Request to bid Legal Notice

Notice Content: LEGAL NOTICE INVITATION TO BID The Toledo Zoo is soliciting sealed proposals for the ELEPHANT EXHIBIT EXISTING FACILITIES IMPROVEMENTS project. The bid package includes all supervision, materials, labor, and equipment for construction of the Elephant Exhibit Existing Facilities Improvements project Bid Package No. 1. Work shall consist of minor demolition, modifications to the steel barriers and gates, fire system modifications, and Electrical modifications to the existing elephant facilities as indicated in the bidding documents. Copies of bidding documents may be obtained on and after September 19, 2007 from The Toledo Zoo's Construction Office, 1717 Spencer Street, Toledo, Ohio 43609. No document deposit is required. Bid documents may be reviewed at The Toledo Zoo's Construction Department Office 1717 Spencer Street, Toledo, OH 43609 and Construction Manager's Office at Bostleman Corp. 7142 Nightingale Drive, Suite 1, Holland, OH 43528. A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be conducted commencing at 9:00am on Friday, September 28, 2007. Bidders will meet in the Toledo Zoo's Visitor Services Conference Room. Bidders shall park in the Zoo's Main Parking Lot (please tell the parking attendant you are attending the pre-bid meeting) and go to the Visitors Services Lobby. A site tour will follow and be part of the pre-bid meeting. No proposal will be accepted by the Toledo Zoo from a contractor not in attendance at the pre-bid meeting. Confirmed attendance shall be considered a signature from the representative of the bidding contractor on the official pre-bid "sign in sheet". Sealed bids will be received at the Zoo's Construction Office located at 1717 Spencer Street, Toledo, OH 43609 until 2:00pm EST on October 4, 2007 and publicly opened immediately following in the Toledo Zoo's Construction Office. Bids will be accepted only on the bid package forms provided and only if the bids are received on or before the bid time stated. The official bid clock will be the clock located within the Toledo Zoo's Construction Office. A certified check, cashier's check, or a letter of credit, in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the bid amount, or a bid bond in accordance with all applicable sections of the Ohio Revised Code is required. Particular attention should be given to Ohio Revised Code Section 307.88, 153.54, 153.57, and 153.571. If your proposal is accompanied by a certified check, cashier's check, or a letter of credit, a performance and payment bond for 100% of your bid proposal will be required. Minimum Wage Rates, Prevailing Wage Rates, and Equal Employment Opportunity laws of the United States and the State of Ohio are applicable to all bids received for this project. Bidders are cautioned that some of the work must be performed in surroundings traversed by Zoo visitors. Particular attention should be given the provisions of Section 01015 - Contractor's Use of the Premises and Quality Assurances, in compiling bids. Bids are subject to the terms and conditions of the Bidding Documents and the terms and conditions are hereby incorporated into the Invitation to Bid the same as if written in full herein. The Owner may reject any and all bids on any basis and without disclosure of a reason. The Owner may waive any informality in the bidding to the extent permitted by law, or accept the bid which is the "lowest and best" and which embraces such combination of alternates as may promote the best interests of the Owner. Such actions taken by the Owner shall not result in accrual of any right, claim, or cause of action by any unsuccessful bidder against The Toledo Zoo, the Board of Lucas County Commissioners, Construction Manager, or Consultants under contract to The Toledo Zoo who prepared the specification and drawings. Andy Rippke, Project Coordinator, Bostleman Corp. for The Toledo Zoo. 9-19 9-26-2007 2Wed