FOREST HILLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES

Library Information and Automation System RFP

Forest Hills Public Schools invites qualified firms to submit proposals / bids for Library Information and Automation System. The District reserves the unrestricted right to reduce the contract amount by reducing the scope of work and/or components in order to meet budget requirements. Unit pricing, as specified in the bid proposal, will be used to control contract adjustments. Any such action will be taken before specific work on a building or on a project component has commenced.

BIDS ARE DUE at 2:00 p.m. local time on August 4, 2008.

On behalf of the Forest Hills Public Schools sealed proposals will be received for the above project at the District Office, 6590 Cascade Road SE , Grand Rapids , MI 49546-6497 , Attention: Assistant Superintendent, Instruction, Linda Vanderjagt, until the stipulated bid opening date and time. Bids received after the stipulated date and time will not be considered and will be returned unopened. Bids will be opened (bids without a bid bond will be retained for the files and will not be read or evaluated) and read at a public meeting scheduled for 2:05 p.m. on August 4, 2008 at Forest Hills Public Schools, 6590 Cascade Road SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546-6497. Bids must be clearly marked FOREST HILLS LIBRARY INFORMATION AND AUTOMATION SYSTEM RFP. The RFP contains the specific requirements for all bids.  Among the requirements in the RFP are: Provide four (3) complete sets (original and 2 copies) of your response to the RFP, including an RFP compliance form and a base bid cost summary form. All interested bidders may obtain copies of the RFP, drawings, and specifications from Childs Consulting Associates, Inc., beginning July 15, 2008. Bid documents are available electronically by CLICKING HERE from (www.childs.com/invitations) or by UPS or Federal Express, COD or Receiver Account number, and by pick up at the following address. (Please call, fax, or e-mail to make arrangements.)

A minimum of 5% bid security, either in the form of a bid bond or cashier’s check payable to Forest Hills Public School District , must accompany each bid (see RFP for rules for calculating the bid bond amount).

Forest Hills Public Schools reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive irregularities in bids. 

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