Commerce Street Apartments in Durham, NC – The new construction of 172-unit Apartment project

INVITATION TO BID 

ATTENTION:  M/WBE HUB SUBCONTRACTORS/VENDORS 

Colmar Contracting, Inc. invites all qualified MWBE/ HUB SUBCONTRACTORS AND VENDORS to submit proposals for the following project:

Commerce Street Apartments in Durham, NC – The new construction of 172-unit Apartment project.

Pre-Bid Meeting February 16, 2024, from 2 p.m.-4 p.m.  Durham County Health Service Building, Conference room B, 414 East Main Street Durham, NC (around ½ miles from the project).

Bids due Tuesday, February 27, 2024 @ 5:00 PM.

For information on this project and for assistance with plans and specifications contact:  Joe Trowell by phone @ 336-404-6867, email [email protected] or fax 336-315-1227.

This project has a 30% Historically Underutilized Business goal (HUB).  We are asking all vendors to give a      good faith effort in soliciting any lower tier vendors (material/labor or both) that are certified with the state of North Carolina Historically underutilized and minority vendors. 

This project has a 30% HUB goal. 17% Minority and 13% women owned businesses. 

Attached to the Bid package is the Section 3 Labor Forecast form from Forever Home.  It is a required to be filled out as part of your bid.  The goal for the project is to have 25% of labor man hours be Section 3 employees and % 5 of these Section 3 employees within a 1-mile radius of the project.  For Income limit status, please reference the following link for Durham area:  https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il2022/2022summary.odn .

An employee qualifies as section 3 if their household income falls within the established income levels.  Rates for additional cities/areas can be provided upon request.

M/WBE MUST BE CERTIFIED OR ELIGIBLE FOR CERTIFICATION BY THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA HUB OFFICE.

ALL SUBCONTRACTORS/VENDORS WILL RECEIVE CONSIDERATION REGUARDLESS OF RACE, CREED, COLOR, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN.

Colmar Contracting Inc. offers assistance to MWBE/HUB businesses on a one-on-one basis that need quick pay options, joint pay agreements, and reduced retainages.