Sealed bids are requested for Elmira City School District construction project.

SECTION 00 11 13 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that sealed bids, in DUPLICATE, are sought and requested by the Elmira City School District (hereinafter called "Owner"), for the construction of the following Project: EHS 2025 Capital Improvements Bids are requested for multiple prime contracts for General Trades Work, HVAC Work, Electrical Work, and Plumbing Work, in accordance with Drawings, Project Manual, and other Bidding and Contract Documents prepared by Hunt Engineers, Architects, Land Surveyors & Landscape Architect, DPC 100 Hunt Center, Airport Corporate Park, Horseheads, NY 14845. Sealed bids will be received by the Owner until 2:00 P.M. local time on Friday February 27, 2026 at Elmira City School District office, 430 W Washington Ave Elmira, NY 14901, at which time and place all bids will be opened and publicly read aloud. The Bidding Documents and Bid Forms may be examined at the following: The Builders Exchange of the Southern Tier: www.bxstier.com East - 15 Belden Street, Binghamton NY 13903 West - 65 E. Main St., Falconer, NY 14733 Builders Exchange of Rochester, 180 Linden Oaks, Suite 100, Rochester, NY 14625-2837 Construction Exchange of Buffalo & WNY 2660 Williams Street, Cheektowaga, NY 14227 Syracuse Builders Exchange, 6563 Ridings Rd., Syracuse, NY 13206 Dodge Data and Analytics, 2860 S State Hwy 161, Ste.160 #501 Grand Prairie, TX 75052 www.construction.com Construction Market Data (CMD), a ConstructConnect Company. Subscribers only; website: www.cmdgroup.com Elmira City School District Hunt Engineers, Architects, Land Surveyors & Landscape Architect, DPC Airport Corporate Park, 100 Hunt Center, Horseheads, NY 14845-1019 Bid Documents are also available for electronic viewing at www.HUNT-EASplans.com; including an up to date Plan Holders list. Bid Documents may be obtained from the document distributor: Dataflow, Inc. via their designated web portal: www.nyplanroom.com. Office: 210 W. Gray Street, Elmira, NY 14901, phone (607) 734-8955 or (607) 772-2001 or BidSupport@goDataflow.com. Ordering from this web portal automatically places the prospective bidder on the plan holders' list. This designated web portal will be updated periodically with addenda, lists of registered plan holders, reports, and other information relevant to submitting a bid for the project. All official notifications, addenda, and other bidding documents will be offered through the designated web portal with notifications to registered bidders. Neither the Owner, Construction Manager, Architect/Engineer, nor Dataflow, Inc., as applicable will be responsible for bidding documents, including addenda, if any, that are obtained from sources other than the designated web portal. Bid documents including plans and specifications are available for electronic download for a non-refundable fee of $59.00, payable by credit card. Bid documents including printed sets of plans and specifications may be ordered in paper format for a refundable fee of $75.00, payable by credit card. Non-refundable shipping charges may apply. Refunds for printed sets will be made by Dataflow directly to the credit card provided by the bidder. Refunds for payment of one (1) copy of the printed sets will be made to those submitting bids on the forms furnished, if the printed set is returned in good condition to Dataflow within 30 days from the award of the contract or rejection of bids. Any non-bidder may be refunded their deposit only upon returning printed set PRIOR to bid opening. All questions prior to bid opening must be received by the close of business on February 18, 2026. Questions shall be directed to Scott Cyr at Hunt Engineers, Architects, Land Surveyors & Landscape Architect, DPC at email cyrs@hunt-eas.com, AND Aubri York at Welliver at email ayork@buildwelliver.com. All bidders request for information shall use the form located in specification 00 12 00 - Request for Information. A digital copy of this form is available upon request. As bid security, each Bid shall be accompanied by a certified check or Bid Bond made payable to Owner, in accordance with the amounts and terms described in the INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS. The Owner requires that all bids shall comply with the bidding requirements specified in the INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS. The Owner may, at his discretion, waive informalities in bids, but is not obligated to do so, nor does this represent that he will do so. The Owner also reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Under no circumstances will the Owner waive any informality which, by such waiver, would give one Bidder a substantial advantage or benefit not enjoyed by all other Bidders. No Bidder may withdraw his Bid before forty-five (45) days after the actual date of the opening thereof, unless a mistake due to error is claimed by the Bidder in accordance with INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS. Attention of Bidders is particularly called to requirements as to conditions of employment to be observed and minimum wage rates to be paid under the Contract. Bidders must comply with Section 220-I of NYS Labor Law, and provide Certificate of Registration as a part of their bid. A Pre-Bid conference for all Bidders will be held on February 10, 2026 at 3:30 P.M. at the Elmira High School, 777 South Main Street Elmira, NY 14904 for the purpose of reviewing the bidding procedures, the scope of work, and inspecting the proposed work areas. Hillary J. Austin , Superintendent Elmira City School District February 12 2026 LNYS0452943