By Watertown Current - May 7, 2026 in NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Sealed bids will be received by the School Board of the Watertown School District No. 14-4 of Codington County, South Dakota for the proposed construction related to the Ag Commodities Lab Renovation on the campus of Lake Area Technical College until 2:00 p.m., local time on Thursday, May 21, 2026. The bid letting will be held at the Lake Area Technical College Student Center Administrative Offices (Room 420), 1201 Arrow Avenue, Watertown, South Dakota. A pre-bid meeting will be held on site at 11:00 a.m., local time on Friday, May 15, 2026.
Copies of the Plans and Specifications will be made available electronically (pdf format). Requests for documents and technical questions shall be directed to Trevor VanConant with CO-OP Architecture at 605-271-7853, or [email protected].
Bidding documents may also be examined at the following locations:
Sioux Falls Builders Exchange, Sioux Falls, SD
Plains Builders Exchange, Sioux Falls, SD
Aberdeen Builders Exchange, Aberdeen, SD
Fargo-Moorhead Builders Exchange, Fargo, ND
Minneapolis Builders Exchange, Minneapolis, MN
Bids shall be submitted to the Watertown School District in a sealed envelope with the name and address of the bidder clearly identified on the envelope and the words “Bid for Ag Commodities Lab”. All bidders shall take note of the AIA Document A701 “Instructions to Bidders”, and the AIA Document A201 “General Conditions of the Contract for Construction”. Faxed bids will not be accepted; nor will faxed bid adjustments be accepted. One combined bid will be accepted for complete construction (all general, structural, mechanical, electrical, material and labor) as required to provide a complete project.
No bidder may withdraw a bid for 30 days following the bid opening without a written request explaining the cause of the withdrawal and without written consent of the Owner after reviewing the cause.
Liquidated damages shall be in effect for this project. See Bid Form, Agreement for Construction, and the General Conditions for details.
Each bid shall be accompanied by a certified check, a cashier’s check or draft certified or issued by a state or national bank, in the amount of at least five percent (5%) of the total amount of the bid, payable to Watertown Public Schools; or in lieu thereof, bidder may furnish a bid bond in the amount of not less than ten percent (10%) of the amount of the bid, such bond to be issued by a surety authorized to do business in the State of South Dakota and payable to Watertown Public Schools as a guarantee that such bidder will enter into a contract with the Owner for the work described in the bid and as specified.
The Watertown School Board reserves the right to reject any part of, or all bids, and to waive any informalities or irregularities therein.
By virtue of statuary authority preference will be given to contracts, labor, materials, products, and supplies found or produced with the State of South Dakota in a manner provided by law.
WATERTOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 14-4
of Codington County, South Dakota
By: Heidi Clausen
Business Manager
Published twice on May 7, 2026, and May 14, 2026, at the total approximate cost of $61.88 and can be viewed free of charge at www.sdpublicnotices.com and www.watertowncurrent.com.