The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-28
Notice To Contractors

NOtlCe 10 OOntEaCtOES
 The Fairfield State Hospital Com mission, acting through its Building Committee, Harold B. Senior, Chair man. will receive bids for the erec- tion and completion of Reception Hospital No. 2, General Hospital No. IS. Staff Dining Hall No. 19. Nurses Home No. 21, Married Employees Home No. 22, Male Employees Home No. 23, Female Employees Home No. "A, and Staff Houses Nos. 58, 59, 60, 61, and 63, to be located on State Property on Mile Hill Road, New town, 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 Har- old B. Senior, Chairman of the Building Committee of the Fairfield State Hospital, and in the lower eft-hand corner ;he nature or branch of the work the bid covers is to be named.
 All bidders figuring on the gen. eral contract of this work shall, as an evidence of good faith, enclose with their sealed bid a certified check in the sum of Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($75.000.00); all bidders figuring separately on the electrical, the plumbing. and the heating and ventilating work shall. as an evidence of good faith, enclose with their sealed bid certified check in the sum of Thirty Thous- and Dollars ($30,000.00); said cer- tified checks to be drawn to the or der of Harold B. Senior. Chairman of the Building Committee. Also, with their sealed proposals, in ad- dition to the certified check, all contractors will be required to en- close a letter from a bonding com pany satisfactory to the Building Committee. agreeing to bond the contractor for the full amount of the bid, if said bidder shall be awarded the contract for the build ings.
 The certified checks of all con- tractors to be held in escrow by the Chairman of the Building Commit tee until the contracts have been awarded.
 Failure on the part of the suc- cessful bidders to properly execute a contract for the above work with in i've (5) days after being notified to sign shall forfeit said certified check and it shall become the prop erty of the Building Committee; the whole sum of the Seventy i've Thousand Dollar check or the Thir- ty-Thousand-D Dollar 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 balance, if any, shall be returned to its 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 a 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 or bid presented, or to invite new pro- posals, as their interests may ap- near. No bids will be accepted un- til they have been approved by the State Board of Finance and Con- trol. ,,,
 Bids are to be made out on bid forms accompanying the specifica- tions, with all items filled out, en- closed in a sealed envelope. together with the certified check and letter from bonding company, and marked Proposal for the Erection and Completion of the Second Cait of the Fairfield State Hospital. ana 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 10 the plans and specifications while they are out for figures must De made in writing to the Architect on or be- fore Hume 22. and no questions will be answered after that date. All ouestions asked will be sent to all contractors figuring that branch or the work, with the answers to same.
 Plans and specifications for the general contract for this work may be secured at the office of Waiter D Crabtree, Architect, No. 40 Asylum Street, Hartford, Connecti- cut. on or after June i, 1881, and up to noon June 6, 1881. by deposit of One Hundred Dollars (s10o.Oo). Plans and specifications for the electrical work. the plumbing work. and the heating and ventiiating work may be secured on or after Hume 8. 1881, by Q deposit of Fifty Doilars (S5O.0O). Seventy-hve Dol- lars (e7B.0O) will be returned upon recclnt of the general plans and epeclficntions in good condition, by fhe Architect, ct hts office, not later than July 10th, and rhirty.nve DoI. lars (e3b.00) for the electrlcai' tho plumbing, and the heating and ven' iilatins plans and specifications.
 No plans and specifications VIII DC sei,t through tho mails or by .ex. prers: contractors and others wlsh' Inc 10 secure them must call Tor same ct tho Architects efIiee.
 Plans viii be on iiIe for the ilsc of siib.e0ntrnst0rs and others at tho
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