Site work and paving for a sidewalk / parking lot in Wilmington, North Carolina. Completed plans call for site work for a sidewalk / parking lot; and for paving for a sidewalk / parking lot.

This project will be bid and awarded in accordance with G.S. 143-128 and G.S. 143-129, Formal Bidding Procedures. The work to be performed consists of furnishing all materials, tools and equipment and performing all services and labor necessary for the improvements as detailed and in the drawings and specifications, including, but is not limited to: Site demolition, work adjacent to public rightsof-way, traffic control and signage, concrete and asphalt paving, curb and gutter, sidewalks, striping, lighting, storm drainage, grading, erosion control, temporary fencing, installation of handicap facilities, and landscaping. General Contractors must provide evidence that it is licensed under Chapter 87 of the NC General Statues and must have a minimum of five (5) years of experience on competitively bid publicly funded construction projects e.g. City, County, State or School Systems Questions after that time shall be submitted in writing to the Design Consultant at Paramounte Engineering, Inc. rballand@paramounte-eng.com at 122 Cinema Drive, Wilmington, NC 28403 or to Leanne Lawrence (leanne.lawrence@nhcs.net), Director of Facility Planning & Construction, NHCS 6410 Carolina Beach Road Wilmington, NC 28412. Bid Security in the amount of five percent (5%) of the proposal must accompany each proposal in accordance with the Information for Bidders. No bid may be withdrawn for a period of 45 days after the opening thereof. The successful bidder will be required to furnish 100% Performance Bond and a 100% Material Payment Bond. NHCS has a verifiable ten percent (10%) goal for participation by minority businesses in the total value of the work. Bidders are required on school construction and renovation projects to make a "good faith effort" to meet this goal. Bidders shall identify on its bid the minority businesses that it will use on the project. Bidders shall submit along with the bid an affidavit listing the "good faith efforts" it has made pursuant to Section I - Information for Bidders, Article I-8, Minority Participation, and the total dollar value of the bid that will be performed by the minority businesses. A bidder that performs all of the work under the contract with its own workforce may submit an affidavit to that effect in lieu of the aforementioned affidavit otherwise required under this subsection. NHCS reserves the right to reject any and all bids, waive informalities and irregularities in bidding, and to accept bids which are considered to be in the best interest of the School System. BUDGET ESTIMATE $500,000-$525,000 *The value for this project is based on a financial range. The value is listed as the highest possible cost from the range provided by a stakeholder or official project document.