Bids for Taconic Hills Capital Improvement Project due May 1, 2026.

COLUMBIA COUNTY

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID



Separate sealed proposals will be received by the Board of Education,

Taconic Central School District

(herein referred to as the “Owner”) for the Taconic Central School District

2025 Taconic Hills Capital Improvement Project 




Bids shall be received by the Owner, in the District Office at, 73 County Route 11A, Craryville, NY 12521 until 1:00 P.M., local time, on Friday May 1, 2026, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud. Bids transmitted electronically or via facsimile will not be accepted. All bids received after that time will be returned to the respective bidder unopened.

Bids are requested for the following Prime Contracts:



Contract # 101 - General Construction

Contract # 102 – Plumbing and Mechanical Construction

Contract # 103 - Electrical Construction

Contract # 104 – Roofing Construction

Contract # 105 - Site Construction



Attention of the Bidders is called to the requirements regarding the NYS Department of Labor Public Work Contractor and Subcontractor Registry. Bidders are required to submit a copy of their valid Certificate of Registration with their bid. Applications for registration shall not be accepted as a substitute for a valid Certificate of Registration. A Bid not accompanied by required bid security, a valid NYS Department of Labor Certificate of Registration or by other data required by the Bidding Documents, or a Bid which is in any way incomplete, or irregular is subject to rejection.



The Architect for the Project is: SEI Design Group Architects, D.P.C., 2 Winners Circle, Suite 101, Albany, NY 12205.

The Instructions to Bidders, Form of Proposal, General Conditions, Drawings, and Specifications may be examined at the offices of the Owner, Architect and the following locations:




Construction Journal, 400 SW 7th St., Stuart, FL 34994, http://www.constructionjournal.com

Syracuse Builders Exchange, 6563 Ridings Rd., Syracuse, NY 13206

Northern New York Builders Exchange, 22074 Fabco Rd., Watertown, NY 13607

Eastern Contractor Association, 6 Airline Dr., Albany, NY 12205

Mohawk Valley Builders Exchange, 10 Main Street, Suite 202, Whitesboro, NY 13492

iSqFt, 30 Technology Pkwy S., Ste. 100. Norcross, GA 30092



A Pre-Bid walk-through conference shall be held at the Taconic Hills Central School District, High School Main Office, 73 County Route 11A Craryville NY 12521, at 9am, local time, Thursday, April 9, 2026, for the purpose of touring the building to review the existing conditions and considering Bidders’ questions.




All pre-bid RFI’s should be sent to AlbSubmittals@seidesigngroup.com.







Bidders for Prime Contract Work may obtain physical Contract Documents at the office of 2215 Central Avenue Schenectady, NY 12304 (518-463-2192) or bidsupport@godataflow.com. Bid Documents will require a bid deposit of One-Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each set of documents requested. Payments to be done by credit card through the www.nyplanroom.comwebsite. Any Contract Document holder, upon returning the Contract Documents in good condition within thirty (30) days of the award of contract, or rejection of proposals, will be refunded the full amount of deposit to the same credit card used for purchase. Any Bidder after thirty (30) days after Bid opening or Non-Bidder so returning such a set will not be refunded.




Shipping: Additional shipping charges may apply for any delivery requests.



Electronic bid documents in .PDF format are available for purchase to registered plan holders for a nonrefundable fee of $59, payable by credit card through the designated website. Upon payment, Dataflow will email plan holder a link to their FTP hosting site for downloading the files.



NOTE TO BIDDERS: Post Bid: To obtain your refund, drawings and specifications must be returned to DataFlow, 2215 Central Ave Schenectady NY, 12304. – 518-463-2192. 

Bids shall be on the form provided in the documents, prepared in duplicate as set forth in the Instructions to Bidders and enclosed in an envelope bearing on its face the name and address of the bidder and the title of work to which the proposal relates. If submitting for more than one contract, submit each contract bid in separate envelope.

The Board of Education hereby reserves the right to waive any informalities and reject any or all Bids or to accept the one that in its judgment will be for the best interest of the school district.

A Bid Bond or Certified Check made payable to the Owner in the amount of five percent (5%) of the Bid, subject to the conditions provided in the Instructions to Bidders, must be deposited by each Bidder with his Bid as a guarantee that, in the case the contract is awarded to him, he will then, ten days thereafter, execute such contract and furnish a satisfactory Performance and Payment Bond, and the Bidder shall not withdraw his Bid for a period of forty-five days after the above date of Bid opening, and to guarantee the performance of all other obligations of the Bidders as set forth in Instructions to Bidders.

Attention of the Bidders is called to the requirements as to the conditions of employment and minimum wage rates to be paid under this Contract as well as to other provisions set forth in the Instruction to Bidders. Work shall be commenced and continuously and diligently prosecuted immediately after contracts have been signed.