Chariho Regional School District is seeking proposals for Main Campus Electrical Upgrades. A mandatory pre-bid site visit is scheduled for June 17, 2026, at 10:00 AM. Bids are due and will be opened publicly on June 24, 2026, at 10:00 AM via BidNet. The project includes generator replacements and electrical upgrades for the Middle School, Career Technology Center, and High School. The district reserves the right to award any combination of projects. Contractors must comply with state labor laws and undergo criminal background checks. Payment will be made after delivery and/or performance. The contract award will consider references and prior work performed for the district. MBE/WBE participation is a selection criterion.
Completion date is 16 weeks from the date of equipment delivery. School summer vacation runs from June 15 to August 26, 2026. Coordination must be made with the district to plan for outages of each building. Long weekends, holidays breaks, and second shift are options to consider completing this work.
Payment will be made by the school district after presentation of a vendors invoice, which must be submitted subsequent to delivery andor performance of the work or services.
Whenever, within one year of the final acceptance of the apparatus, equipment, supplies, materials, work or services by the school district, the contractor is notified in writing by the school district that any item of apparatus, equipment, supplies, material, andor workmanship has proven defective or is not meeting the specification requirements, the bidder shall immediately replace, repair or otherwise correct, as the school district may determine, the defect or deficiency without cost to the school district.
It is the intention of the school district to award the project to the bid of the lowest responsive and responsible bidder kind, quality and materials being equal, provided the bid has been submitted in accordance with the requirements of this rfp. References and prior work performed for chariho regional school district will be used in the bid evaluation process. MBE/WBE participation compliance with 15% MBE participation is part of the selection criteria.
The bidder shall submit the following data with the proposal: 1. The successful bidder must, upon request, furnish evidence of financial responsibility. 2. A list of other installations of similar equipment specified herein, which the school district may easily visit for inspection. 3. A plan, with elevations, showing any variations in design, arrangement, sizes and the like which bidder proposes to furnish as different from those called for in the specifications. 4. Cuts of each item proposed as alternate equipment to that specified, with a list of any variation from specified methods and details of construction and from specified designs.
The school district may, subject to the following provisions, by written notice of default to the contractor, terminate the whole or any part of this contract in any one of the following circumstances: 1. if the contractor fails to make delivery of the supplies or to perform the services within the time specified herein or any extensions thereof or if the contractor fails to perform any of the other provisions of this contract, or fails to make progress such as to endanger performance of this contract in accordance with its terms and in either of these two circumstances does not remedy such failure within a period of 10 days after receipt of notice from the director of administration and finance specifying such failure.
This project requires a mandatory prebid site visit on june 17, 2026 at 10:00 am at chariho career tech center 459 switch road, wood river junction, ri ****.
The school district reserves the right to require any bidder to submit a sample either before or after the awarding of the bid to ascertain whether or not the product will be suitable for the purpose for which it is to be used.
No bid will be considered from any person whose performance on any previous contract with the school district has been unsatisfactory in the opinion of the school district. Under R. I. Gen. Laws ****, all contractors associated with this bid shall undergo a national and state criminal background check. The contractor shall ensure that no person who has any disqualifying information as that term is defined in R. I. Gen. Laws **** shall work on the bid.
