Renovation of a mixed-use development in Farmington Hills, Michigan. Completed plans call for the renovation of a educational facility.

**As of June 17, 2024 Sound Planning was the awarded contractor, in the amount of $817,191.14. Start date is this week. Deadline for requests for clarification related to this RFP April 4, end of day Contact: Amy.Sasina@plantemoran.com INTENT It is the intent of Farmington Public Schools (here after referred to as the "District") to solicit proposals from qualified vendors for a large area AV agreement for the two high schools, three middle schools and one K-8 STEAM school. The detailed specifications requested are described in Section 2, Section 3, and the Appendix. It is desired that the vendors propose on all the services being requested in this Request for Proposal (RFP). vendors may partner with another provider to supply a complete and turnkey solution. If your response to the RFP contains proposed services or equipment from multiple providers, all responding parties must be clearly identified, and a synopsis of the partner relationship as well as the party that will serve as the prime vendor/contact for the District must be detailed. The District reserves the right to proceed with the vendor deemed most suitable. Each vendor who intends to submit a proposal in response to this RFP should communicate its intent via email to gina.mancinelli@plantemoran.com with the subject line "[Insert your company name] Farmington Public Schools Large Area AV RFP - Intent to Propose. BID BONDS Every proposal shall be accompanied by either a cashier's check on a solvent bank or by a bond executed by a surety company authorized to do business in the state of Michigan. A 5% bid bond of initial purchase price or cashier's check shall be required. Such check or bond shall name the District as the recipient. The amount of such bid bond or cashier's check shall be forfeited as liquidated damages, costs, and expenses incurred by the District if the vendor, after selected as the large area AV vendor, shall fail within 30 days after the notice of such award to enter into Agreement with the District. PERFORMANCE AND PAYMENT BONDS The District MAY require the selected vendor(s) to provide a performance bond upon award of the contract. The associated cost of the performance bond is to be shown as a separate line item -- do NOT include this cost in your base bid. This bond shall be equal in amount to the total price to the District of purchased hardware, software, cabling, and services. The surety of the bond shall remain in effect for one year after all acceptance of the entire project has been executed by the District. In the event that the vendor(s) fails to perform its obligations under any agreement between the vendor(s) and the District, the bond shall be paid to the District. The vendor(s) further agrees to save and hold harmless the District and agents from all liability and damages of every description in connection with any subsequent agreements. Payment bonds shall be required under the following conditions: project award exceeds $50,000 and project involves construction, alteration, or repair to the buildings. Vendors must include a letter from their bonding company within the proposal that states that they are bondable. A Pre-bid meeting will be held for this project. Refer to Section 1.2 above. Whereas the pre-bid meeting is not mandatory, it is highly suggested as architectural obstacles and challenges may not be apparent by just the drawings and specifications alone. The successful vendor is required to make themselves familiar with the work is to be performed. Bid result HS base bid Sound planning - 578778.46 MS base bid Soundcom - 388190.00