use development in Newton Grove, North Carolina. Completed plans call for the renovation of a educational facility.

Required (1) bid signatures and (2) evidence of contract language changes are reviewed by the School District representative at the opening. These are non - negotiable contract requirements and will result in immediate bid disqualification. o Only Bid Totals and the Apparent Preliminary Bid winner will be announced at the Bid Opening. o Absolutely no open discussion or questions will be allowed regarding the bid procedures or bid language at the Bid Opening. Distributor bid tabulations are reviewed, corrected if needed, and Vendor Bid Total is verified by the School District. o Preliminary Award Letter is sent from the School District to ALL VENDORS submitting bids noting the verified bottom line bid totals from each bidder. o After local approval, the School District will submit signed paperwork as acknowledgement of approval and submit a Purchase Order to the Awarded Vendor. Sampson County Schools reserves the right to reject any or all bids, or parts thereof, and to waive informalities and/or irregularities thereof. The School Nutrition Program receiving goods and services under this Contract is a federally funded program operated under the authority of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). This IFB and the subsequent Contract shall be COMPLIANT with 7 CFR Parts 210, 220, 225, 250, 2 CFR 200 and applicable cost circulars issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) including A-87 Cost Principals, A -102 Administrative Requirements, and A -133 Audit Requirements. If the language, specifications, terms, and conditions, or any combination thereof, restricts or limits the requirements in this solicitation to a sole source; it is the responsibility of the interested Vendor to notify April H. Jordan, Director of School Nutrition at ajordan@sampson.k12.nc.us no more than five (5) working days after the date the IFB/CONTRACT is issued by the School District. The solicitation may, or may not, be changed, but a review of such notification will be made prior to the award of a Contract. Vendor awarded the Contract must have a minimum of one (1) year of experience in commercial food equipment business and must maintain all required state and local business licenses and a Certificate of Authority from the Secretary of State of North Carolina. Vendor shall provide documentation of applicable license, certification, commercial experience, and supplier reference upon request of the School District for qualification to furnish products and services in accordance the General Terms and Conditions of this IFB. The School District reserves the right to make the final determination as to the Vendor's ability to provide the products and services requested herein. Whenever one party to this contract in good faith has reason to question the other party's intent to perform, the questioning party may demand that the other party give a written assurance of his intent to perform. In the event a demand is made and no assurance is given within five (5) working days, the demanding party may treat this failure as an anticipatory repudiation of the contract. Specified serving line is to have molded fiberglass bodies, unless specified otherwise. All counter tops are to be 30" wide and fabricated from 14-gauge stainless steel with square turn downs on all sides and corners, fully welded, ground and polished. Tops are to have #4 satin finish and all edges are to have #7 hi-lite finish. All counter heights are to be approved by Child Nutrition at time of submittal drawing presentation by awarded Foodservice Dealer. Color of fiberglass bodies will also be confirmed after receipt of color rendering from the manufacturer. All serving line bodies furnished with smooth exterior surfaces in seamless molded fiberglass with rounded corners. All counters are to be constructed by hand lay-up process with four layers of 1.5 oz. continuous strand fiberglass Matt. Fiberglass is to be flame retardant per specification ASTME-162. All bodies are to be open base construction with stainless steel interior liners. Provide a 4" wide 12-gauge "U" channel in interior of body to reinforce the shape of the bodies. The "U" channels are to be in the bodies to also secure the locking casters on the bottom and insure integrity of each Counter. All counters are to be furnished with 5"heavy duty locking swivel casters. Tables furnished with Hot Food wells shall have drains, fully insulated, wells recessed 1" for serving , interior pans shall be 3-4 stainless steel, with coved corners. The switches and controls are to be fully accessible and LED controls. All wells are wired to a circuit breaker for current overload protection and on/off breaker switch on the counter. All equipment shall be listed by Underwriter's Sanitation Inc. and U.L. Sanitation Inc. and shall bear each symbol. New serving line will be delivered to the school site after confirming a date with Child Nutrition for this to be convenient, set in place, and set up ready for installation. Awarded dealer will also be required to remove all packaging debris from the school site. Awarded dealer is to be responsible for confirmation of all utility requirements confirmed through Sampson County School's Maintenance department. All hot food counters will include from the manufacturer a NEMA female plug that will match the NEMA male plug furnished on the hot food table. BID QUESTIONS - SCHOOL DISTRICT CONTACT April H. Jordan ajordan@sampson.k12.nc.us 910-592-4111 ext. 1 Equipment must be delivered to the school by the Vendor and set in place. Delivery address is: Hobbton Elementary School 12361 Hobbton Hwy. Newton Grove, NC 28366