242010 Scarlet Oak ES BP #19 Landscape & Playground Equipment

SECTION 002000 – NOTICE TO BIDDERS

A. Arbor Park SD 145 (hereinafter referred to as the Owner) will receive bids for the following project until 10:00 am, local time, on April 30, 2025, at 17301 S. Central Avenue, Oak Forest, Illinois 60452.

Project #242010

ARBOR PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT 145

SCARLET OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ADDITION & RENOVATION

BP #19 LANDSCAPE & PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT

B. Bids will be publicly opened and read at the time noted above.

C. Bid Package documents, drawings, and specifications shall be available on or after April 10, 2025. Bidders may visit the following websites to obtain the bid documents. Printing and shipping costs shall be the responsibility of the bidder:

www.cordoganclarkplanroom.com or www.buildingconnected.com

D. All bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security in the form of Bid Bond in the amount of 10% of the Base Bid (plus additive alternates) made payable to the Owner.

E. A pre-bid meeting will be on April 16, 2025, at 12:00 pm at Scarlet Oak Elementary School located at 5731 Albert Drive, Oak Forest, IL 60452. Bidders are highly encouraged to attend the meeting.

F. The Contractor shall pay, if applicable, not less than the prevailing rate of wages as established, to all laborers, workmen and mechanics in the performance of Work under this Contract in accordance with “An Act regulating wages of laborers, mechanics and other employed under contracts of Public Works.” 820 ILCS 130/1 et seq.

G. The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive any informalities in bidding, and to accept the bid that is the lowest responsive, responsible bidder, which is in the best interests of the district.

H. This Notice is written in the name of the Owner by Cordogan Clark & Associates.

END OF NOTICE TO BIDDERS