City of Laurinburg Sealed Solicitation

Title: Fire Training Tower Construction

Deadline: 9/10/2024 5:00 PM   (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Status: Awarded

Solicitation Number: RFB 2025-01

Description: Bids for the construction of a new Fire Training Facility-Fire Tower, will be received by the City of Laurinburg at the office of the Administrative Services Director, City Hall, 303 W. Church Street, Room 244, Laurinburg, NC, until 5:00 P.M. local time on Tuesday, September 10, 2024. After this deadline, bids will be evaluated and contract awarded to the lowest, responsive, responsible bidder, taking into consideration quality, performance, and time specified in proposals for the performance of the contract.  This project will be funded primarily by the State of North Carolina, Session Law (S.L.) 2023-134.

The project consists of the construction of a Fire Training Facility-Fire Tower on property near Public Works on Hall Street in Laurinburg, NC. The facility will be constructed of steel storage containers assembled as shown on the construction drawings. The work will include but not limited to all erection, assembly, shop and field fabrication, welding, reinforced concrete foundations and slabs, stairs, platforms, handrails and other miscellaneous structural steel accessories as shown on the construction drawings. The owner will provide all of the storage containers and five (5) windows with frames on the proposed construction site. The windows and frames will require additional field fabrication in order to make them weather tight with the installation into the storage containers.

Bids will be received for a single prime contract. Bids can be submitted via email to hhaywood@laurinburg.org or online through the City’s bid submittal portal at https://www.laurinburg.org/business/#purchasing-rfps. Bidders must complete the vendor registration process to login and obtain copies of the bid documents/drawings via a downloadable link and/or to submit a bid proposal.

The City of Laurinburg is an Equal Opportunity Employer and invites submission of proposals from minority and women-owned businesses. The City reserves the right to reject any and/or all proposals and to waive irregularities and informalities in any bids submitted.

Published August 26, 2024


Pre-Bid Meeting Details: None scheduled.


Documents:

Documents as of 8/26/2024
Login to view documents
Login to view documents
Addition 1

Posted: 10/1/2024

Type of Addition: Award Information

Overview: Awarded to lowest, responsive, responsible bidder - Williams Machine & Tool

Amount: $178,000.00

Documents:

Question 1

Posted: 8/30/2024

Question: As a NCDOT Certified welder our company would like to be considered for Subcontract work on Fire Training Tower Construction for welding, fabrication, and handrails. How do we contact bidders if there is no prebid meeting? Thank you, Leta Patrick, Owner, M&L Fabrications, LLC

Response: Bidders are asked to download the bid documents from this site and we send notifications out from this site to bidders, so they will be able to view your question/request for being considered for subcontract work and can reach out to you directly. Thanks.

Question 2

Posted: 8/30/2024

Question: I don't see a project manual, could you please share it with me? I see a set of drawings, is that the complete set?

Response: The only documents so far for this project have been uploaded to this site, which include the bid notice information and construction drawings/scope, so yes, that is the complete set we have. Due to this project being in the informal bid range, we did not develop a formal project manual or bid forms. If interested in submitting a bid for this project, you may submit on your own forms/letterhead in the form of a quote. Thanks.

Question 3

Posted: 9/3/2024

Question: Where can we find the project manual and bid forms for this project?

Response: The only documents so far for this project have been uploaded to this site, which include the bid notice information and construction drawings/scope. Due to this project being in the informal bid range, we did not develop a formal project manual or bid forms. If interested in submitting a bid for this project, you may submit on your own forms/letterhead in the form of a quote. Thanks.

Posted: 10/1/2024

Type of Addition: Award Information

Overview: Awarded to lowest, responsive, responsible bidder - Williams Machine & Tool

Amount: $178,000.00

Documents:

Posted: 8/30/2024

Question: As a NCDOT Certified welder our company would like to be considered for Subcontract work on Fire Training Tower Construction for welding, fabrication, and handrails. How do we contact bidders if there is no prebid meeting? Thank you, Leta Patrick, Owner, M&L Fabrications, LLC

Response: Bidders are asked to download the bid documents from this site and we send notifications out from this site to bidders, so they will be able to view your question/request for being considered for subcontract work and can reach out to you directly. Thanks.

Posted: 8/30/2024

Question: I don't see a project manual, could you please share it with me? I see a set of drawings, is that the complete set?

Response: The only documents so far for this project have been uploaded to this site, which include the bid notice information and construction drawings/scope, so yes, that is the complete set we have. Due to this project being in the informal bid range, we did not develop a formal project manual or bid forms. If interested in submitting a bid for this project, you may submit on your own forms/letterhead in the form of a quote. Thanks.

Posted: 9/3/2024

Question: Where can we find the project manual and bid forms for this project?

Response: The only documents so far for this project have been uploaded to this site, which include the bid notice information and construction drawings/scope. Due to this project being in the informal bid range, we did not develop a formal project manual or bid forms. If interested in submitting a bid for this project, you may submit on your own forms/letterhead in the form of a quote. Thanks.