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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
The Northwest Rural Water District in Cody, Wyoming (“Owner”) is requesting bids from experienced, qualified and capable Contractors for the construction of two (2) separate water line loops that would connect four (4) dead-end lines within their North End service area. In addition to increased water system performance and redundancy, these improvements will result in a significant decrease in lost water experienced by the District during bi-annual flushing of the existing dead-end lines.
The Project includes the supply and installation of ±8,000 lineal feet of new 3” SDR9 HDPE water main, ±110 lineal feet of 6” SDR9 HDPE bore casing and directional boring, associated water appurtenances, and restoration of the project area. Substantial Completion for the Project is to be reached no later than April 2, 2021.
Sealed Bids will be received at the Northwest Rural Water District Office until 11:00 a.m. local time on September 30, 2020; the bids will then be opened and read aloud at the Northwest Rural Water District Office
All bids shall be submitted in accordance with and on the forms included in the Project Manual. Submittals shall be supplied in a sealed envelope addressed to:
Northwest Rural Water District
Attn: Tony Rutherford
NRWD North End Water Line Loop Improvements
526 Stone Street
Cody, Wyoming 82414
Contract Documents may be obtained on or after August 27, 2020 online at https://www.questcdn.com, project #7281342, at the non-refundable cost of $15.00 per set.
A MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCE will be held on September 16, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. local time, beginning at the Northwest Rural Water District Office at 526 Stone Street in Cody, Wyoming; a site visit to the project area will be part of the Pre-Bid Conference. Representatives of Owner, Engineer and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund will be present to describe the project and answer questions. The Pre-Bid Conference will have a formal sign-in process, which will become the official record of attendance for the purposes of determining eligible Bidders. Attendance at this meeting is mandatory for any Contractor to submit a Bid as a prime bidder. Contractors who intend to submit as a prime must have at least one full-time, permanent employee present. No proxy representatives, such as Subcontractors or Consultants, meet this requirement. In the event a Contractor submits a Bid but did not attend the Pre-Bid Conference, the Bid will be returned unopened. The list of eligible Bidders will be included in the Addenda issued for the project.
Contractors, in submitting their respective Bids, acknowledge that such Bids conform to all requirements of Wyoming State Statute. Each Bidder must include a security with the Bid, payable to the Northwest Rural Water District, in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders. Bid security shall be in the form of a Bid Bond, prepared on the form provided in the Project Manual, issued by a Surety authorized to do business in the State of Wyoming and acceptable to the Owner in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total Bid. No Bidder shall withdraw its Bid after the scheduled time of the opening of Bids. Bids are to remain open for 60 days after the opening of Bids.
The Successful Bidder shall be required to furnish a Contract Performance Bond and a Labor and Materials Payment Bond, each in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price as originally proposed or subsequently modified. The surety company shall be authorized to do business in the State of Wyoming. When the successful Bidder delivers the executed Agreement to the Owner, it must be accompanied by the required Construction Performance Bond and Construction Payment Bond on the forms included in the Request for Bids Document. No exceptions will be made.
Qualified Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs) are encouraged to submit Bids for this project. Bidders that plan to use a Subcontractor(s) and/or Supplier(s) will be required to make a good faith effort at soliciting DBE Subcontractor and/or Supplier participation.
Pursuant to W.S. 16-6-106, “preference is hereby given to materials, supplies, agricultural products, equipment, machinery and provisions produced, manufactured, supplied or grown in Wyoming, or supplied by a resident of the state, quality being equal to articles offered by the competitors outside of the state”.
This procurement will be subject to the “Use of American Iron and Steel” requirements as contained in Section 436 of H.R. 3547, The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014.
The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all Bids or parts thereof, and to waive any irregularities of any Bid. The Owner also reserves the right to award the contract to such experienced, qualified and responsible Bidders as may be determined by the Owner.
Northwest Rural Water District
By:
District Manager
First Publ., Thurs., Aug. 27, 2020
Final Publ., Thurs., Sept. 10, 2020

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