The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-01
Notice To Contractors

TRACY ANDREWS.
 Notice To Contractors
 The Fairfield State Hospital Com mission, acting through it's Building Committee, Harold B. Senior. Chair man, will receive bids for the erec- tion and completion of Reception Hospital No. 9, General Hospital No. IS, Staff Dining Hall No. 19, Nurses Home No. 21, Married Employes,, Home No. 22, Male Employes' Home No. 23, Female Employees Home No. "A, and Staff Houses Nos. 5S, 59, 60, 61, and 63, to be located on State Property on Mile Hill Road, Newtown, Connecticut, on or before twelve o'clock (12:00) Standard Time, June 30, 1881, which will be opened publicly at the time above stated at the Old Senate Chamber, State Capitol, Hartford, Connecticut.
 Sealed proposals will be received from contractors for the completed buildings, covering all work, except ing the electrical, plumbing, and heating and ventilating work, for which separate bids will be received. Connecticut Contractors will be giv- en preference in the awarding of contracts.
 All bids shall be addressed to Harold B. Senior, Chairman of the Building Committee of the Fairfield State Hospital, and in the lower left-hand corner the nature or branch of the work the bid covers is to be named.
 All bidders figuring on the gen. cal contract of this work shall, as an evidence of good faith, en- close with their sealed bid certi- fled check in the sum of Seventy five Thousand Dollars ($75, ,000.OO ; all bidders figuring separately on the electrical, the plumbing, and the heating and ventilating work shall, as an evidence of good faith, en- close with their sealed bid certi- fled check in the sum of Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.0O; said certified checks to be drawn to the order of Harold B. Senior, Chair man of the Building Committee Also, with their sealed proposals, in addition to the certified check, all contractors will be required to en. close a letter from bonding com pany satisfactory to the Building Committed agreeing to bond the contractor for the full amount of the bid, if said bidder shall be awarded the contract for the buildings.
 The certified checks of all con- tractors to be held in escrow by the Chairman of the Building Commit tee until the contracts nave been awarded.
 Failure on the part of the sue cessful bidders to properly execute contract for the above work with in five (5) days after being notified fAit i'd ,Artif I check and it shall become the prop erty of the Building Committee; the whole sum of the Seventy five Thousand-Doll check or the Thir- y-Thousand-Dolla check, or such portion as may be necessary, to be used by the Building Committee to make up the difference between the bid of the defaultinG bidder and that of the next lowest bidder. The bal ance, if any, shall be returned to it's author.
 The contractors to whom this work is awarded shall, within ten days after signing the contracts. shall sign a surety bond, furnished and paid for by the owner, in sum equal to the amount of the contract.
 The Building Committee reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, or any part or parts of a bid presented, or to invite new pro- posals, as their interests may ap- pear. No bids will be accepted un- til they have been approved by the State Board of Finance and Control.
 Bids are to be made out on bid forms accompanying the specitica- tons. with all items filled out, en- closed in q sealed envelope, together with the certified check and letter from bonding company, and marked Proposal for the Erection and Completion of the Second Unit of the Fairfield State Hospital" and addressed to Harold B. Senior, Chairman of the Building Commit tee, and delivered on or before the time and at the place above stated.
 Any questions pertaining to the plans and specifications While they are out for figures must be made in writing to the Architect on or before June 22, and no questions will be an- swered after that date. All ques- lions asked will be sent to all con tractors figuring that branch of the work. with the answers to same.
 Plans and specifications for the general contract for this work may be secured at the office of Walter F. Crabtree, Architect. No. 410 Asylum Street, Hartford, Connecticut, on or after June l, 1881, and up to noon June s, 1881, by d deposit of One Hundred Dollars t$100,00). Plans and specifications for the electrical work, the plumbing work, and the heating and ventilating work may be secured on or after June s, 1881, by deposit of Fifty Dollars ($5O00). Seventy-tive Dollars ($75.00) will be returned upon re- ceipt of the general plans and speci- fications in good condition, by the Architect, at his office, not later than July 10th. and Thirty-tive Dol lars $(35.00) for the electrical, the plumbing. and the heating and ven- tilating plans and specifications.
 No plans and specifications will be sent through the mails or by eX- press; contractors and others wish ing to secure them must call for same at the Architects office.
 Plans will be on file for the use of sub-contractors and others at the following places:
 Browns Letters. New York City;
 Dodge Reports, Boston, Massachu- setts;
 Associated General Contractors, Hartford. Connecticut.
 FAIRFIELD STATE HOSPITAL