GRAND TOWERS WINDOW REPLACEMENT HUB + WEBER ARCHITECTS, PLC SECTION 00 11 00 - INVITATION TO BID LEGAL NOTICE Housing Authority of Newport (HAN) will be accepting sealed bids for a General Contract for the replacement of windows at Grand Towers Apartments on Grand Avenue in the City of Newport, Kentucky. Bids are due no later than 3:00 p.m., local time, April 16, 2013, at the offices of the Housing Authority of Newport, located at 30 East 8th. St., Newport, KY 41071 at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Bids are to be marked “Grand Towers Window Replacement #13-01”. General Contractors submitting a bid for general construction may obtain a maximum of one (1) complete set of Contract Documents from Hub + Weber Architects, 200 West Pike Street, Covington, Kentucky, (859) 491-3844 - for a deposit of $50. Checks shall be made out to Housing Authority of Newport. Deposit will be refunded with the return of the set in good condition. Contract Documents may also be purchased from Phipps Reprographics, 6920 Plainfield Rd, P.O. Box 36172, Cincinnati, OH 45236-0172, Tel: 513.793.1030. Copies of the Contract Documents are open to the public inspection and may be examined at the following offices: FW Dodge Corporation 7265 Kenwood Road Suite 200 Cincinnati, Ohio Allied Construction Industries 3 Kovach Drive Cincinnati, Ohio HAN will conduct a pre-bid informational meeting at 3pm local time, March 22, 2013 at the project site. Construction would begin within ninety (90) days of execution of contract. A certified check or bank draft, payable to Housing Authority of Newport, U.S. Government Bonds, or a satisfactory bid bond executed by the Bidder and acceptable sureties in amount equal to five (5) percent of the bid shall be submitted with each bid. The successful Bidder will be required to furnish and pay for satisfactory Performance and Payment bond in an amount equal to one hundred (100) percent of the contract price. All Bidders shall include with their bid a statement from an acceptable surety that if their bid is accepted the surety will furnish to the Bidder the required performance and payment bond or bonds required by the contract documents. Attention of Bidders is particularly called to the requirements as to conditions of employment to be observed and minimum wage rates to be paid under the contract, Section 3, Segregated Facility, Section 109 and E.O. 11246 and Title VI. MBE/WBE firms are encouraged to bid. No bidder may withdraw their bid within 60 days after the actual date of opening thereof. HAN reserves the right to waive any informality, irregularity, or defect in any proposal, and to reject any/or all proposals should it be deemed in the best interest of HAN to do so. It is the intent of HAN to award a contract to the lowest responsible and responsive bidder. HAN is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Section 00 11 00 INVITATION TO BID Page 1