NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed proposals, in duplicate, will be received by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah and the Savannah Airport Commission in the office of the City Purchasing Agent, Post Office Box 1027, Savannah, Georgia 31402 until May 15, 2012, 1:30 P.M. local time, at which time and place all proposals received will be publicly opened and read aloud. Bidders are invited to submit proposals for: REPLACE SHATTERED SKYLIGHT GLASS TERMINAL BUILDING SAVANNAH/HILTON HEAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CITY OF SAVANNAH EVENT NO. 354 This project consists of replacing seven (7) cracked glass sections in existing skylights on the roof of the main terminal building. The installer shall be a qualified glass installer with five (5) years or more experience installing glass skylights and particularly barrel type skylights. Bidders are invited to submit proposals for this work on the proposal forms provided. Other proposal forms will not be accepted. The complete examination and understanding of the construction plans, specifications, contract documents and site of the proposed work is necessary to properly submit a proposal. Construction plans, specifications and contract documents are available for examination and may be obtained from the offices of the Savannah Airport Commission, 400 Airways Avenue, Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, Savannah, Georgia 31408, Phone (912) 964-0514, for a cost of $50.00 per set. This cost is non-refundable. Please make checks payable to Savannah Airport Commission. A pre-bid conference for bidders will be conducted in the Savannah Airport Commission Conference Room, Third Floor, Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, Savannah, Georgia, May 1, 2012, at 1:00 P.M. A Bid Bond in the form as bound in the contract documents or certified check in the amount of not less than five percent (5%) of the total amount bid must accompany each bid. Successful bidder will be required to execute and to provide a Payment Bond and Performance Bond each in an amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the total value of the contract awarded to him with a satisfactory surety or sureties for the full and faithful performance of the work. If the total value of the contract is less than $100,000.00, a Payment Bond or Performance Bond may not be required. The Savannah Airport Commission, in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office of the Secretary, Part 21, Nondiscrimination in Federally assisted programs of the Department of Transportation issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all bidders that, in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, Disadvantaged Business Enterprises will be afforded equal opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for an award. The Contractor agrees to ensure that Disadvantaged Business Enterprises that are presumed to be socially and economically disadvantaged as defined in 49 CFR Part 26.5 have an equal opportunity to participate in the performance of this contract. In this regard all Contractors shall take all necessary and reasonable steps to ensure that such Disadvantaged Business Enterprises have an equal opportunity to compete for and perform contracts. Contractors shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex in the award or performance of this contract. The Contractor, or any subcontractor, submitting a bid for utility contracting, as defined in O.C.G.A. Section 43-14-2 to a utility system as defined in said section, shall conform to O.C.G.A. Section 43-14-8.2 et seq. with reference to Utility Contractor's Licenses. Utility contracting means a proposal to perform utility work to a utility system as defined in O.C.G.A. Section 43-14-2(17). No bid may be withdrawn after closing time for the receipt of proposals for a period of ninety (90) days. This is a bid for construction and therefore the City's local vendor preference ordinance will not apply. The Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah and the Savannah Airport Commission reserve the right to waive any informalities, irregularities, and/or technicalities in or reject any and all bids and/or to award or refrain from awarding the Contract for the Work. Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah and the Savannah Airport Commission