Sealed bids for Cattaraugus County Court Room Renovations - Courtrooms 1 and 2 - Olean, according to specifications, will be received by the undersigned, at the Department of Public Works Facility, 8810 Route 242, Little Valley, New York, until Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 1:45 P.M. after which they will be publicly opened at 2:00 P.M. (at the same location), by the undersigned, under the direction of the Public Works Committee of the Cattaraugus County Legislature. Each bid, at the time it is received, will be stamped showing the date and time of receipt. Bids received after this time will not be accepted and returned to bidder unopened. Bids must contain the bid form completed in its entirety and bid security in the form of a certified check, bid bond, or bank check in the amount of 5% of the total bid amount. No bids may be withdrawn for a period of 45 days after opening of bids.  All interested parties are invited to attend.

Cattaraugus County Court Room Renovations: - comprised of the following bid(s).  Each contract being bid MUST be in a separate envelope.

DPW BID #39 - General Construction Contract

DPW BID #40 - Electrical Construction Contract

SCOPE:The project will consist of interior renovations of approximately 2,000 sq. ft. of existing interior space of the Cattaraugus County Courtrooms No. 1 and No. 2. Demolition of walls, flooring and ceilings, construction of new walls, Judge's bench and associated HVAC and Electrical work.

The foregoing is a general outline of work only and shall not be construed as a complete description of the work to be performed under the contract.

There will be a Pre-Bid meeting, Wednesday, April 10, 2019, 10:00 A.M. at the Cattaraugus County Center, Olean, NY.

Final Request for Information shall be NOON on Monday, April 15, 2019.  Final addendum, if any, shall be issued Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at 2:00 P.M.

DOCUMENTS:  Copies of the proposed Contract Documents, Plans, Specifications and Instructions to Bidders will be available Wednesday, April 3, 2019, and may be secured electronically at www.cattco.org/bid-request or at the Cattaraugus County DPW, 8810 Route 242, Little Valley, NY. Phone Cattaraugus County DPW, 8810 Route 242, Little Valley, NY 14755, Dawn Smith @ 716-938-2465; OR Labella Associates; 300 State St.; Ste. 201, Rochester, NY 14614, Jessica Kruse @ 585-454-6110. There will be a $50.00 charge for each set of specifications, plus $8.00 postage if mailed. Checks are to be made payable to the Cattaraugus County Treasurer. The specifications for this project will be available for examination at the office of Labella Associates, D.P.C.; 300 State St.; Ste. 201, Rochester, NY 14614, Southern Tier Builders Association, 65 West Main St., Falconer, NY 14733, & on their web site, (STBA website at: https://bxstier.com/) Login Page: http://login.onlineplanservice.com/SP/code.aspx). Password: NYBX19-01208-3940  All questions and RFI's to be directed to Labella Associates, D.P.C. ; 300 State St.; Ste. 201, Rochester, NY 14614 at 585-454-6110 Attn: Jessica Kruse at jkruse@labellapc.com with copy to Dawn Smith at dasmith@cattco.org.

Cattaraugus County Local Law 12-2012 as ammended by Local Law 5-2015 requires that the County provide a copy of the Cattaraugus County Vendor Responsibility Form to the Low bidder.  The low bidder will have 5 business days to return the completed form unless the form is mailed by the county to the vendor, in which case they will have 10 business days from the date of the mailing to return the form.  Failure by the low bidder to submit the form within the above time frame will lead  to the automatic rejection of their bid.  The contractor must also ensure that all subcontractors to be used on the project complete this form and submit it to the County for approval within 5 business days of the preconstruction meeting.  Failure to do so may lead to the rejection of the subcontractor at the County's discretion.

Currently the Commissioner of Public Works has approved the CCA-2 (New York State Vendor Responsibility Questionnaire For-Profit Construction) with attachments A, B, and C to serve as the Cattaraugus County Vendor Responsiblity Form.

All bids must be sent or delivered to Cattaraugus County Department of Public Works, 8810 Route 242, Little Valley, NY 14755.   Attention Dawn Smith.

The full deposit, according to General Municipal Law, Less any postage costs, will be refunded for complete sets with no missing pages, returned in good condition (NOT MARKED IN OR WRITTEN IN) within 30 days of the award of contract. No refunds will be made for sets returned later than 30 days after the award of contract.

All bids must be accompanied by a NON-COLLUSIVE BIDDING CERTIFICATE ad Bid Bond in the amount of 5% of bid total.  All substitutions are to be submitted at time of bid as per the contract documents.  No substitutions will be considered after the bid date.  Any bid submitted without such certification and bid bond will not be accepted.  Any bid not meeting ALL specifications will not be considered.

The County Legislature reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any informalities, and to accept the lowest responsible bid.

John Searles, County Administrator

County Center - 303 Court Street, Little Valley, New York 14755