Renovation of an educational facility in Weston, Connecticut. Completed plans call for the renovation of a educational facility.

The Weston Board of Education (the "Board") is inviting qualified proposers to submit bids for a locker removal and replacement proposal at Weston Middle School. The services are described in more detail in Section 4 of these Instructions to Bidders (the "Instructions"). This opportunity has been publicly advertised through the Invitation to Bid attached as Exhibit A. The contract will be awarded to the Bidder determined and selected by the Board in the manner described in Section 7 of these Instructions. The Board reserves the right to amend or withdraw this Request for Proposals (RFP) for any reason, to accept or reject any or all bids, to waive any informalities or non-material deficiencies in any bid submission, to award or not award a contract in connection with this RFP, and to award a contract/purchase order to the bidder as deemed by the BOARD to be in the best interest of the Board. The Weston Board of Education shall be under no obligation to accept the lowest financial bid if it is deemed in the best interest of the school system. The Board may make such investigations as it deems necessary to determine the ability of a Bidder to perform the work. The Bidder shall furnish all information and data for this purpose as the Board may request. The Board reserves the right to reject any bid if evidence submitted by the Bidder or investigation of the Bidder fails to satisfy the Board that the Bidder is properly qualified to carry out the obligations of a contract resulting from this bid. Bidder is also requested to provide an audited statement of the financial conditions of the company. SCOPE OF THE WORK 4.01 The scope of the work for the Project is described on Exhibit B (the "Work"). Bids must include the following: - Completed and fully executed Bid Form attached hereto as Exhibit C. The Bid Form must be executed by a duly authorized representative of the Bidder having legal authority to contract on behalf of the Bidder. - The information and documents listed on Exhibit D. - Bid Security in the amount of 5% of the base bid price proposed by the successful Bidder shall be in one of the following forms showing "Weston Public Schools" as payee: certified check, cashier's check, personal money order, letter of credit or bid bond 3.02 Please note the Selection Process described in Section 7 of these Instructions. 3.03 The Board is tax exempt. The sales or use tax on materials or supplies exempted by regulations of the Connecticut Department of Revenue Services shall not be included as part of a bid price proposed by the Bidder for the Project (the "Bid Price"). 3.04 The term "Bid Documents" shall mean and include these Instructions to Bidders and all exhibits and schedules attached hereto and such other documents and information as may otherwise be incorporated herein by reference. All Requests for Information must be sent to Andrew Galli at andrewgalli@westonps.org Requests for Information and the BOARD's responses thereto will be posted as addenda on www.westonps.org All labor, materials, services, and equipment necessary for completion of the Work for the Project as described in Bid Documents and the Instructions to Bidders and all other components of the Work described in the Bid Documents