Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge Dewatering and Lime Stabilization Improvements

by 04/27/2016

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Town of Robbinsville
Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge
Dewatering and Lime Stabilization Improvements

Sealed bids for the project entitled Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge Dewatering and Lime Stabilization Improvements will be received by the Town of Robbinsville until 2:00 p.m. local time, May 23, 2016 at Town Hall located at 4 Court Street, Robbinsville, NC 28771. At said place and time, all Bids that have been duly received, will be publicly opened and read aloud.

The project generally consists of the construction of a sludge dewatering facility including installation of a belt filter press unit (Owner-furnished), lime stabilization system, and belt press filtrate pump station with all related appurtenances in order to meet Class A Biosolids requirements.

A pre-bid conference will be held at 1:00 pm, local time on May 12, 2016, at Robbinsville Town Hall, located at 4 Court Street, Robbinsville, NC.  Minority-owned business solicitation requirements, and other project bidding requirements will be discussed.  All interested bidders are strongly encouraged to attend.

The Bidding Documents for the project may be examined at the following locations during normal business hours:

McGill Associates, PA
55 Broad Street,
Asheville, NC 28801

Associated General Contractors (website viewing) at www.cagc.org on IBuild

Bidding Documents are available for purchase upon request at the Owner’s project engineer, McGill Associates, PA located at 55 Broad Street, Asheville, NC 28801 during normal business hours, Monday through Friday, except holidays. Contract documents can be obtained for a non-refundable cost of $200 per set. Additional information regarding the bidding of this project can be found at www.mcgillbidline.com.

Each bid shall be accompanied with a cash deposit or certified check drawn on a bank or trust company insured by the FDIC or a Bid Bond prepared on the form of Bid Bond contained in the Bidding Documents or a Surety Company’s standard form and properly executed by a corporate surety licensed under the laws of North Carolina to execute such bonds. The amount of the bid bond shall be equal to five (5) percent of the total of the bid. The bid deposit shall be retained by the Owner if the successful bidder fails to execute the contract or fails to provide the required bonds, as stated above, within ten (10) days after the proper notice of award of the contract.

Bidders must comply with the requirements of the State of North Carolina and be appropriately licensed as a Contractor as provided in General Statutes Chapter 87.

Neither the Owner nor the Engineer will be responsible for full or partial sets of Bidding Documents, including any Addenda, obtained from any source other than the Owner’s representative, McGill Associates, P.A. Each Bidder shall be responsible for the review of all addenda for the project and shall acknowledge the addenda on the bid form.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, to waive informalities, or to reject non-conforming, non-responsive, or conditional bids. The Owner reserves the right to award a contract to the lowest, responsive, responsible bidder or bidders, taking into consideration quality, performance and time.

The Town of Robbinsville has adopted a “Minority Business Participation Outreach Plan” (MBPOP).  The goal of the Town of Robbinsville in adopting its Plan is for the expansion of participation by historically underutilized businesses (HUB) in construction projects as defined in GS 143 -128.2 (g). Equal access and opportunity to participate in all aspects of construction projects shall be provided to HUB. It is the policy of the Town of Robbinsville to award public building contracts without regard to race, religion, color, creed, national origin, sex, age or disabling condition. Each bidder shall make a good faith effort and shall document such efforts to utilize minority businesses and comply with the Town of Robbinsville plan.

Contractors submitting a Bid on this project must solicit bids from minority subcontractors and provide documentation of any outreach efforts as required by the Special Conditions Packages.

Bidders must comply with the President’s Executive Order No. 11246 as amended, which prohibits discrimination in employment regarding race, creed, color, sex or national origin.  Bidders must comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Davis-Bacon Act, the Anti-Kickback Act, the Contract Work Hours Standard Act, and 40 CFR 33.1016, and 40 CFR 60-4.


Steve Hooper, Mayor
Town of Robbinsville

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