Renovation of an educational facility in Mesa, Arizona. Completed plans call for the renovation of a educational facility.

Scope of Work Exterior weatherization improvements at Shepherd Junior High School, building 1001. These include the removal and replacement of all exterior sealants at wall penetrations, control joints, expansion joints at the building perimeter, and around all windows and door frames. Minor grading work will be conducted at building perimeters adjacent to landscaped areas to improve and maintain positive drainage away from the building. All exterior surfaces, including masonry walls, will be power washed to remove efflorescence. Exterior surfaces, doors, and frames will be prepared for new paint, with door sweeps and weather stripping replaced. Cracks in masonry and stucco walls will be repaired. Existing, failing sealants, glazing, and frames at fenestrations will be removed. Finally, all exterior surfaces will be prepped, back filled, and recoated with an approved elastomeric coating system as per the manufacturer's specifications. This project is for exterior weatherization improvements at Shepherd Junior HS. This project is to be funded by SFOB if Grant is approved. Michelle Hamilton Director of Purchasing 549 N Stapley Dr, Bldg 1 Mesa, AZ 85203 Email: mlhamilton@mpsaz.org Phone: (480) 472-0150 Question Deadline 08/14/2024 at 2:00 PM MT If a pre-Offer conference has been scheduled under the Solicitation, the date, time, and location shall appear on the Solicitation cover sheet or elsewhere in the Solicitation. A Bidder or Offeror should raise any questions it may have about the Solicitation at the conference and in the question and answer tab of the project. This project will be completed within 90 days from the time of construction start date. Contractors shall note that the work must be completed and a Certificate of Final Completion issued within 90 days from the construction start date. Failure to do so will result in liquidated damages. Work for this project will take place during the school year, while classes are in session. Proper fencing, barricades, and safety precautions are required. Construction Estimated at $522,000.00. Contract Term The initial term of the Contract shall be one (1) calendar year from the effective date of Contract Award. A contract under this bid will be awarded to a single vendor. The award will be limited to the least number of offerors that the District determines is necessary to meet the needs of the District. A surety bond, provided from a surety company licensed by the State of Arizona, payable to MESA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT #4 for ten percent (10%) of the amount of the bid must be uploaded to online in the Questionnaire section as a guarantee that the Contractor will enter into a contract to perform the bid in accordance with the plans and specifications or as liquidated damages in the event of failure or refusal of the Contractor to enter into the contract. The low vendor will be required to mail, or hand deliver the original bid bond to the buyer in 48 hours after the bid due date and time. The original bond will be returned to the successful bidder upon the execution of satisfactory performance, payment bond, and contract, as prescribed by Arizona Revised Statutes. The bid will not be considered valid if the required original bid bond is not received by the buyer in 48 hours. Cost of bid bond must be included in bid price. If the submitting vendor is providing a certified or cashier's check this must be submitted and received by the buyer prior to the bid opening. This Solicitation is for a construction project that is expected to exceed $100,000. Pursuant to the School District Procurement Code, the District requires the following for the Solicitation: o A Bidder must provide acceptable bid security for the full stated in the Offer. Acceptable bid security is a certified or cashier's check or an annual or one-time bid bond issued by a security company authorized to do business in the State and rated "B+" or higher in Best's Guide in the amount of the full price stated in the Offer. An Offer submitted without acceptable bid security is nonresponsive. o Upon award of Contract, Contractor must provide to District acceptable performance and payment bonds for the full price of the Contract, including sales tax, from a surety company authorized to do business in the State. The surety company must be rated "B+" or higher in Best's Guide. Personal surety bonds are not acceptable. The required bonds must be provided to District within ten (10) days after District issues the Acceptance of Offer and Award of Contract to Contractor. If acceptable bonds are not provided within the ten (10) day period, District may cancel the award of Contract and enforce the bid security. No purchase order shall be issued, no work shall begin, and no payment will be made until acceptable performance and payment bonds are delivered to District. The cost of Contractor's performance and payment bonds is a reimbursable expense paid by the District separately from the Contract price. In its Offer, the Bidder shall include the formula that Bidder and its surety will use to calculate the cost of required performance and payment bonds and shall not include the cost of performance and payment bonds in its bid pricing. Liquidated Damages Contractor shall be liable for and shall pay District the sum of $1,000 per day as liquidated damages, and not as a penalty, for each calendar day of delay after the date specified in the Solicitation or any extension thereof granted by District for completion of work until the work is complete. Contractor shall pay liquidated damages to District without limiting District's right to terminate the Contract for default as provided elsewhere herein. District shall grant an extension for completion of work if the work is delayed for an unforeseeable cause beyond the control and without fault of Contractor and Contractor notifies District in writing immediately in writing of the cause of the delay and provides sufficient information for District to determine whether an extension is justified. The District shall determine whether an extension is justified in its sole discretion. It is the responsibility of the bidder to insure Mesa Schools that all subcontractors hold a valid commercial license and are bonded through the State of Arizona Registrar of Contractors. Only subcontractors who are properly licensed and bonded for performance and labor and materials payment for this work shall be retained by the contractor. The bidder shall supply proof of certification, as stated in this Request for Proposal, for any subcontractors they may retain. This shall be a minimum requirement in evaluating the acceptability of a subcontractor. The Mesa Unified School District reserves the right to reject proposed subcontractors. All subcontractors must be approved by the school district prior to start of work.