This is a Request for Bids for a rooftop HVAC unit replacement project. A mandatory pre-bid conference is scheduled for July 24, 2026. Questions are due by July 29, 2026. Bids are due by August 4, 2026, at 11:00 a. m. local time and must be submitted electronically. The project requires a turnkey installation, including all labor, equipment, materials, and commissioning. The contract price is a firm fixed price. The contractor is responsible for verifying existing field conditions. The work includes removal of the existing unit, installation of a new unit meeting specific efficiency and control requirements, and integration with the existing Trane building automation system. A one-year warranty is required. Performance and payment bonds are required if the contract price exceeds $150,****.
The completion date for the work is March 31, 2027, plus any extensions authorized by a change order.
Payments shall be made net 30 after successful testing of the unit, owner confirmation of successful testing, and invoice received by accounts payable. Payments may be subject to deduction or set off for vendor failure to perform.
The work and all of its components shall be of merchantable quality, free from defects, and strictly conform to contract requirements for a period of one year after final acceptance by the owner.
Bids submitted are offers only, and the decision to accept or reject is a function of quality, reliability, capability, reputation, and expertise of the vendors. Owner reserves the right to accept the bid that is, in its judgment, the best and most favorable to the interests of owner and to the public.
Vendor has the requisite experience, ability, inventory, capital, facilities, equipment, plant, organization, and staff to enable vendor to deliver the work at the contract price and within the contract time proposal.
Vendor shall be solely liable for any fines or civil penalties imposed by any governmental or quasi-governmental agency or body that may arise or be alleged to have arisen out of or in connection with vendor's performance of or failure to perform hereunder.
A mandatory pre-bid conference will be held for the project on July 24, 2026, at 9:00 a. m. local time. Each prospective vendor shall conduct an inspection of the work site, the surrounding area and all local conditions.
If any prospective vendor is in doubt as to the true meaning of any part of the bid package, they shall submit an email for an interpretation no later than 11:00 a. m. on July 29, 2026.
Bids that contain omissions, erasures, alterations or additions not called for, conditional or alternate bids unless called for or irregularities of any kind may be rejected. Bids that do not include a complete certification of apprenticeship programs may be rejected.