Remodeling of an educational facility in Ottumwa, Iowa. Completed plans call for the remodel of a 12,600-square-foot educational facility.

The Board of Education of the Ottumwa Community School District will receive sealed bids for construction work encompassing miscellaneous interior remodeling work totaling approximately 12,600 square feet at James Elementary located in Ottumwa, IA. Lump-sum bids will be received for: General Construction, including Mechanical and Electrical Construction. Construction may begin following Owner receipt and approval of required Contracts, Bonds and Insurance. The Owner requires that all phases of the Project be Substantially Complete on or before the 15th day of August, 2025 Bidders will be required to provide security deposit in the form of a Bid Bond executed by a corporation authorized to contract as surety in the State of Iowa, cashiers or certified check drawn on a solvent Iowa bank or a bank chartered under the laws of the United States, or certified share draft drawn on a credit unit in Iowa or chartered under the laws of the United States of a sum not less than 5 percent of the Base Price/Sum. The bid security should be made payable to the Ottumwa Community School District. The bid security must not contain any conditions either in the body or as an endorsement thereon. The bid security shall be forfeited to the District as damages in the event the successful bidder fails or refuses to enter into a contract within 10 days after the award of contract and post bond satisfactory to the District insuring the faithful fulfillment of the contract and the maintenance of said work, if required, pursuant to the provisions of this notice and the other contract documents. The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a Certificate of Insurance and Performance and Labor and Material Payment Bonds both in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract Price and in accordance with other requirements outlined in the Bid Documents. The Board of Education reserves the right to accept or reject any or all Bids, or any part thereof, and to waive informalities or irregularities allowed by law and to enter into such Contract or Contracts as may be deemed in the best interests of the Ottumwa Community School District.