Siler City Water Treatment Plant Solids Handling Improvements ARPA Project No. SRP-W-ARP-0166

RE-ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

TOWN OF SILER CITY
WATER TREATMENT PLANT SOLIDS
HANDLING IMPROVEMENTS
ARPA PROJECT NO. SRP-W-ARP-0166 

Sealed bids for the project entitled Siler City Water Treatment Plant Solids Handling Improvements will be received by the Town of Siler City until 2:00 p.m. on May 29, 2025, in the Town of Siler City’s Town Hall located at 311 North Second Avenue, Siler City, North Carolina 27344. At said place and time, all Bids that have been duly received, will be publicly opened and read aloud.

The project includes improvements at the Town’s water treatment plant to improve the solids handling process. The project includes construction of improvements to the existing equalization tank, construction of two new lagoons with concrete liners, pump stations, and associated piping and electrical. The project also includes demolition of an existing building, sand drying beds, and an unlined lagoon.

The Information for Bidders, Bid Form, Contract Plans, Specifications, Bid Bond, Performance and Payment Bond, and other contract documents may be examined at the following:  Siler City Town Hall, Parkton, NC; McGill Associates, PA, Pinehurst, NC; and QuestCDN at https://www.questcdn.com/.

Digital copies of Bid Documents are available for purchase at www.mcgillengineers.com for a fee of $50.00 per set.  These documents may be downloaded by selecting this project from the “Bids” link and by entering Quest Project Number 9618623. For assistance and free membership registration, contact QuestCDN at (952) 233-1632 or [email protected] Pre-Bid Conference was held at the Siler City Town Hall April 10, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.

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.

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.

Jack Meadows, Town Manager
Town of Siler City Authorized Representative

Date: May 15, 2025