OFFICIAL ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS   Sealed bids will be received by the LAFOURCHE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD until 2:00 PM on TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2026, at its office located at 701 East Seventh Street, Thibodaux, Louisiana, at which time bids for the OLD BCA RENOVATIONS, Architect’s Project Number 2506, will be opened and publicly read aloud.   All bids shall be submitted in a sealed envelope bearing legibly on the exterior, the following: 1. Job name and owner 2. Architect 3. Date 4. Contractor's name, address, and license number   Bids can be submitted electronically at www.centralbidding.com.   Bid prices shall specifically EXCLUDE any and all taxes whatsoever. Act 1029 of 1991 exempts’ local governments from state and local tax effective September 1, 1991. Bid prices shall include any shipping charges, if applicable.   Each bid shall be accompanied by a bid security of not less than five (5%) percent of the total bid amount. Said amount shall be in the form of a Bid Bond, Certified Check, or Cashier’s Check drawn on a bank insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation payable to the Lafourche Parish School Board.   The successful lowest responsible and responsive bidder shall be required to furnish the Owner with a performance bond for 100% of the contract amount prior to the issuance of a contract to perform the work. No bid may be withdrawn for a period of 45 days after receipt of bids. The time of completion of this project is prime importance. The Bidder agrees to commence work under this contract not later than the date indicated in the Owner’s written Notice to Proceed. All of the work required shall be completed within 150 calendar days from the Notice to Proceed. Should the Contractor neglect, refuse or fail to complete the work or obtain approval from the State Fire Marshal’s Office for occupancy on the amount of calendar days indicated above, the Owner shall have the right to deduct from and retain out of such moneys which may be due or which may become due and payable to the Contractor, as indicated in Article 9 of the Instructions to Bidders for each and every day that such completion of the work is delayed beyond the prescribed date / calendar days, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty. If the amount due and to become due from the Owner to the Contractor is insufficient to pay in full any such liquidated damages, the Contractor shall pay the Owner the amount necessary to affect such payment in full. Provided, however, that the Owner shall promptly notify the Contractor in writing of the manner in which the amount retained, deducted, or claimed as liquidated damages was computed. It is hereby further stipulated that the Professional of Record receives hourly compensation as indicated in the Owner/Architect Agreement for continued contract administration for the Project. This hourly compensation shall be deducted from monies which may become due and payable to the Contractor.   Bids must be submitted on the Louisiana Uniform Public Works Bid Form furnished with the Bidding Documents. Bid sheets will be issued only to Contractors and/or Subcontractors licensed in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 37:2150 through 2173 of the Louisiana Legislature. Contractors desiring to bid shall submit their Louisiana Contractor’s License Number as evidence that they hold a license for BUILDING CONSTRUCTION that is in full force and effect. Bidder shall certify that he meets all licensing requirements of Louisiana and is duly and currently licensed under LA. R.S. 37:2150-2164.   A MANDATORY Pre-bid Conference will be held on TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2026, at 10:00 AM at the OLD BCA located at 800 E 7th Street, Thibodaux, LA 70301. At the Mandatory Pre-Bid the design professional shall pass around a Sign-In Sheet prior to beginning the formal meeting. The sign-in sheet shall have an area to fill in the signature of the person representing a contractor, the company being represented, the Louisiana license number of the contractor, phone and fax number of the Contractor, and an email address of the Contractor. The Architect prefers that all of the five above items be filled out at the mandatory pre-bid. (The information required may be emailed to our office before or 24 hrs. after the Mandatory Pre-Bid at info@ghcarchitects.com. Emailing this information to our office shall not relieve the contractor of the requirement to be represented at the Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference.) The sign-in sheet shall be collected by the design professional prior to the completion of the meeting. Contractors shall not be allowed to sign the sign-in sheet after it is collected by the design professional. Contractors shall also be required to sign the sign-out sheet after the entire pre-bid conference is complete. (All Contractors shall sign the sign-in sheet and the sign-out sheet in order to bid this project.) Note: Bids shall be accepted only from contractors that attended the entire Mandatory Pre-bid Conference. All questions from bidders shall be submitted by email to info@ghcarchitects.com. All questions sent by email shall have the project name in the subject area of the email. The last day to submit questions from the Mandatory Pre-bid Conference on this project is FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2026, at 12:00 PM. The response to questions shall be TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2026.   All drawings, specifications and other Contract Documents for the project are on file and open for review at the office of Gossen-Holloway-Cortez, 315 East Second Street, Thibodaux, Louisiana.   All drawings, specifications and other Contract Documents for the project are available on the internet at www.centralbidding.com. No project Contract Documents will be provided by the Architect or Owner. Lafourche Parish School Board Valerie Bourgeois, President Jarod Martin, Superintendent 12075714 2/12 2/19 2/26/26 ($315.88)