City of Sanford, NC Sanford Train Depot Restoration

INVITATION TO BID 

PROJECT:  SANFORD TRAIN DEPOT RESTORATION 

Sealed proposals will be received by the City of Sanford, NC at the Sanford Municipal Center located at 225 E. Weatherspoon Street up to 2:00 pm on Thursday, March 7, 2024.  The proposals should be left in the engineering department on the second floor.  Immediately after the deadline the proposals will be publicly opened and read for the construction of renovations and restoration of the Sanford Train Depot at 106 Charlotte Avenue, Sanford, NC.

Bids will be received for Single Prime only.  All proposals shall be lump sum.

Pre-Bid Meeting

An open pre-bid meeting will be held for all interested bidders at 2:00pm on Wednesday, February 7, 2024, at the Train Depot in Depot Park, 106 Charlotte Ave. The meeting will address project specific questions, issues, bidding procedures, and bid forms. A tour of the Depot building will be conducted at that time.  Bidders will be required to have completed 3 projects by their company in the last 10 years that are comparable in scale and scope to the Sanford Train Depot Restoration project.

Complete plans, specifications and contract documents will be open for inspection in the City of Sanford’s Engineering Department on the second floor of the Sanford Municipal Center at 225 E. Weatherspoon Avenue, and at the following online plan rooms:

ConstructConnect
McGraw-Hill Dodge Corporation (local Carolina offices), dodgeprojects.construction.com .
The Institute NC:  Minority Plan rooms in NC Institute of Minority Economic Development, Inc., at MCTAP/NCIMED, Inc, 114 Parrish Drive, 4^th Floor, Durham, NC 27701.  www.theinstitutenc.org .

The proposal shall be accompanied by a cash deposit or a certified check drawn on some bank, or trust company, insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, of an amount equal to not less than five percent (5%) of the proposal, or in lieu there, of a bidder may offer a bid bond of five percent (5%) of the bid executed by a surety company licensed under the laws of North Carolina to execute the contract in accordance with the bid bond.  Said deposit shall be retained by the Owner as liquidated damages in the event of failure of the successful bidder to execute the contract within ten days after the award or to give satisfactory surety as required by law.

A performance bond and a payment bond will be required for one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price.

Payments will be made based on ninety-five percent (95%) of monthly estimates and final payment made upon completion and acceptance of the work.

No bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled closing time for the receipt of bids for a period of 30 days.