Student Built House at LTC

Agency:	Lexington County School District One
State:	South Carolina
Type of Government:	State & Local
Posted Date:	Mar 8, 2024
Due Date:	Mar 27, 2024
Solicitation No:	B2024.2
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Lexington County School Solicitation Number: B2024.2

District One

Date Issued: 03/08/2024

Procurement Officer: Jessica Monts

INVITATION FOR BIDS

Phone: 803-821-1109

E-Mail Address: mmonts@lexington1.net

DESCRIPTION: Student Built House at Lexington Technology Center

The Term "Offer" Means Your "Bid" or "Proposal". Your offer must be submitted in a sealed package. Solicitation Number & Opening

Date must appear on package exterior. See "Submitting Your Offer" provision.

SUBMIT YOUR SEALED OFFER TO THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS BELOW:

PHYSICAL/MAILING ADDRESS:

Lexington School District One

Attn: Procurement Services/Jessica Monts

100 Tarrar Springs Road

Lexington, South Carolina 29072

SUBMIT OFFER BY (Opening Date/Time): March 27th, 2024, 3:00PM ET

(See "Deadline For Submission Of Offer" provision)

NUMBER OF COPIES TO BE SUBMITTED: 1 Original

CONFERENCE TYPE:

Interested citizens may request a non-mandatory walk-thru of the house LOCATION: Lexington Technology Center

prior to bidding by contacting Lexington Technology Center,

2421 Augusta Highway

(803)821-3000, to schedule an appointment, Monday through Thursday,

9:00 am to 4:00 pm. (See page 18 for additional information)

Lexington, SC 29072

(As appropriate, see "Conferences - Pre-Bid/Proposal" & "Site Visit" provisions)

AWARD &

AMENDMENTS

Award will be posted on at the Physical Address above on April 9th, 2024. The award, notice of this

solicitation, any amendments, and any related notices will be posted at the following web address:

https://www.lexington1.net/Page/4030

You must submit a signed copy of this form with Your Offer. By submitting a bid or proposal, You agree to be bound by the terms of

the Solicitation. You agree to hold Your Offer open for a minimum of thirty (30) calendar days after the Opening

Date.

(See "Signing Your Offer" provisions.)

NAME OF OFFEROR:

OFFEROR'S TYPE OF ENTITY:

(Check one)

(full legal name of business submitting the offer)

AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE:

(Person must be authorized to submit binding offer to contract on behalf of Offeror.)

TITLE:

____ Sole Proprietorship

____ Partnership

____ Corporate entity (not tax-exempt)

____ Tax exempt corporate entity

(business title of person signing above)

PRINTED NAME:

____ Government entity (federal, state, or local)

DATE SIGNED:

____ Other _________________________

(printed name of person signing above)

(See “Signing your Offer” provision)

INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING OFFEROR’S NAME: Any award issued will be issued to, and the contract will be formed with, the entity identified as the Offeror. The

entity named as the offeror must be a single and distinct legal entity. Do not use the name of a branch office or a division of a larger entity if the branch or division is not a

separate legal entity, i.e., a separate corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, etc.

STATE OF INCORPORATION

TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NO.

(If you are a corporation, identify the state of incorporation.)

(See "Taxpayer Identification Number" provision)

PAGE TWO

(Return Page Two with Your Offer)

HOME OFFICE ADDRESS (Address for offeror's home office /

principal place of business)

NOTICE ADDRESS (Address to which all procurement and contract

related notices should be sent.) (See "Notice" clause)

Area Code:

Number:

Extension:

Facsimile:

E-Mail Address:

PAYMENT ADDRESS (Address to which payments will be sent.) ORDER ADDRESS (Address to which purchase orders will be sent)

(See "Payment" clause)

(See "Purchase Orders and "Contract Documents" clauses)

____Payment Address same as Home Office Address

____Order Address same as Home Office Address

____Payment Address same as Notice Address (check only one) ____Order Address same as Notice Address (check only one)

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF AMENDMENTS

Offerors acknowledges receipt of amendments by indicating amendment number and its date of issue. (See "Amendments to Solicitation" Provision)

Amendment No. Amendment Issue Amendment No. Amendment Issue Amendment No. Amendment Issue Amendment No. Amendment Issue

Date

DISCOUNT FOR

PROMPT PAYMENT

(See "Discount for Prompt

Payment" clause)

10 Calendar Days (%)

20 Calendar Days (%)

30 Calendar Days (%)

_____Calendar Days (%)

MINORITY PARTICIPATION

Are you a South Carolina Certified Minority Vendor? Yes __________ No__________

If yes, South Carolina Certification # ________________

I. SCOPE OF SOLICITATION

OVERVIEW: Lexington County School District One is soliciting bids to sale a house built by the students at

Lexington Technology Center completed during the 2022-2023 school years.

II. INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS - A. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

AMENDMENTS TO SOLICITATION: (a) The Solicitation may be amended at any time prior to opening.

All actual and prospective Offerors should monitor the following web site for the issuance of Amendments:

http://www.lexington1.net/departments/fiscal-services/solicitations-awards. (b) Offerors shall acknowledge

receipt of any amendment to this solicitation (1) by signing and returning the amendment, (2) by identifying

the amendment number and date in the space provided for this purpose on Page Two, (3) by letter, or (4) by

submitting a bid that indicates in some way that the bidder received the amendment. (c) If this solicitation is

amended, then all terms and conditions which are not modified remain unchanged.

AWARD NOTIFICATION: Notice regarding an award or intent to award a contract will be posted at the

location specified on the Cover Page. The date and location of posting will be announced at opening. If the

contract resulting from this Solicitation has a total or potential value in excess of fifty thousand dollars but

less than one hundred thousand dollars, notice of award of a contract will be posted and such notice will be

sent to all bidders responding to the solicitation. If the contract resulting from this Solicitation with a total or

potential value of one hundred or greater, notice of award will be posted for 10 days before entering into a

contract and the notice of award will be sent to all Offerors responding to the Solicitation.

BID / PROPOSAL AS OFFER TO CONTRACT: By submitting Your Bid or Proposal, You are offering to

enter into a contract with the District. Without further action by either party, a binding contract shall result

upon final award. Any award issued will be issued to, and the contract will be formed with, the entity

identified as the Offeror on the Cover Page. An Offer may be submitted by only one legal entity; “joint bids”

are not allowed.

BID ACCEPTANCE PERIOD: In order to withdraw Your Offer after the minimum period specified on the

Cover Page, You must notify the Procurement Officer in writing.

BID IN ENGLISH & DOLLARS: Offers submitted in response to this solicitation shall be in the English

language and in US dollars, unless otherwise permitted by the Solicitation.

CERTIFICATE OF INDEPENDENT PRICE DETERMINATION:

GIVING FALSE, MISLEADING, OR INCOMPLETE INFORMATION ON THIS CERTIFICATION MAY

RENDER YOU SUBJECT TO PROSECUTION UNDER SECTION 16-9-10 OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA

CODE OF LAWS AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS.

(a) By submitting an offer, the offeror certifies that-

(1) The prices in this offer have been arrived at independently, without, for the purpose of restricting

competition, any consultation, communication, or agreement with any other offeror or competitor relating to-

(i) Those prices;

(ii) The intention to submit an offer; or

(iii) The methods or factors used to calculate the prices offered.

(2) The prices in this offer have not been and will not be knowingly disclosed by the offeror, directly or

indirectly, to any other offeror or competitor before bid opening (in the case of a sealed bid solicitation) or

contract award (in the case of a negotiated solicitation) unless otherwise required by law; and

(3) No attempt has been made or will be made by the offeror to induce any other concern to submit or not to

submit an offer for the purpose of restricting competition.

(b) Each signature on the offer is considered to be a certification by the signatory that the signatory-

(1) Is the person in the offeror's organization responsible for determining the prices being offered in this bid or

proposal, and that the signatory has not participated and will not participate in any action contrary to

paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(3) of this certification; or

(2)(i) Has been authorized, in writing, to act as agent for the offeror's principals in certifying that those

principals have not participated, and will not participate in any action contrary to paragraphs (a)(1) through

(a)(3) of this certification [As used in this subdivision (b)(2)(i), the term "principals" means the person(s) in

the offeror's organization responsible for determining the prices offered in this bid or proposal];

(ii) As an authorized agent, does certify that the principals referenced in subdivision (b)(2)(i) of this

certification have not participated, and will not participate, in any action contrary to paragraphs (a)(1) through

(a)(3) of this certification; and

(iii) As an agent, has not personally participated, and will not participate, in any action contrary to paragraphs

(a)(1) through (a)(3) of this certification.

offer a signed statement setting forth in detail the circumstances of the disclosure. [02-2A032-1]

CERTIFICATION REGARDING DEBARMENT AND OTHER RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS:

(a)(1) By submitting an Offer, Offeror certifies, to the best of its knowledge and belief, that-

(i) Offeror and/or any of its Principals-

(A) Are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, or declared ineligible for the award of

contracts by any state or federal agency;

(B) Have not, within a three-year period preceding this offer, been convicted of or had a civil judgment

rendered against them for: commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting

to obtain, or performing a public (Federal, state, or local) contract or subcontract; violation of Federal or state

antitrust statutes relating to the submission of offers; or commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery,

falsification or destruction of records, making false statements, tax evasion, or receiving stolen property; and

commission of any of the offenses enumerated in paragraph (a)(1)(i)(B) of this provision.

(ii) Offeror has not, within a three-year period preceding this offer, had one or more contracts terminated for

default by any public (Federal, state, or local) entity.

(2) "Principals," for the purposes of this certification, means officers; directors; owners; partners; and, persons

having primary management or supervisory responsibilities within a business entity (e.g., general manager;

plant manager; head of a subsidiary, division, or business segment, and similar positions).

(b) Offeror shall provide immediate written notice to the Procurement Officer if, at any time prior to contract

award, Offeror learns that its certification was erroneous when submitted or has become erroneous by reason

of changed circumstances.

explanation regarding its inability to make the certification. The certification will be considered in connection

with a review of the Offeror's responsibility. Failure of the Offeror to furnish additional information as

requested by the Procurement Officer may render the Offeror non-responsible.

(d) Nothing contained in the foregoing shall be construed to require establishment of a system of records in

order to render, in good faith, the certification required by paragraph (a) of this provision. The knowledge and

information of an Offeror is not required to exceed that which is normally possessed by a prudent person in

the ordinary course of business dealings.

(e) The certification in paragraph (a) of this provision is a material representation of fact upon which reliance

was placed when making award. If it is later determined that the Offeror knowingly or in bad faith rendered an

erroneous certification, in addition to other remedies available to the District, the Procurement Officer may

terminate the contract resulting from this solicitation for default.

CODE OF LAWS AVAILABLE: The South Carolina Code of Laws is available at

http://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/statmast.php. The District’s Procurement Code is available at

http://www.lexdistrict1.com/departments/finance/procurement.

COMPLETION OF FORMS / CORRECTION OF ERRORS: All prices and notations should be printed in ink

or typewritten. Errors should be crossed out, corrections entered and initialed by the person signing the bid.

Do not modify the solicitation document itself including the bid schedule.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF OFFER: Any offer received after the Procurement Officer or his

designee has declared that the time set for opening has arrived, shall be rejected unless the offer has been

delivered to the designated Procurement Office or the District Office’s mail room which services that

Procurement Office prior to the bid opening which is located at the physical address on the first page of the

solicitation.

DEFINITIONS: EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED HEREIN, THE FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS

ARE APPLICABLE TO ALL PARTS OF THE SOLICITATION.

AMENDMENT – means a document issued to supplement the original solicitation document.

BOARD – means the Lexington School District One Board of Trustees.

BUYER – means the Procurement Officer.

CHANGE ORDER - means any written alteration in specifications, delivery point, rate of delivery, period of

performance, price, quantity, or other provisions of any contract accomplished by mutual agreement of the

parties to the contract.

CONTRACT - See clause entitled “Contract Documents & Order of Precedence.”

CONTRACT MODIFICATION – means a written order signed by the Procurement Officer, directing the

contractor to make changes which the changes clause of the contract authorizes the Procurement Officer to

order without the consent of the contractor.

CONTRACTOR - means the Offeror receiving an award as a result of this solicitation.

COVER PAGE – means the top page of the original solicitation on which the solicitation is identified by

number. Offerors are cautioned that Amendments may modify information provided on the Cover Page.

DISTRICT – means Lexington County School District One.

OFFER – means the bid or proposal submitted in response this solicitation. The terms “Bid” and “Proposal”

are used interchangeably with the term “Offer.”

OFFEROR – means the single legal entity submitting the offer. The term “Bidder” is used interchangeably

with the term “Offeror.” See bidding provisions entitled “Signing Your Offer” and “Bid/Proposal As Offer To

Contract.”

PAGE TWO – means the second page of the original solicitation, which is labeled Page Two.

PROCUREMENT OFFICER – means the person, or his successor, identified as such on the Cover Page.

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