MIDLAND COUNTY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGENCY (MCESA)

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES

Backbone Fiber Network – M.Co.Net Fiber Optic Extension to Midland County Jail

The Midland County Educational Service Agency (MCESA) invites qualified firms to submit proposals / bids for Backbone Fiber Network – Midland Fiber Optic Extension to Midland County Jail. The MCESA 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 1:00 p.m. local time on March 28, 2008.

On behalf of the M.Co.Net Board, Midland County Educational Service Agency, fiscal agent, will receive
sealed proposals for the above project at the Midland County Educational Service Agency, 3917 Jefferson Avenue, Midland, MI 48640, Attention: Director of Finance & Information, Vicki Duso, 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 1:15 p.m. on March 28, 2008 at Midland County Educational Service Agency, 3917 Jefferson Avenue, Midland, MI 48640-3582. Bids must be clearly marked Backbone Fiber Network – Midland Fiber Optic Extension to Midland County Jail RFP. The RFP contains the specific requirements for all bids.  Among the requirements in the RFP are: Provide three (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 March 12, 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 Midland County Educational Service Agency, must accompany each bid (see RFP for rules for calculating the bid bond amount).

A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held at the Midland County Services Building (220 W. Ellsworth Avenue) on March 17, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. Midland County Educational Service Agency and the M.Co.Net Board reserve the right to reject any or all bids and to waive irregularities in bids. 

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