DES MOINES INDEPENDENT
COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
CENTRAL NUTRITION CENTER – REFRIGERATION UPGRADE
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: Sealed proposals will be received by the Capital Improvement Coordination
Specialist of the Des Moines Independent Community School District at their office, Des Moines
Independent Community School District, Operations Center, 1917 Dean Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50316
until three o'clock p.m. on the 19th Day of October 2023, for the construction/repair and/or installation of
the following improvement(s):
Bid No. B9047 Central Nutrition Center – Refrigeration Upgrade
Commencing September 28, 2023 copies of the plans and specifications for the Project are on file with
and available from: Beeline and Blue, 2507 Ingersoll Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50312; Phone:
515.244.1611. Via their On-Line Plan Room, or for printed sets by calling Beeline and Blue from 8:00 AM
until 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday (or their posted normal operating hours) and upon depositing the
sum of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for each set of the Bid Documents. Deposit checks shall be made out
to Des Moines Independent Community School District. The entire deposit will be refunded to bona fide
Bidders upon the return of the Documents, in good condition to Beeline and Blue, within fourteen (14)
days after award of the contract(s).
Plans may also be inspected at the following locations: Construction Update Internet plan room; F. W.
Dodge Corporation scan services; or at the school district’s Operations Center, 1917 Dean Avenue, Des
Moines, Iowa 50316. Bids must be submitted on the approved bid form available in the plans and
specifications. No oral, facsimile, telegraphic or telephonic bids or modifications will be considered.
Each bid shall be accompanied by a bid bond, certified check, cashier’s check or certified credit union
share draft in a separate envelope in the amount equal to five percent (5%) of the total amount of the
bid. See Division 00 Section “Instructions to Bidders” for additional information and full description of bid
bond requirements and process.
A Pre-Bid Conference will be held at 2 p.m., October 4th, 2023 at 1225 2nd Avenue.
Lump-sum bids will be received under one contract as described in the specifications. Bids will be opened
and read aloud immediately after specified closing time for receiving bids. All interested parties are
invited to attend.
Consideration of the bids received, and the award of contract or other action may be made by the Board
of Directors of the Des Moines Independent Community School District upon the proposals received in
accordance with the law and the plans and specifications at its meeting to be held at 5:30 p.m. on
November 7th, 2023 in the District Board Room at 1800 Grand Avenue Des Moines Iowa or at any other
published and/or posted location of the Board meeting.
The Board of Directors may make the award to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder meeting
specifications. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids, or any part thereof, and to waive informalities,
and to enter into such contract or contracts as shall be deemed in the best interests of the Des Moines
Independent Community School District.
Work under the proposed contract shall be commenced immediately after the award of the contract and
shall be completed and ready for operation not later than 180 calendar days after the notice to proceed,
subject to any extension of time which may be granted by the Board of Directors.
By virtue of statutory authority, a preference will be given to products and provisions grown and coal
produced within the State of Iowa, and to Iowa domestic labor. All bids will be governed by applicable
provisions in the Iowa Code and Board Policies.
Secretary of the Board
Des Moines Independent Community School District
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