00020 _ INVITATION TO BID_Water Meters REV F.doc

Water Meter Replacement 00020

Arlington, GA

INVITATION TO BID

00020 - 1 10-0010

2/18/26

Invitation to Bid

The City of Arlington, Georgia will accept sealed bids on the work below at Jimmie C. Harpe Community Center, 31 Martin Luther King Drive, Arlington, Georgia 39813 until 2:00 p.m. local time, March 24, 2026 at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Project Title:

Water Meter Replacement

CDBG No. 24p-x-019-2-6372

CITY OF ARLINGTON

ARLINGTON, CALHOUN AND EARLY COUNTY, GEORGIA

The project consists of:

Replacement of approximately 512 - ¾” water meters, 4 - 1” water meters, 20 – 1 ½”” water meters, 3 – 2 1/2” water meters and 1 - 4” water meters with AMI read water meters and data collection system for operation.

The specifications and other contract documents may be examined at:

SOWEGA Engineering, LLC

158 East Lee Street

Dawson, Georgia 39842

Copies may be obtained at the office of SOWEGA Engineering, LLC, P.O. Box 735, Dawson, Georgia 39842, upon payment of $250.00 for each set. No refunds will be made.

The time of performance will be 150 days The City of Arlington is committed to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing. This project is funded in part by a Community Development Block Grant. The work to be performed under this contract is under a program providing direct Federal financial assistance from the Department of Housing and Urban Development and is subject to the requirements of Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 as amended, 12 U.S.C. 1701 U. Section 3 requires that to the greatest extent feasible, opportunities for employment and training be given to the low-income residents of the project area, and contracts for work in connection with the project to be awarded to business concerns which are located in, or owned in substantial part by persons residing in the area of the project. Section 3 Residents and Business Concerns are encouraged to apply. Please contact City Clerk Mary King at 229-725-4276 for information on any employment, contracting and sub-contracting opportunities.

This agreement is for services related to the project that is subject to the Build America, Buy America Act (BABAA) requirements under Title IX of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (“IIJA”), Pub. L. 177-58. Absent an approved waiver, all iron, steel, manufactured products, and construction materials used in the project must be produced in the United States, as further outlined by the Office of Management and Budget’s Memorandum M-22-11, Initial Implementation Guidance on Application of Buy America Preference in Federal Financial Assistance Programs for Infrastructure, April 18, 2022.

The City of Arlington is committed to providing all persons with equal access to its services, programs, activities, education, and employment regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status, disability, or age.

This project is expected to be funded all or in part by the City of Arlington and the Georgia Department of Community Affairs-U.S. HUD Community Development Block Grant program.

The City of Arlington reserves the right to reject all bids, including without limitation, the right to reject any or all nonconforming, nonresponsive, unbalanced, or conditional bids, and to make an award in the best interest of the City of Arlington.

Each bidder must deposit with his bid, security in the amount, form and subject to the conditions provided in the Instructions to Bidders. The bid security should be at least five (5%) of the bid.

All bids will remain subject to acceptance for 60 days after the actual date of the opening thereof.

City of Arlington

567 Pioneer Road N. E.

Arlington, Georgia 39813