IFB

Invitation For Bid:
RETRO COMMISSIONING

The Regional Administrative Facility Corporation (RAFC) invites your firm to respond to this Invitation for Bid (IFB) for retro commissioning.

This IFB is intended to select a Contractor perform a Retro Commissioning of the Joseph P. Bort MetroCenter, a condominium office building located at 8th and Oak Streets in Oakland, California.

RAFC is a non-profit mutual benefit corporation formed in 1983 to provide project management to the Joseph P. Bort MetroCenter. The Joseph P. Bort MetroCenter is occupied by its three owner-members: the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), and the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART).

This letter, together with the Instructions to Bidders and Bidding Requirements, General Conditions, Special Conditions, Specifications, Bid and Reference Forms, and all other appendices attached hereto, comprise the Invitation for Bid (IFB) for this project. Responses to the IFB are to be submitted in accordance with the instructions stated herein.

Bid Submission

Interested bidders must submit their bids in sealed envelopes by 4:00 p.m. on September 19, 2008. The submission of a bid will be considered a firm offer to enter into a contract and perform the work described in the bid for a period of one hundred twenty (120) days from its submission. Bids received after that date and time will not be considered. All bids must be completed and submitted on the enclosed Bid Form, Appendix B, in order to be considered. Appendix C, Reference Form, must be submitted with the bid. Bidders who do not complete all appendices risk being found non-responsive.

Mandatory Bidders Conference

A Bidders Conference will be held on September 8, 2008 , at 1:00 PM in the 3rd floor Fishbowl conference room. The bidders conference will be followed by a walk-through of the MetroCenter. If a prospective bidder will be unable to attend the Bidders Conference as scheduled, that bidder must contact the Project Manager on or before September 2, 2008, to request an alternate date. Attendance at the Bidder’s Conference either on the scheduled date or on an alternative date is mandatory. Bids will not be accepted from bidders who do not attend the Mandatory Bidders Conference or meet with the MTC Project Manager on an alternate date.

RAFC Point of Contact

Bids and all inquiries relating to this IFB should be submitted to the Project Manager at the address shown below. For telephone inquiries, call (510) 817-5723. E-mail inquiries may be directed to:

Robert Hoffman, Project Manager
Regional Administrative Facility Corporation
101 Eight Street, Third Floor
Oakland, CA 94607-4700
rhoffman@mtc.ca.gov