Renovation of an educational facility in Baltimore, Maryland. Completed plans call for the renovation of a educational facility.

For the purpose of this solicitation, the Instructions to Bidders for Construction Projects (March 2022), and the General Conditions for Construction Contracts (July 2022) have been supplemented as follows: The project classification for this solicitation is: E NOTE: For the purposes of bidding, all Contract Documents used for bidding, must be printed in the size and resolution advertised. ATTACHMENTS: Bid/Proposal Affidavit, Bid Bond, Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) Forms, Veteran-owned Small Business Enterprise (VSBE) Forms, Payment of Employee Health Care Expenses Certification, and Corporate Diversity Addendum ALL forms required to be submitted with the bid must be attached to the eMMA solicitation response form as one attachment. Faxed copies or emails will not be accepted. NOTE: For this solicitation, the following forms MUST be submitted with the bid: Completed Bid Bond Form (if bid is over $100,000) -submit in accordance Item 5 in the Instructions to Bidders for Construction Projects. MBE Attachment D-1A - submit in accordance with Minority Business Enterprise Attachment D - February 5, 2021. VSBE Attachment E-1, E-1A, & E-1B - submit in accordance with Attachment E - Veteran-owned Small Business Enterprise - September 1, 2022. Bid/Proposal Affidavit - submit in accordance with Item 2.B(6) in the Instructions to Bidders for Construction Projects. Payment of Employee Health Care Expenses Certification - submit in accordance with State Finance & Procurement Article Title 17, Subtitle 8. Corporate Diversity Addendum - (if bid is over $1,000,000) submit in accordance with Corporate Diversity Addendum - August 12, 2022. The MBE subcontracting participation goal for this solicitation is: 15% (Split) The MBE participation shall be a percentage of the TOTAL CONTRACT VALUE. If the bidder fails to accurately complete and submit MBE Attachment D-1A with the bid, the procurement officer shall deem the bid non-responsive and reject the bid. Confirmation of VSBE Program Certification - eMMA is the exclusive platform to use when verifying that a veteran vendor is certified in the state's VSBE Program. The "VSBE Certification #" field must be populated and the "VSBE Expiration Date" must be valid. The VSBE subcontracting participation goal for this Solicitation is: 5% The VSBE participation shall be a percentage of the TOTAL CONTRACT VALUE. Please review all VSBE information carefully. Refer to "Attachment E - Veteran-owned Small Business Enterprise" for further information. The work shall be completed within 180 calendar days from the start date of the contract. If the work is not completed within the time period specified, the contractor will be liable for liquidated damages of $1,000.00 per calendar day as specified in the "General Conditions." Bid prices are irrevocable for a period of 120 days following bid opening. After opening bids, the Procurement Officer may request bidders to extend the time during which the State may accept their bids, provided that, with regard to bids, no other change is permitted. The deadline for questions has been established as January 18, 2023 @ 2:00 p.m., to ensure that there is enough time to allow for the A/E to provide responses and possible Addendum issuance if necessary. Prevailing wage rates apply to all contracts in the amount of $250,000 or more. Wage rates applicable to projects of $250,000 or more are attached to the specifications.