Jennings Daily News
August 31, 2025
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS JEFF DAVIS PARISH LIBRARY ROOF REPLACEMENT 118 W. PLAQUEMINE JENNINGS, LOUISIANA 70546 Sealed bids from Contractors will be received by Moliere Chappuis Architects, 300 Heymann Boulevard, Lafayette Louisiana 70503, Conference Room at 2:00 p.m. CST, Thursday, September 25, 2025, for all labor, materials and equipment required to fully complete the Project entitled “JEFF DAVIS PARISH LIBRARY ROOF REPLACEMENT, 118 W. PLAQUEMINE JENNINGS, LOUISIANA 70546”. Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud shortly after the time and at the place stated above. ANY PERSON REQUIRING SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS SHALL NOTIFY THE ARCHITECT OF THE TYPE(S) OF ACCOMMODATION REQUIRED NOT LESS THAN SEVEN (7) DAYS BEFORE THE BID OPENING. Complete Bid Documents for this Project are available in electronic form. They may be obtained without charge and without deposit with a request to ksparks@molierechappuisarchitects.com. Printed copies are not available from the Architect, but arrangements can be made to obtain them through most reprographic firms. Plan holders are responsible for their own reproduction costs. Questions about this procedure shall be directed to the Architect at: MOLIERE CHAPPUIS ARCHITECTS 300 HEYMANN BOULEVARD LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA 70503 PHONE: (337) 233-0614 schappuis@molierechappuisarchitects.com Each Bid will be accompanied by a Certified Check, Cashier’s Check, or Bid Bond payable to Jeff Davis Parish Library in the amount of which shall be five percent (5%) of the proposed base Bid and all Alternates. Money orders shall not be accepted. This shall be given as guarantee that the Bidder will execute the Contract, if it is awarded to him, in conformity with the Contract Documents. If Bid Bond is used, it shall meet the requirements according to R.S. 38:2218. The form of this security shall be as stated in the Instructions to Bidders included in the Bid Documents for this Project. A MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD at 10:30 a.m. CST on Thursday, September 11, 2025 at JEFF DAVIS PARISH LIBRARY 118 W. PLAQUEMINE JENNINGS, LOUISIANA 70546 Bids shall be accepted from Contractors who are licensed under LA. R.S. 37:2150-2192. Bidder is required to comply with provisions and requirements of LA R.S. 38:2212(B)(5). No Bid may be withdrawn for a period of forty-five (45) days after receipt of Bids, except under the provisions of LA R.S. 38:2214. The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all Bids for just cause. In accordance with LA R.S. 38:2212(B)(1), the provisions and requirements of this Section and those stated in the Bidding Documents shall not be waived by any entity. Contract, if awarded, will be on a single lump sum basis to Bidders licensed under the provisions of Contractor’s Licensing Law of the State of Louisiana. If the Bidder is notified of the acceptance of the Bid within forty-five (45) days of the opening of Bids, he agrees to execute a Contract for the Work accepted, in the Standard Form of AIA Contract Document A-101, within ten (10) days after receipt of written notice from the Owner that the instrument is ready for signature, and that he will complete the Work within one-hundred-eighty (180) calendar days following Notice to Proceed as stipulated in Section 8.2 of the General and Supplementary Conditions. The Contractor will be subject to reimburse to the Owner Liquidated Damages of three hundred dollars ($350.00) per calendar day as stated in Section 8.4 of the General and Supplementary Conditions for each calendar day that completion is delayed beyond the adjusted Contract Time. The successful Bidder shall be required to furnish a Performance and Payment Bond in the amount equal to 100 percent (100%) of the Contract sum in accordance with Section 11.4 of the General and Supplementary Conditions. Published in Jennings Daily News, Jennings, LA on August 24, 2025, August 31, 2025, and September 7, 2025.