MIDLAND COUNTY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGENCY (MCESA) 
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE

M.Co.Net Backbone Fiber Network Extension to Pinecrest Farms Care Facility

The Midland County Educational Service Agency (MCESA) invites qualified firms to submit proposals / bids for Midland Backbone Fiber Network Extension to Pinecrest Farms Care Facility. 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 August 3, 2010.

On behalf of the M.Co.Net Board, Midland County Educational Service Agency, fiscal agent, will receive sealed proposals for the above project until the stipulated bid opening date and time at:

The Midland County Educational Service Agency
3917 Jefferson Avenue
Midland, MI 48640
Attention: Director of Instruction & Finance, Vicki Duso,

NO pre-bid meeting will be scheduled for this RFP bid.

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 August 3, 2010 at Midland County Educational Service Agency, 3917 Jefferson Avenue, Midland, MI 48640-3582. Bids must be clearly marked M.Co.Net Backbone Fiber Network Extension to Pinecrest Farms 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 June 24, 2010. 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).

No pre-bid meeting will be held for this RFP. Midland County Educational Services 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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