The School Board of Palm Beach County, Florida invites Certified General Contractors or Certified Building Contractors prequalified by the School Board pursuant to SREF Chapter 4.1 prior to the Bid Due Date to submit a Bid. To be eligible, the vendor must be prequalified for bonding capacity in the amount of the advertised Construction Budget or evidence bonding capacity in that amount prior to the Bid due date. The School District of Palm Beach County, Florida, will receive (via BidNet Direct @ www.bidnetdirect.com) sealed Bids for:
Project Name: FOREST HILL HIGH SCHOOL- PARKING LOT
PROJECT ADDRESS: 6901 PARKER AVENUE
WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33405
ITB NO.: 25-4D
PROJECT NO.: 0581-2301
ESTABLISHED PROJECT BUDGET FOR CONSTRUCTION: $800,000.00
PROCUREMENT SCHEDULE
MANDATORY SITE INSPECTION: MARCH 10, 2025 at 9:00 A.M., EST
QUESTIONS DUE: MARCH 17, 2025, NO LATER THAN 2:00 P.M., EST via BidNet Direct @ www.bidnetdirect.com
FINAL ADDENDUM ISSUED: MARCH 21, 2025 via BidNet Direct @ www.bidnetdirect.com
BIDS DUE: MARCH 31, 2025, NO LATER THAN 2:00 P.M., EST via BidNet Direct @ www.bidnetdirect.com
MANDATORY SITE INSPECTION
Each Bidder must attend a Mandatory Site Inspection at the project location to be eligible to submit a Bid. Site inspection will be held on MARCH 10, 2025 as scheduled:
FOREST HILL HIGH SCHOOL
6901 PARKER AVENUE
WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33405
MEET IN FRONT OFFICE AND SIGN IN
DIRECTIONS: I-95 to Forest Hill Blvd. East. School on South side of street.
BID GUARANTEE
Each Bid shall be accompanied by a Bid Guarantee in the amount of $40,000.00. The Guarantee shall be in the form of either a Bid Bond or Cashier’s Check payable to The School District of Palm Beach County. All Bidders must be licensed pursuant to Chapter 489 Florida Statutes. The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a 100% Performance Bond. No Bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled closing for receipt of Bids for a period of 60 days. The Board or its designee reserves the right to waive minor technicalities and irregularities in all Bids.
Further, in order to protect the integrity of the Award Process, all questions regarding this solicitation must be submitted via BidNet Direct @ www.bidnetdirect.com NO LATER THAN 2:00 P.M., EST on MARCH 17, 2025.
Only questions received via BidNet Direct @ www.bidnetdirect.com by the time and date specified will be answered by Addendum and posted on BidNet Direct.
BIDS SHOULD BE BASED UPON THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION OF WORK:
The project consists of constructing 105 parking slots with a two-lane ingress and two-lane egress by removing the existing landscape island and relocating existing ADA stalls to allow ingress lanes to continue into the campus without a merge/pinch point.
Make space for a longer egress queue for two lanes at the exit. Install a new curbed median to remove U-turns at the entrance, relocate existing ADA parking stalls, provide an accessible path and replace existing gate for new roadway width. Also, Install LED lighting fixtures throughout the parking lot per the drawing plan.
Furthermore, the contractor should remove the tree within the site, milling and resurfacing, partially regrading and paving the area, and restriping the parking lot next to the golf course.
This is a fully turnkey project, and the Contractor shall supply all labor, material, supervision and equipment for this Project.
OWNERS ALLOWANCE ($200,000), available for future connection of existing school parking to golf course parking lot (plans under development).
All work shall comply with all building codes including, but not limited to the Florida Building Code 2020 and the State Requirements for Educational Facilities and NEC and the 2023 District Master Specification.
Reference files included for review: 23-00182_SDPBC FOREST HILL HS PARKING (1)
PBCSD Forest Hills Parking Lot Lighting-Electrical Combined
Contractor shall be responsible for the repair or replacement, including but not limited to: all surfaces, building elements, fencing, utilities, onsite and offsite elements, sidewalks, grasses, plantings, irrigation and hardscape disturbed by and/or damaged by construction activities.
Contractor to remove and/or modify chain link fencing, including adding gate(s) as required for site access. Openings in fence shall be secured at the endo of each workday. Fencing to be restored to equal or better condition upon the completion of the work.
