Renovation of an educational facility in Lexington, Kentucky. Completed plans call for the renovation of a educational facility.

Furnish and install all wiring devices and equipment, etc., unless otherwise indicated, for the complete electrical systems. It is the intent that the entire electrical work and all electrical systems shall be complete in every respect and that all outlets, receptacles, fixtures, motors, equipment, devices, etc., shown, noted, or required shall be completely connected from source of power to final connection, ready for satisfactory operation. Bids will be received from Prime Contractors on a Lump Sum Amount for the total project. All phases of the work shall be bid to and through the Prime Contractors. Bids shall be submitted in the manner herein described and on the official proposal form included with the conditions and specifications and shall be subject to all the conditions as set forth and described in the Bid Documents. Bids shall be submitted only on the Official Forms supplied by the University of Kentucky, Construction Procurement Section and in the following order: 1. Form of Proposal 2. Determination of Responsibility 3. Bid Bond Final award of Contract will be made on the basis of the lowest, responsive and responsible bid which offers the best value. The time for substantial completion for all phases shall be Two Hundred Fifty (250) consecutive calendar days and Final Completion shall be Thirty (30) consecutive calendar days thereafter. Substantial Completion will include all site restoration completed, site cleanup and fully functional. All bids shall be accompanied by a bid guarantee of not less than five (5%) percent of the amount of the base bid. A 100% Performance Bond and 100% Payment Bond shall be furnished by the successful bidder. All bonding and insurance requirements are contained in the Instruction to Bidders, General Conditions and Special Conditions. Anyone wishing to discuss specific items is requested to submit the items in writing to Capital Construction Procurement, no later than 12/15/2023 at 1:00 PM Lexington, KY Time. Written questions can be submitted by email to Patricia Pflug at cckbidquestions@uky.edu. Please use the bid number and title in the 'Subject' line of your email. Note: Responses to Written Questions received no later than 12/15/2023 will be provided in an addendum issued on or about 12/22/2023. Bidders wishing to submit a request for consideration of an alternate under the provisions of Article 48.3 of the General Conditions to the Contract to any article, device, equipment, product, material, fixture, patented process, form, method or type of construction, or by name, make, trade name, or catalog number shall submit a written request to the University at least 14 calendar days prior to the official bid date of the Project including all necessary information and sufficient detail to allow evaluation by the Consultant and the University and, if the University determines the alternate is acceptable, an addendum will be issued allowing the change and advising all bidders of the option. If no addendum is issued to allow the requested change, the Bidder shall assume the request is not approved and shall prepare the bid on that basis. The apparent low bidder will be requested to meet with the Construction Manager to review the bid and scope of services. The time and place of this meeting will be announced after the bid opening.