LEGAL NOTICE ADVERTISEMENT FOR PROPOSALS Sealed bids for furnishing all materials, labor, and equipment necessary to complete the project: Site Expansion Project River Ridge Elementary School 2772 Amsterdam Road Villa Hills, Kentucky 41017 FOR THE KENTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 2044 TUSCANYVIEW DRIVE COVINGTON, KENTUCKY 41017 KDE BG NO. 24-173 will be received and time stamped by the Owner, the Kenton County Board of Education, at the Central Office Reception Desk, 2044 Tuscanyview Drive, Covington, KY 41017 until, Tuesday January 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM, Eastern Standard Time. The Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud as soon as practical in the KCSD Board Room. The work will be performed under ONE contract with the Owner. Bidders may download Bidding Documents as prepared by Emboss DesignPSC at no cost from Lynn Imaging's online planroom https://www.lynnimaging.com/distribution beginning at 1:00 PM, Thursday December 11, 2025. Costs for paper copies are the responsibility of the individual bidder. Refunds will not be offered. A set of Bidding Documents is comprised of one set of drawings and one project manual. A pre-bid meeting will be held in the Library Conference Room at River Ridge Elementary School on Monday December 15, 2025 at 1:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time for interested parties. All questions requiring additional information or clarification shall be submitted to the Architect by Thursday January 8, 2026. • Bid Security will be required in the amount and form defined by the Instructions to Bidders and Amendment to the Instructions to Bidders. • Any proposed equal for a standard shall be submitted to the Architect no later than ten (10) days prior to the bid opening. The proposed equal shall be considered rejected if no Addendum is issued accepting the proposed equal. • No fewer than the four apparent low bidders shall submit information per DOCUMENT 001153 QUALIFICATION OF BID PROPOSAL which shall include the application of any reciprocal preference for resident bidders as prescribed by 200 KAR 5:400 in determining the successful bidder. • The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a Performance Bond and Labor and Material Payment Bond in an amount not less than 100% of the Contract Sum. • Liquidated damages will be assessed for failure to complete the Work within the time specified noted in the Project Manual. • The Owner reserves the right to waive informalities in any bid and to reject any and/all bids. • No Bidder may modify, withdraw, or cancel his Bid for sixty (60) days from the actual time and date designated for the receipt of Bids. Bids, including the Form of Proposal, Non-collusion Affidavit, and Bid Security, should be submitted in an opaque sealed envelope with the outside clearly marked with the name of the Project and the name of the Bidder and should be addressed to: Mr. Matt Rigg, Chief Operations Officer Representing the Kenton County Board of Education Kenton County School District December 9 2025 LWOO0419938