COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSALS addressed to the City Clerk, City Hall, San Antonio, Texas, 78205 will be received for the Fire Station Renovations Phase I, Group III project, in accordance with all contract documents, plans and specifications on file with Chesney Morales and Associates, Inc., 4901 Broadway, Suite 250, San Antonio, Texas, 78209, (210) 828-9481. A NON-REFUNDABLE FEE of $125.00 will be required for each set of plans and specifications, which are available at the office of Chesney Morales and Associates, Inc. Bids require a 5% bid bond. Contracts awarded through this process will require Payment and Performance Bonds in 100% of the contract amount. The City requires that not less than the prevailing wage rate for work of a similar character in this locality shall be paid to all laborers, workmen, and mechanics employed in the construction of this project. Proposals will be received in the Office of the City Clerk until 1:00 P.M. on Wednesday, February 25, 2009, and then publicly opened and read aloud; any envelopes received after the specified times will be returned unopened. A Non-Mandatory Pre-Submission Conference will be held Wednesday, February 11, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. at the San Antonio Fire Department Facilities Training Room, 4531 S. Zarzamora, San Antonio, Texas, 78211. Leticia M. Vacek CITY CLERK