Renovation of a municipal facility in Princeton, West Virginia. Completed plans call for the renovation of a municipal facility.

The project consists of approximately 2.4 miles of aerial fiber to service commercial and residential customers along the project route. The primary purpose of the project is to deploy a fiber solution that will provide the businesses and residents of the project area with broadband services of at least 25/3 Mbps. This project, owned by the Mercer County Commission (MCC), will be operated, and maintained by an Internet Service Provider (ISP) selected by the MCC. Point Broadband has been selected as the ISP. The project will consist of the installation of fiber along existing utility right-of-way on existing utility poles. The Mercer County Commission reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any informality therein. Bidders on this work will be required to comply with the President's Executive Order 11246, HUD Section 109, which prohibits discrimination in employment regarding race, creed, color, sex or national origin, and have non-segregated facilities. This CDBG-Community Development Block Grant project is to be financed in part by a grant from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the West Virginia Department of Economic Development and will be referred to as the Cumberland Industrial Park Broadband Expansion Project. The work to be performed under this contract is subject to the requirements of Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, 12 U.S.C. 170l u (Section 3). The purpose of Section 3 is to ensure that employment and other economic opportunities generated by HUD assistance or HUDassisted projects covered by Section 3, shall, to the greatest extent feasible, be directed to low- and very low-income persons, particularly persons who are recipients of HUD assistance for housing. The parties of this contract agree to comply with HUD's regulations in 24 CFR Part 135, which implement Section 3. Bidders' attention is directed to the Section 3 "Clause" set forth in the contract documents. Bidders must comply with the requirements for Affirmative Action and Minority Business Enterprises participation as described in the Federal Specifications insert to the Contract Documents. Bidders must comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Davis-Bacon Act, the Copeland Act, the Contract Work Hours and Safety Act, and the West Virginia Division of Labor Wages for Construction of Public Improvements pursuant to West Virginia Code 21-5A-3. A certified check or bank draft payable to the Mercer County Commission, County of Mercer, West Virginia, or a Bid Bond executed by the Bidder and a grantee bidder and a bidder surety company approved by the Mercer County Commission, County of Mercer, West Virginia in the amount equal to five percent (5%) of the Bid, shall be submitted with each Bid, to guarantee the Bidder's entrance into a Contract, if given the award. No Bid shall be waived or returned because the Bidder failed to or cannot comply with any requirements as set forth in the Plans and Specifications, or any applicable statutes of the United States, the State of West Virginia and/or local ordinances. No Bidder may withdraw their bid for a period of ninety (90) days after the time of the opening of the Bids. Any Contractor submitting a Bid on this project hereby certifies, indicates and acknowledges that he/she has a license and meets all the qualifications required by the statutes of the State and subdivision in which the work is to be performed.