The frontiersman., 1953-05-28
Legal Notice

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. Office of territories
 Aaa 50-A-63
 May l2, 1853
 Invitation 10 Bidders
 Sealed bids will be received by Donald R Wilson, District Direc- tor, Department of the Interior, Office of Territories, Public Works Division, Alaska District Branch, 123 Third Street, P. O. Box 1181, Juneau, Alaska, until 1000 AM. Pacific Standard Time on June IT, 1853, for constructing "Z" shaped two-story school building of approximately 37,000 sq. fit. floor area, mill construction roof only, and concrete exterior and corridor walls. The building consists of five (5) classrooms, kitchen, multi-service room, ad- ministration room, boiler room, toilet rooms, shops, band and choral, home economics, book keeping, typing, biology, physics and chemistry, library, study hall, other required miscellaneous rooms and equipment, all requir- ed mechanical and electrical work, and all incidental equip ment for the proper functions of facilities, in the City of Palmer, Alaska.
 At which time and place indi- cated above, the bids will be pulp licly opened and read aloud. Bids received after the hour set for the bid opening will be returned un- opened.
 Plans and specification and 1 other proposed contract docu- ments are open for public inspec- tion at the District Directors of flee, Juneau, Alaska; at the office of the Associated General Con- tractors of America, Seattle Chap ter, Construction Center, 3rd Avenue West and Harrison Street, Seatte, Washington; at the office of the Associated General Con- 4 tractors of America, Mountain Pa cific Chapter. 219 Benjamin Fran kiln Hotel, Seattle, Washington; at the office of the Associated General Contractors of America, Anchorage, Alaska; at the office of hte Associated General Con- tractors, Room 112, Multnomah Hotel, Portland, Oregon; at the office Of the Associated General Contractors of America, 785 Mar ket St., San Francisco, California; at the office of the Superintend ent of Schools, Palmer Independ- ent School District, Palmer, Alas l ka; and at Room 2723, Interior Building, Washington, D. c.
 A set of such documents may be procured from the office of Don aid R. Wilson, District Director at Juneau, Alaska, upon deposit of $5000 Remittances of the amount of deposit should be made payable to the Treasurer of the United States. Such deposits will be refunded upon the return of the plans and specifications in good condition postmarked within ten (10) days from the date of the bid opening.
 Each bid must be accompanied by satisfactory bid security (cor- tified check, bid bond, or U. S. Treasury Bond in an amount of not less than 5 percent of the total bid in dollars and cents.
 The successful bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and payment bond, each in the amount of 100 percent of the contract price.
 No bid may be withdrawn until thirty (3O days after the schedu- led closing time for the receipt of bids.
 The Government reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive informalities with respect thereto.
 The Government also reserves the right to award a contract for the various items in the amount of the basic bid or by the adop- tion of any or all of the alternates, whichever is in the best interest of the United States.