{"id":273415,"date":"2018-04-06T06:02:33","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T20:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=273415"},"modified":"2018-04-06T06:02:33","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T20:02:33","slug":"oleai-complex-project-now-in-bid-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/oleai-complex-project-now-in-bid-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Oleai complex project now in bid process"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_273449\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-273449\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/NMSAPix.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"537\" class=\"size-full wp-image-273449\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-273449\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some LED lights will be installed at the Francisco \u201cTan Ko\u201d Palacios Ballfield once repair work at the Oleai Sports Complex begins next month. (Jon Perez)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The renovation project for the facilities at the Oleai Sports Complex is now in the bidding stage, as interested contractors are allowed to submit their respective proposals beginning today.<\/p>\n<p>The CNMI Public Assistance Office is overseeing the project through the funds given by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which allotted $505,220 for the repairs of the facilities damaged by Typhoon Soudelor more than two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Guerrero of the Public Assistance Office, told Saipan Tribune that they would review all the bids before choosing a contractor. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe project to renovate the sports complex is currently in the bid process. After that, we will choose a contractor and go through the contract processing. The time it takes to get through the contract stage vary,\u201d added Guerrero.<\/p>\n<p>Once selected, the winning contractor must submit a bid bond, a guarantee that it would work on the project.  Up next is the notice to proceed\u2014the date when the contractor would begin work\u2014and the earliest may come out on May 14. The estimated timeline for the renovation and repair of the facilities at the sports complex is 150 days.<\/p>\n<p>The Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium, Oleai track oval, Francisco \u201cTan Ko\u201d Palacios Ballfield, and Miguel \u201cTan Ge\u201d Basa Pangelinan Ballfield are the facilities that need repairs and other improvements.<\/p>\n<p>Sonia Dancoe will serve as the construction manager and will oversee the project. She had already inspected the affected facilities a few months ago.<\/p>\n<p>Northern Marianas Sports Association executive director Tony Rogolifoi said the old chainlink fences at the track and \u201cTan Ge\u201d field will be replaced, while additional power poles will also be placed.  Some LED lights will  be installed at the \u201cTan Ko\u201d field as they last longer and are brighter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo power poles will be placed at the softball field, while one will be at the track. The flooring at the Ada Gym will be a new one and it will be wall-to-wall. It will also depend on the bidders if the bleachers need to be replaced,\u201d Rogolifoi added.<\/p>\n<p>The repair work at the Oleai Sports Complex will be done in preparation for the CNMI\u2019s hosting of the Pacific Mini Games in 2021.  The renovation of the facilities at the complex has been arranged after the resurfacing work at the track was completed last year. The track and field facility has already received its Level II certification from the International Association of Athletics Federations in time for the 2018 Oceania Micronesia Regional Championships that Saipan will be hosting this June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The renovation project for the facilities at the Oleai Sports Complex is now in the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":273449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[490,20706,8085,6333],"class_list":["post-273415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-oleai-sports-complex","tag-public-assistance-office","tag-sonia-dancoe","tag-typhoon-soudelor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}