CALL FOR BIDS

made by the STATE OF FLORIDA, UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA

PROJECT: UCF AA – Women’s Rowing Center No. BR-505

FOR: University of Central Florida

QUALIFICATION: All Bidders must be qualified at the time of bid opening in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders, Article B-2.

Sealed bids will be received on:

DATE AND TIME: August 3, 2007, until 2:00 p.m. (Local Time)

PLACE: Physical Plant Complex, 4000 Central Florida Blvd., Building 16, Libra Drive at which time and place they will be publicly opened and read aloud. Contract award will be made subject to the availability of funds.

PROPOSAL: Bids must be submitted in full and in accordance with the requirements of the drawings and Project Manual, which may be obtained or examined at the office of the Architect/Engineer at HOK Architects

One Tampa City Center, Suite 1800, Tampa, FL 33602

TELEPHONE: Brent Cutshall at (813)229-0300

PRE-SOLICITATION/PRE-BID MEETING: The Bidder is encouraged to attend the pre-solicitation/pre-bid meeting. Minority Business Enterprise firms are invited to attend to become familiar with the project specifications and to become acquainted with contractors interested in bidding the project. The meeting has been scheduled for:

DATE AND TIME: Wednesday July 18, 2007, 2:00 p.m. (Local Time)

PLACE: Physical Plant Complex, 4000 Central Florida Blvd., Building 16, Libra Drive.

PURCHASE: Full sets of bidding documents may be at the local plan rooms. Full sets may be purchased through NGI’s Orlando Office at (407)898-3881 or Metro West Office at (407)290-6381. When ordering reference quotation number 07-166-02. Cost for documents has been set at $68.41 per set of specifications and $266.85 per set of drawings, not including sales tax and handling cost.

PUBLIC ENTITY CRIMES: As required by Section 287.133, Florida Statutes, a contractor may not submit a bid for this project if it is on the convicted vendor list for a public entity crime committed within the past 36 months. The successful contractor must warrant that it will neither utilize the services of, nor contract with, any supplier, subcontractor, or consultant in excess of $15,000.00 in connection with this project for a period of 36 months from the date of their being placed on the convicted vendor list.