North Carolina Department of Transportation

Sealed proposals will be received by the Division 13 – North Carolina Department of Transportation in Asheville, NC, in the office of Brendan Merithew, PE, Division 13 Division Office, 55 Orange Street, Asheville, NC, 28801, for the furnishing of labor, material and equipment entering into the construction of:

Yancey County Maintenance Office, 30 Bakers Creek Rd., Burnsville, NC, 28714, SCO ID# 25-29547-01A.

The Bid is for the construction of a new 2,520 s.f. wood frame construction office building, including limited site work (sidewalks and utilities to 5' out), slab, finished shell, flooring, ceiling system, plumbing, mechanical, and electrical construction.

The Bid is for the construction of a new 2,520 s.f. wood frame construction office building, including limited site work (sidewalks and utilities to 5' out), slab, finished shell, flooring, ceiling system, plumbing, mechanical, and electrical construction (all interior walls are under a separate prime contract to Alfred Williams Contractors as a fully pre-engineered DIRTT demountable wall system).

This General Contractor is the Project Expeditor and will schedule and coordinate the interior work.

Please note that special inspections/testing will be done by the Owner, scheduled and coordinated by the General Contractor.

Bids will be received for a SINGLE PRIME contract. All proposals shall be lump sum. **EMAILED BIDS WILL NOT BE OPENED OR ACCEPTED.** **Bid packages must be dropped off or mailed/shipped to the Division Office to be received prior to the bid opening.** Bids to be sealed in envelopes shall be labeled with project information, contractor name and license number.

Questions during the bid period must be submitted in writing only via email as RFI's (Requests for Information). Answers will be provided to all bidders in the form of addenda and will be numbered. Receipt of all addenda must be acknowledged on the bid form for the bid to be valid.

Complete plans, specifications and contract documents will be available in pdf format by email only via an email request to the Architect of Record Ginger Summer, W.S. Architects PA, ginger@wsarchitectspa.com.

General contractors submitting bids on this project must have license classification for BUILDING CONTRACTOR - UNLIMITED OR INTERMEDIATE.

Each proposal shall be accompanied by a certified check of an amount equal to not less than five percent (5%) of the proposal, or in lieu thereof a bidder may offer a BID BOND of five percent (5%) of the bid. A performance bond and a payment bond will be required for one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price. Payment will be made based on ninety-five percent (95%) of monthly estimates and final payment made upon completion and acceptance of work.

No bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled closing time for the receipt of bids for a period of 30 days. The owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive informalities.