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Project: KE White Tower Disinfection Project Owner: City of Elizabeth City

410 Pritchard Street, Elizabeth City, NC 27909 Engineer: WithersRavenel 8466 Caratoke Highway, Building 400, Powells Point, NC 27966

The City of Elizabeth City will receive separate sealed formal bids for the KE White Tower Disinfection Project at the City of Elizabeth City’s Public Works 2nd Floor Conference Room, located at 410 Pritchard Street, Elizabeth City, NC 27909, until Thursday, May 29th, 2025, at 3 PM, local prevailing time, at which time the Bids received will be publicly opened and read. Bids received after this time will not be accepted. Bids may be submitted by UPS or hand delivery only at the Public Works building located at 410 Pritchard Street, Elizabeth City, NC 27909. While there is an option to attend the Bid Opening virtually, hardcopy bids are still required to be received. Sealed bids should be marked clearly:

City of Elizabeth City RE: KE White Tower Disinfection Project

C/O: R. Lassiter or D. Bell 410 Pritchard Street

Elizabeth City, NC 27909

The project consists of installation of a Monoclor® Residual Control System (RCS) within the KE White Elevated Water Tower. The proposed booster pump disinfection improvement system includes a submerged tank mixer, water quality sampling system, submerged pump, injector assembly, hypochlorite storage tank, liquid ammonium storage tank, individual dosing skids for each chemical, and all associated appurtenances including, but not limited to, piping, control panels, chemical and electrical conduit. The booster pump disinfection system materials are to be provided by the City as detailed on the plan. All remaining materials are to be provided by the contractor.

A non‐mandatory Pre‐Bid Conference will be held on Monday, May 19th, 2025, at 3 PM local time, virtually, and at the City of Elizabeth City’s Public Works 2nd Floor Conference Room, located at 410 Pritchard Street, Elizabeth City, NC 27909. Interested parties are encouraged to attend this conference to review the plans. Attendance is strongly encouraged.

To participate in the virtual Pre‐Bid Conference, you must email Erin Spencer at espencer@withersravenel.com by 10:00 am local time on Friday, May 16th, 2025, to be provided with the information to join the meeting.

Complete digital bidding documents are available at http://withersravenel.com/bid/ or www.questcdn.com. You may download the digital documents for $25.00 by inputting Quest project # 9656265 on the website’s search page. Please contact QuestCDN.com at (952) 233‐1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance in membership registration, downloading, and working with this digital project information. Contract documents may also be examined by downloading them under the project notices at www.elizabethcitync.gov, or evp.nc.gov.

All questions related to this bid shall be submitted in writing to espencer@withersravenel.com and rlassiter@elizabethcitync.gov prior to 5 PM local time on Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 to receive consideration.

Questions received after that time will not be answered or accepted. A Final Addendum will be provided prior to the Bid Date.

Bidders are responsible for the review of any addenda for the project and shall acknowledge the addenda on the bid form. To qualify, all bids shall be submitted using bid forms contained in the Contract Documents.

Incomplete or segregated bids will not be accepted. All bids must be accompanied by a certified or cashier's check or bid bond in the amount of 5% of the total amount bid made payable to the Owner. The bid deposit shall be retained by the Owner if the successful bidder fails to execute contracts or fails to provide the required bonds, as stated above, within ten (10) days after the proper notice of award of the contract. No bid shall be withdrawn for a period of 60 consecutive calendar days after bid opening except as provided in Information for Bidders. Bidders must show evidence that they are licensed to perform the work in the Bid Documents as required by the North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 87. The Owner reserves the right to reject any/all bids, to waive formalities, 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 Owner is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Owner encourages bidding from small, minority and female (M/WBE), disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE), historically underutilized businesses (HUB). Bidders shall be required to submit with their Bids affidavits of “Good Faith Efforts” in the recruitment of MBEs.

Dwan Bell, Public Utilities Director