OFFICIAL NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

The City of Wauwatosa will receive proposals for renovations of Wauwatosa Fire Stations 52 and 53 until 11:01 A.M. Local Time, March 1st, 2023, at which time all bids will be publicly opened and read virtually via use of the Zoom platform. Access at zoom.us/join, Meeting ID 820 6304 8245.

CONTRACT 23-60 FIRE STATIONS 52 & 53 SLEEPING QUARTERS RENOVATIONS

Under this proposal, the Contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, supplies, equipment, tools and other services necessary for the renovations and all work incidental thereto in portions of:

This project includes architectural, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing renovations of existing sleeping quarters at Wauwatosa's Fire Station 52 & 53 as well as toilet room and shower renovations as Fire Station 53 all in accordance with contract documents.

Pre-Bid Meeting
A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held on February 20th, 2023 at 10:00am at Fire Station 53 which is located at 10525 W. Watertown Plank Rd., Wauwatosa, WI
53226. Immediately following this meeting all participants will be required to relocate to Fire Station 52 so that can be viewed as well.

Interested parties may view and obtain digital copies of the contract documents, including plans and specifications, from Quest Construction Data Network. Access the QuestCDN website at www.questcdn.com. Input QuestCDN eBidDoc No.8384003 on the website’s Project Search page. No password is required. Contact QuestCDN.com at 952-233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance in downloading and working with the digital documents.

There is a nonrefundable charge of $25.00 for the plans and contract documents. Plans are also available for viewing only at the Engineering office at City Hall, 7725 W. North Avenue, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Plans will be available beginning February 8th, 2023.

The City will accept only online electronic bids through QuestCDN. To access the electronic bid form, download the project documents and click the online bidding button at the top of the advertisement.

All proposals must be submitted in electronic format together with a bid bond equal to five (5) percent of the bid payable to the City of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, as a guarantee that if his bid is accepted, the successful bidder will execute and file the proper contract and bonds within ten (10) days after notification of award of the contract.

Failure on the part of the successful bidder to execute their contract and performance and labor & material payment bonds within ten (10) days from the date of notice of the award of contract will be considered as just cause for the annulment of the award and

the forfeiture of the proposal guarantee to the City not as a penalty but in payment to the City as liquidated damages as a result of such failure.

No bid shall be withdrawn after the opening of bids for a period of sixty (60) days after the scheduled time of closing of bids.

The letting of the work described herein is subject to the provisions of Section 66.09, Wisconsin Statutes, requiring the bidder to furnish proof of responsibility. Bidder prequalification is required on forms furnished by the City of Wauwatosa and submitted to the City Engineer. Prequalification forms that are submitted after 5 days preceding the contract letting date may be cause for the rejecting of bids.

TIME OF SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION
The substantial completion date for Contract 26-60 WAUWATOSA FIRE STATIONS 52 & 53 SLEEPING QUARTERS RENOVATIONS shall be November 1st, 2023. See Section 600 for additional completion requirements.

There will be no other extension of time and no extenuating circumstances, except perhaps an industry strike, or the inability of the City to receive plan and specification approval.

If the contractor does not complete the work on or before the date set forth above for CONTRACT 23-60 WAUWATOSA FIRE STATIONS 52 & 53 SLEEPING QUARTERS
RENOVATIONS or within the extra time allowed under a City Engineer granted time extension, the City will assess liquidated damages. The City will deduct Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for every calendar day up to fourteen (14) days, and then One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for every calendar day that the work remains uncompleted from payments due the contractor.

A required "Affidavit of Compliance" is included in Section 300 and must be submitted with the bid.

The right to reject or accept any or all bids and the right to waive any informality in bidding is reserved to the City of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.
Dated at Wauwatosa, Wisconsin February 6, 2023
Steven A. Braatz Jr., City Clerk
City of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin