Renovation of an educational facility in South Bend, Indiana. Completed plans call for the renovation of a 5,500-square-foot, one-story above grade educational facility.

A Unified Bid is requested for all work in this project, including General, Mechanical, and Electrical Construction work. The Owner reserves the right to accept or reject any bid and to waive any irregularities in bidding. The Owner may consider a bid to be incomplete if it does not provide the required documentation as described in this Notice, including but not limited to the Minority, Women's and Veteran's Business Enterprise Participation Plan. The Base Bid may be held for a period not to exceed sixty days before awarding Contracts. All Alternate Bids may be held for a period not to exceed ninety days before award and incorporation into the contract by proper Change Directive. Should a successful Bidder withdraw his bid or fail to execute a satisfactory Contract within 10 days after notice of acceptance of bid, the Owner may declare the Bid Security forfeited as liquidated damages, not as penalty. a completed Minority, Women's and Veteran's Business Enterprise Participation Plan, detailing the good faith efforts of the contractor to include minority, women and veteran-owned enterprises as subcontractors or material suppliers on the Project; THE PROJECT IS AN INTERIOR RENOVATION OF A BOOKSTORE INTO A NEW INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTER. THE SPACE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ALL CURRENTLY ENROLLED STUDENTS, REGARDLESS OF AREA OF STUDY, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS. THE PROGRAM FOR THE INNOVATION CENTER IS GENERALLY DESCRIBED AS HAVING INDIVIDUAL OFFICES, MEETING ROOMS AND AREAS, AS WELL AS FLEXIBLE SPACE TO FACILITATE THE CREATIVE AND COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS OF THOSE USING THE CENTER. Pre-bid questions shall be submitted to the Owner's Representative for inclusion of all answers and distributed to all bidders via Addenda