CD PART 1 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS - E-20231
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
PART #1
CITY OF JANESVILLE
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
PUBLIC WORKS BID SCHEDULE “E” – 2023
The City of Janesville, Wisconsin hereby gives notice that it will receive electronic bids for the
following listed Public Work:
C2023-15 Woodman’s Sports & Convention Center – For furnishing all the labor,
materials, equipment and doing all the work necessary for the construction of an
approximate 112,000 sf facility footprint. Project includes, but is not limited to:
• Site clearing, grubbing and razing of an existing two-story vacant department
store physically connected to Uptown Janesville with an approximate
footprint of 58,000 sf.
• New exterior construction work includes landscaping, storm, water and
sanitary sewer modifications, electrical service, gas service, paving, exterior
lighting improvements, excavation, cast-in-place concrete and asphalt
pavement.
• The building’s exterior construction includes precast concrete panels, long
span steel trusses and metal deck, low slope EPDM roofing, concrete masonry
wall cladding, metal panel wall cladding, cold formed steel stud back up wall
construction, aluminum windows, overhead sectional doors and hollow metal
doors and frames.
• The building’s interior construction includes precast concrete panels, concrete
masonry partition walls, gypsum board, metal stud walls, wood doors, hollow
metal doors and frames, finishes, casework, plumbing, mechanical, electrical,
fire protection and audio-visual components.
• The building’s interior specialty construction items include the construction of
two regulation ice rinks including ice making systems and equipment,
basketball / volleyball courts and equipment, scoreboards, bleachers,
moveable divider walls, food service equipment and an elevator.
The Base Bid shall be lump sum. A number of alternate bids are requested. A mandatory pre-
bid conference for Prime Contractors will be held at 10:00 am, November 14, 2023, at the
existing vacant Sears building located at 2500 Milton Avenue, Janesville, WI. A walking tour of
the site will follow. All potential vendors and subcontractors are encouraged to attend. Quest
Project Number 8729547.
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PUBLIC WORKS BID SCHEDULE “E” – 2023 NOVEMBER 3, 2023
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Confidential bids will be received until 2:00 P.M. LOCAL TIME ON WEDNESDAY, THE 6th DAY OF
DECEMBER, 2023. All bids shall be submitted electronically through QuestCDN vBid Online
Bidding ONLY -- the online bid portal will be open for vBid by December 1st, 2023. No paper bids
will be accepted. All bidders shall bid in accordance with contract document’s Section 2
‘Information to Bidders’. The above Public Work will be let to the lowest responsible bidder and
must be performed in accordance with the plans, specifications, and contracts on file with the
City Clerk. The determination of the lowest responsible and best bid will be decided by the City
Engineer, subject to review by the City Council. The Council reserves the right to reject any and
all bids.
No bid will be considered unless accompanied by a certified check equal to 10 percent of the bid
or a bid bond in equal amount, payable to the City as guaranty that if the bid is accepted, the
bidder will execute and file the proper contract and performance bond within ten days from the
date the lowest responsible bidder's bid is accepted. In case the bidder fails to execute such
contract and performance bond within the time set by the City, the check or bid bond shall be
forfeited to the City as liquidated damages.
Complete bidding documents will be available on November 3, 2023, at the City of Janesville web
site www.janesvillewi.gov/bids. The download cost for each contract is $42.00 by inputting the
Quest project number. Contact QuestCDN.com at info@questcdn.com or 952-233-1632 for
assistance in free membership registration, downloading, and working with this project
information.
No bidder may withdraw their bid within 45 days after the actual date of the bid opening.
Published in The Janesville Gazette and The Daily Reporter on November 8th and 13th, 2023.