Sealed proposals for providing & installing electric vehicle charging stations, various locations Erie County including, Towns of Amherst and Akron. will be received at the Erie County DPW-Division of Buildings & Grounds Conference Room at 95 Franklin Street, 14 ^th floor, Room 1404, Buffalo, New York, until 10:00 a.m. local time, Thursday, January 19, 2023.

Plans, instructions for bidders, bid sheets, and special provisions may be downloaded Thursday, December 22, 2022 through bid date, from the Erie.gov website http://www2.erie.gov/dpw/ , ON-LINE BID RETRIEVAL. Requests to examine documents in person at 95 Franklin Street, 14th floor, Buffalo, New York may be made by appointment, between 9:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. EST, by calling (716) 858-8300.

Bids will not be accepted unless the bid package is downloaded directly from www.erie.gov/dpw so that contact information is captured by ECDPW for bid addenda and communication. If a prospective bidder is not registered as a bidder with the Office of the Deputy Commissioner of Public Works, Building & Grounds, by virtue of his/her downloading of plans, then notices of subsequent contract-related meetings, appropriate contract addenda, or other significant matters related to the contract proposal or bid will not be communicated to said prospective bidder.

Pre-let meeting is scheduled for Thursday, January 5, 2023 at 9:00 am, local time, at Rath Building, 95 Franklin Ave, Buffalo, New York 14202, Room 1404.

Each bid or proposal must be accompanied by bidder's certified check, as bid deposit, payable to the "County of Erie" in the amount of $20,000.00 (twenty thousand dollars).

Attention of bidders is particularly called to the Special Instructions and Special Specifications accompanying the Itemized Proposal, including but not limited to Federal, State and County contract forms, NYS Vendor Responsibility Form CCA-2 A/B/C, OSHA Training certifications, Davis-Bacon Federal and/or NYSDOL Minimum Wage Rates to be paid under the proposed contract, and the schedules as certified for the particular contract. Minority Workforce, NYS Apprenticeship Program, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise participation goals and requirements may apply.

This is a Locally Administered Federal Aid Project, adherence to guidelines and procedures are required. The successful bidder will be required to execute the contract and comply in all respects with federal, state, and local laws governing the awarding of the contract. Completion anticipated by October 6, 2023.

The right is reserved to reject any or all bids, if deemed in the best interest of Erie County.

WILLIAM E. GEARY, JR., COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS, ERIE COUNTY