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Orange County Health Department Improvements Smith Sinnett / 2024008 <br />Hillsborough, NC Orange County Asset Management Services <br />NOTICE TO BIDDERS 00 01 05 - 1 <br />SECTION 00 01 05 NOTICE TO BIDDERS <br />Sealed proposals will be received until 3:00 P.M. on March 27th, 2024 in the office of Orange County Finance, <br />Administrative Services, 131 W. Margaret Lane Suite 300, Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 for the <br />construction/renovation of the following: Orange County Architectural Renovations. Bids will be publicly <br />opened and read at 131 W. Margaret Lane, Conference Room 302, Hillsborough, NC 27278. <br />Orange County Health Department Improvements <br /> <br />The project includes improvements at six separate sites in Hillsborough and northern Chapel Hill. <br />Whitted Building: 300 W. Tryon St., Hillsborough: Medical and Dental Clinic - Flooring replacement and <br />repainting approximately 20,000sf. <br />OC Southern Human Services - 5001, NC: Floor replacement and casework replacement in medical clinic- <br />approximately 6,150sf. <br />Bids will be received from general contractors for Single Prime. All proposals shall be lump sum. <br />Pre-Bid Meeting <br />An Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting will be held on Monday, March 6th, 2024 at 10:00 am for the Orange County <br />Architectural Renovations at the Whitted Building, 300 West Tryon Street, Hillsborough, NC 27278 . The meeting <br />will address project specific questions, issues, bidding procedures and bid forms. The meeting will continue on the <br />project sites where contractors will be permitted to walk the project site. <br />The meeting is also to identify preferred brand alternates and their performance standards that the owner will <br />consider for approval on this project. In accordance with General Statute GS 133-3, Specifications may list one or <br />more preferred brands as an alternate to the base bid in limited circumstances. Specifications containing a preferred <br />brand alternate under this section must identify the performance standards that support the preference. Performance <br />standards for the preference must be approved in advance by the owner in an open meeting. Any alternate approved <br />by the owner shall be approved only where (i) the preferred alternate will provide cost savings, maintain or improve <br />the functioning of any process or system affected by the preferred item or items, or both, and (ii) a justification <br />identifying these criteria is made available in writing to the public. In accordance with GS133-3 procedures the <br />following preferred brand items are being considered as Alternates by the owner for this project: <br />Owner Preferred Manufacturer Alternates: <br />1. Door Hardware Corbin Russwin <br />Justification of any approvals will be made available to the public in writing no later than seven (7) days prior to bid <br />date. <br />Plans and Specifications can be downloaded from Smith Sinnett Architecture by potential bidders, upon registration <br />with Smith Sinnett by completing the Intent to Bid Form available at www.smithsinnett.com, Documents tab. Hard <br />copy of the plans and specifications are at the contractors discretion. <br />NOTE: The bidder shall include with the bid proposal the form Identification of Minority Business Participation <br />identifying the minority business participation it will use on the project and shall include either Affidavit A or <br />Affidavit B as applicable. Forms and instructions are included within the Proposal Form in the bid documents. <br />Failure to complete these forms is grounds for rejection of the bid. (GS143-128.2c Effective 1/1/2002.) <br />All contractors are hereby notified that they must have proper license as required under the state laws governing <br />their respective trades. General contractors are notified that Chapter 87, Article 1, General Statutes of North <br />Carolina, will be observed in receiving and awarding general contracts. General contractors submitting bids on this <br />Unlimited Building or Unclassified, required by the NC General Contractors Licensing Board under G.S. 87-1.) <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 186E0FF8-664C-4A5C-9F97-28196CE69FD1