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f <br />DEC 51979 som 42 pACE"194 <br />HERCULES KONTOULAS, CONSTRUCTION PROJECT REPRESENTATIVE, <br />CAME BEFORE THE BOARD IN REGARD TO APPROVAL TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS <br />ON THE RENOVATION OF THE COURTHOUSE AND ADMINISTRATION BUILDINGS. <br />HE DISCUSSED THE PROPOSED ADVERTISEMENT WITH THE BOARD AND INFORMED <br />THEM THAT PARAGRAPH 6 WHICH CALLS FOR CHECKS TO BE MADE PAYABLE TO <br />THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IS TO BE CHANGED TO MAKE THEM <br />PAYABLE TO CONNELL, METCALF & EDDY SINCE THEY ARE GOING TO ABSORB <br />THE PRINTING COST. THEY ISSUE THE PLANS, AND WE WOULD HAVE TO <br />ENDORSE THE CHECKS OVER TO THEM IN ANY EVENT. <br />MR. KONTOULAS THEN DISCUSSED THE PREBID CONFERENCE WHICH <br />IS ADDRESSED IN PARAGRAPH 9 AND NOTED THAT THE DATE HAS BEEN CHANGED <br />THREE TIMES AND IS NOW SET FOR JANUARY 3, 1980, AT 2:00 P.M. HE <br />STATED THAT CONNELL, METCALF & EDDY REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE THERE <br />TO CONDUCT THE MEETING AS WELL AS HIMSELF AND ASSISTANT ADMINISTRA- <br />TOR NELSON, AND ANY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE WELCOME AS OBSERVERS. <br />MR. KONTOULAS THEN NOTED THAT AT -THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE IT PROVIDES <br />FOR PUBLISHING ON THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS, AND HE FELT THAT BY LAW <br />WE HAVE TO PUBLISH THIS AD ONCE A WEEK FOR THREE WEEKS. HE NOTED <br />THAT THEY WANT TO START ADVERTISING DECEMBER 13TH, AND THE PLANS <br />WILL BE AVAILABLE MONDAY, DECEMBER 17TH. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT HE COULD NOT QUALIFY THE <br />PUBLISHING TIMES REQUIRED RIGHT NOW, BUT DID NOT BELIEVE IT CALLS <br />FOR PUBLISHING ON THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS. <br />MR. KONTOULAS CONTINUED THAT WHEN THEY RECEIVE THE BIDS, <br />THEY MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY ACCEPTABLE BID BONDS OF 5% PAYABLE TO <br />THE OWNER. THE PERFORMANCE BOND IS TO BE FOR 100% OF THE CONTRACT <br />AMOUNT. ALL BIDS ARE GOOD FOR 60 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF•RECEIPT, <br />AND THE OWNER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT AND READVERTISE. THE <br />OWNER NOTIFIES THE CONTRACTOR OF AWARD OF THE BID. CONNELL, METCALF <br />& EDDY WILL STIPULATE THE NUMBER OF DAYS FOR THE CONTRACT TO BE <br />HANDLED-, AND MR. KONTOULAS FELT THIS WILL AFFECT WHO IS CHOSEN. <br />THE SUCCESSFUL CONTRACTOR, AFTER NOTIFICATION BY THE OWNER OF THE <br />AWARD, HAS TO GET A CONTRACT TO US WITHIN TEN DAYS. MR. KONTOULAS <br />