GENESEE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES

GenNET Audio-Video Fiber Optic Transmission And Head End Systems

OWNER:          

Genesee Intermediate School District, Flint, MI
GenNET Telecommunications Consortium, Flint, MI

PROGRAM MANAGER:      

Childs Consulting Associates, Inc.
514 Lakeside Dr., P. O. Box 550, Mackinaw City, MI 49701                     
Web Site: www.childs.com, e-mail: msmith@childs.com                                      
Project Manager:  John Childs, jchilds@childs.com

Phone: 231-436-4099    Fax:  231-436-4101

Genesee Intermediate School District invites qualified firms to submit proposals / bids for Audio-Video Fiber Optic Transmission and Head End Systems. Further, 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 11-28-07.

On behalf of the GenNET Board, Genesee Intermediate School District, fiscal agent, will receive sealed proposals for the above project at the District Office, 2413 W. Maple Road, Flint, MI 48507, Attention: Executive Director – Business Services, Cynthia McCain, 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 2:00 p.m. on 11-28-07 at Genesee ISD, 2413 W. Maple Rd., Flint, MI 48507. Bids must be clearly marked GenNET Transmission Equipment. The RFP contains the specific requirements for all bids.  Among the requirements in the RFP are: Provide four (4) complete copies of your response to the RFP including an RFP compliance form and a base bid cost summary form. Bidders must be the manufacturer of the equipment proposed or a factory-authorized vendor. All interested bidders may obtain copies of the RFP, drawings, and specifications from Childs Consulting Associates, Inc., beginning October 22, 2007. 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.)

 

Childs Consulting Associates, Inc.
514 Lakeside Drive, P. O. Box 550
Mackinaw City , MI 49701
Telephone (231) 436-4099
Fax (231) 436-4101
Attn: Millie Smith (msmith@childs.com)

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

A required pre-bid meeting will be held 11-13-07 at 10:00AM at the Genesee ISD Davis Building ( 2413 W. Maple Road, Flint, MI 48507).

Genesee Intermediate School District and the GenNET Board reserve the right to reject any or all bids and to waive irregularities in bids. 

By:

Cynthia McCain, Executive Director of Business Services
Genesee Intermediate School District
2413 W. Maple Road
Flint, MI 48507

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