Renovation of a stadium in Birmingham, Alabama. Completed plans call for the renovation of a stadium.

Question Deadline 09/05/2025 Should any omission, discrepancy, ambiguity, or area in the Drawings and Specifications, or in any of the Contract Documents, be discovered, or should there be any doubt as to the meaning or intent thereof, report such findings to the Architect in writing. Questions should be received by the Architect at least five (5) days prior to the date set for receiving Bids. INVITATION TO BIDSealed bids for Legion Field Renovations 2023 - Packages A, B, C, & D at 400 Graymont Ave West Birmingham, AL35204 will be received by the City Architect in Room 220 Birmingham City Hall, Birmingham, Alabama until 2:00PM, Thursday September 11, 2025. Sealed bids will receive a time and date label to indicate timely receipt. Allsealed bids received upon or prior to the stipulated time and date will then be publicly opened and read aloud inConference Room 220 City Hall at approximately 2:10 PM.All bids must be on a lump sum basis. Bids are to be submitted in duplicate on the Proposal Form provided withspecifications. No pre-qualification of bidders will be conducted prior to receiving bids.Under the Alabama State Code, Section 39-2-4, as amended by Act #97-225, it is required for any contractexceeding $50,000 that the Bidder submit with his bid, either a cashier's check, drawn on an Alabama bank, or abid bond, executed by a surety authorized and qualified to make bonds in Alabama, payable to the City ofBirmingham, in an amount (subject to a maximum of $50,000.00) equal to five percent (5%) of the bid. In orderfor a bid to be considered, it must be accompanied by an acceptable bid bond or cashier's check.Any bid submitted for an amount of $50,000 or more, the bidder must be a licensed general contractor in theState of Alabama in accordance with Section 34-8, of the Alabama State Code. Contractor's license number shallappear on the outside of the envelope used to submit bid.A Performance Bond in the amount of 100% of the contract amount and a Statutory Labor and Material PaymentBond in the amount of 100% of the contract amount will be required from the successful bidder at the signing ofthe contract. Also, proof of insurance will be required when the contract is signed. The City will review bonds andinsurance and execute the contract within twenty (20) days unless the successful contractor agrees to anextension in writing.A Pre-bid Conference to review and discuss the project will be held at 10:00 AM on Tuesday August 26, 2025 inConference Room 220-Birmingham City Hall 710 20th Street, North Birmingham, AL 35203. Attendance at the Pre-bid Conference is MANDATORY and shall be deemed a consideration of a bidder's responsiveness, in addition to anyother stipulations.Bid documents may be viewed and purchased through the City of Birmingham online plans room site athttps://www.birminghamplanroom.com/. Any cost for reproduction shall be the responsibility of bidders.Since award may not be made within thirty (30) days, no bid may be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) daysafter the date of the bid opening.The City reserves the right to reject any or all bids submitted, and to waive any informalities.IMPORTANT BIDDER INFORMATIONBidders are expected to prepare their bid to include all necessary material, labor, bonds, permits, overhead,profit, taxes, insurance, etc. costs. It is not the City's obligation to bring mistakes/omissions in bid to bidder'sattention. If after bid opening, a bidder determines he has a mistake in bid, he may seek withdrawal of his bidwithout forfeiting his bond, if the request is in writing within three (3) work days after the bid opening, and isaccompanied by clear and convincing evidence of the mistake.All cashier's checks or bid bonds will be returned immediately after bids are checked and tabulated to all exceptthe three (3) lowest bona fide bidders. Bid bonds shall be returned to the three (3) lowest bona fide bidders whenthe contract is signed, and performance and payment bonds and insurance are furnished by the successful bidder.If award is not made within fifteen (15) days after bid opening, all bid guarantees will be returned except forthose of the potentially successful bidders. If after sixty (60) days, no award has been made, all bids shall berejected, and the potentially successful bidder's guarantee will be returned unless the bidder agrees in writing toa time extension. If a time extension is effected, bidder may substitute any cashier's check for a satisfactory bidbond.Any contract resulting from this Invitation to Bid shall not be assignable without prior written consent of the City.Under no conditions shall the contract be assigned to an unsuccessful bidder whose bid was rejected as non-responsive and/or non-responsible.Special attention is called to the applicability of the Birmingham Plan-Construction Industry Program to theproject. Under this Program, the utilization of Minority Business Enterprises and Disadvantaged BusinessEnterprises (MBE/DBE) is encouraged on a voluntary basis. The Construction Industry Authority established asystem of floating MBD/DBE goals which may differ from year to year and project to project. Overall, these goalsshall not be less than the historical participation of MBD/DBE's in construction projects of the City and itsagencies. Additional information about this Program is contained in the Project Manual and may be obtained fromthe Executive Director, Birmingham Construction Industry Authority at 3600 4th Avenue, South, Birmingham,Alabama 35222 (Telephone: 205-324-6202). For federally funded contracts, the provisions of the President'sExecutive Order 11246 and federal agency regulations requiring affirmative action to achieve employment andutilization of minority persons and business will apply.As a matter of public policy, the City of Birmingham agrees to make opportunities available to the maximumextent possible, to actively include Historically Underutilized Business Enterprises (HUBE's) such as architecturalfirms, engineering firms, investment banking firms, other professional consultant services providers, andconstruction contractors as part of business, economic and community revitalization programs.Bids must be submitted in a sealed envelope marked: Legion Field Renovations 2023 - Package A - Stadium FieldWall Replacement or. Legion Field Renovations 2023 - Package B - Restroom Expansion & Alterations or. LegionField Renovations 2023 - Package C - South End Restroom Piping Replacement or Legion Field Renovations 2023 -Package D - Maintenance Shop & Office Reroofing. Provide a separate bid envelope for each bid package. Bids maybe hand-delivered to Room 220 City Hall, Birmingham, Alabama, or mailed to: City of Birmingham Department ofCapital Projects, Architectural Division, Room 220 City Hall, 710 North 20th Street, Birmingham, Alabama 35203.Bids sent by any express carrier (Federal Express, UPS, Airborne, etc.) must specify delivery to Room 220 City Hall.It is the bidder's responsibility to make sure that his bid is in the possession of the City Architect on or before 2:00PM, September 11, 2025. Bids received after this time will not be considered.Gary C. Ohlman, City ArchitectAla.Ms.- Aug. 13, 2025