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Advertisement for Bids
Big Lake Middle School
Media Center Renovations
601 Minnesota Avenue
Big Lake, Minnesota 55309
Independent School District #727 - Big Lake Schools will receive single prime sealed bids for Big Lake Middle School Media Center Renovations until 2:00 p.m. local time on March 20, 2025 at the District Office - Entrance J, 701 Minnesota Avenue East, Big Lake, Minnesota55309, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.
Bidding documents, including the Proposal Form, Drawings and Specifications, will be on file at the Minnesota Builders Exchange; McGraw Hill Construction/Dodge Plan Center; Reed Construction; iSqFt Plan Room (St. Paul, MN), The Blue Book Building and Construction Network; and from PlanWell at
https://order.e-arc.com/arcEOC/x_project.asp?de=8A5A141A-28C3-47B6-A4D5-6553928F0546
There will be a pre-bid walk-through at Big Lake Middle School on Monday, March 10, 2025 at 2:00pm. Contractors are to meet in the Main Office Reception at the Main Entry.
Scope of work includes: Interior demolition of existing walls, structure, ceilings, and removal of flooring and slabs. Building of new structure, walls, ceilings/soffits, floors/finish. Upgrade and rearrangement of mechanical and electrical systems, associated with the architectural work.
American Reprographics Company, 4730 Park Glen Road, St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416 (952) 697-8800, facsimile (952) 697-8803 will provide complete downloadable sets of the Bidding Documents to prospective bidders and subcontractors. The downloads will be available February 27, 2025. A deposit check in the amount of $25 made out to ARC for each set downloaded via the internet at https://www.e-arc.com/location/st-louis-park/ and clicking on the PlanWell icon, then the Public Plan Room icon, select Big Lake Middle School Media Center Renovations.
Make proposals on the bid forms supplied in the Project Manual. No oral, telegraphic or telephonic proposals or modifications will be considered. Submit with each bid, a certified check or acceptable bidder’s bond payable to Independent School District #727 - Big Lake Schools in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the total bid. The successful bidder will be required to furnish satisfactory Labor and Material Payment Bond, and Performance Bond.
Bids may not be withdrawn within thirty (30) days after the scheduled time of opening bids, without the consent of the Owner. The Owner reserves the right to accept any bid or to reject any or all bids, or parts of such bids, and waive informalities or irregularities in bidding.
The Owner requires Substantial Completion of the project on or before August 15, 2025.
/s/ Board of Education
Independent School District #727 - Big Lake Schools
(Published in the Patriot: 03/01/25, 03/08/25.)
