ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

The School Board of Pinellas County, Florida will receive sealed bids in the Purchasing Department of the School Board of Pinellas County, Florida 301 – Fourth Street S.W., Largo, Florida 33770-3536 until 4:00 p.m. local time, on 6/21/11 for the purpose of selecting a Contractor for supplying all labor, material, and ancillary services required for the scope listed below.

SEALED BID NO.: 11-968-308

BID TITLE: Resurfacing, Resealing & Restriping

DUE DATE/TIME: June 21, 2011 @ 4:00 p.m. E.T.

SCOPE OF PROJECT: The purpose of this bid is to select a qualified “Paving Contractor” to provide all labor, materials, equipment and supervision necessary to perform Resurfacing, Resealing and Restriping services including but not limited to the following work at various facilities, county wide per specifications:

Resurfacing existing asphalt, Sealing or resealing existing areas, Striping or restriping existing areas Demolition and repair of existing areas. All work shall be done by the bidding entity. The successful bidder shall not subcontract to others for work or services performed during the term of this contract unless prior, written authorization from the Maintenance Department has been obtained. When the services of a sub-contractor(s) are required due to time constraints and/or workload generated by the District, prior approval of that subcontractor must be obtained from the Maintenance Department. If the use of a subcontractor is approved, it shall be the sole responsibility of the Contractor to regulate and guarantee work. The contractor is also responsible to pay subcontractors’ expenses at no cost to the district.

PRE-BID CONFERENCE: A pre-bid conference will be held in the Royal Palm Room at the Walter Pownall Service Center, located at 11111 S. Belcher Road, Largo, Florida 33773 on June 8, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. (Sign in at front desk then you will be escorted to the conference room for the “official bid sign-in”. Attendance at this pre-bid conference is MANDATORY in order for all potential bidders to receive the benefit of answers to theirs and other’s technical questions first hand. If you are not the prime bidder but are attending on behalf of someone else, please make note of this when signing the attendance roster where indicated. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you, but it is imperative that all information be disseminated in a public forum with all potential bidders present to minimize confusion or misunderstandings. Additions or changes to the original bid documents resulting from this conference of a material nature, will be documented in the form of written addenda and distributed to all attendees. Please note that if you are late to this mandatory pre-bid conference you will not be eligible to sign the attendance roster and therefore may not submit a bid. You may still, however, attend the conference if you wish.

Purchasing Department

301 Fourth Street, S.W.

Largo, Florida 33770

(727)588-6149

(727)588-6129 (fax)

The Owner reserves the right to reject all bids.

BY ORDER OF THE SCHOOL BOARD OF PINELLAS COUNTY, FLORIDA

DR. Julie M. Janssen, Ed. D                                                                            Carol J. Cook

SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS                                                               CHAIRMAN

AND EX-OFFICIO SECRETARY

TO THE SCHOOL BOARD                                                                             LINDA BALCOMBE

                                                                                                                             DIRECTOR, PURCHASING