ADVERTISEMENT TO BID

ADVERTISEMENT TO BID Notice is hereby given that the Board of School Trustees of Monroe County Community School Corporation will receive sealed proposals for the Bloomington High School North Athletic & Parking Improvement Project until 2:00 p.m. (local time) on Monday, January 12, 2026. Sealed proposals will be received at the Large Group Meeting Room of the MCCSC Service Building, located at 560 East Miller Drive, Bloomington, IN 47401. Proposals will be publicly opened immediately after. There will be a mandatory pre-bid conference in the Tennis/Concessions Pavilion Building at Bloomington High School North, 3901 N Kinser Pike, Bloomington, IN 47404, 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December 16, 2025. The work is to be constructed according to the Plans and Specifications prepared by Bledsoe Riggert Cooper James, 1351 West Tapp Road, Bloomington, IN. Digital copies of the Bid Documents may be obtained from Bledsoe Riggert Cooper James, (812) 336-8277, attention Tena Kern, tkern@brcjcivil.com, on or after Monday, December 8, 2025. Only complete sets of documents will be distributed. There is no charge for digital documents. The proposal must be accompanied by a certified check made payable to Monroe County Community School Corporation in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the bid, or an acceptable bidder's surety bond, executed by a Surety Company authorized to do business in the State of Indiana. The certified check or Bidder's Bond shall be a guarantee that said bidder will, if the Contract is awarded to them, execute within ten (10) days from the acceptance of their proposal, a contract for the work bid upon, and furnish acceptable surety bonds as set forth in the Specifications. However, if the Contractor has not executed the Contract within the fifteen (15) day period, or has failed to furnish acceptable surety bonds as indicated, the Owner reserves the right to award the contract to the most responsive and responsible bidder and the bid security will be forfeited. Bids shall be properly and completely submitted on Contractor's Bid for Public Bidding Form No.96 (revised 2013) as prescribed by the State Board of Accounts for the State of Indiana, in addition to the Bid Form included in these Specifications. A Financial Statement is a required attachment to Form 96. Attention of bidders is particularly called to the requirement as to condition of employment to be observed under the Contract. All bidders must conform to the anti-discrimination provisions of the Indiana law. The Monroe County Community School Corporation reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any defects or irregularities if deemed to be for the best interest to the Corporation. Bidder's attention is called to the Instructions to Bidder section of the Project Manual. Board of School Trustees Monroe County Community School Corporation Bloomington, IN 47401 HSPAXLP December 8, 15 2025 LSBN0418752