Renovation of an educational facility in Wilmington, North Carolina. Completed plans call for the renovation of a educational facility.

The project consists of: o Remove/dispose/replace two (2) existing cooling towers. o Extend new above ground piping to replace underground cooling tower piping. o Reuse existing concrete housekeeping pads for cooling tower. o Modify and extend existing NHCS DDC system to control replacement cooling towers DDC controls. o Test and balance water flows. Licensed Mechanical Contractors 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. The Design Consultant and a representative from New Hanover County Schools will be available at that time to answer questions concerning the project. Questions after that time shall be submitted in writing to the Design Consultant at CBHF Engineers, PLLC (tgrady@cbhfengineers.com) and 2246 Yaupon Drive, Wilmington, NC 20401 or to Travis Mitchell (travis.mitchell@nhcs.net), NHCS Maintenance Operations, Skilled Trades Supervisor, New Hanover County Schools 2814 Carolina Beach Road, Wilmington, North Carolina 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 No bid may be withdrawn for a period of forty-five days after the opening thereof.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 their 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.