1-Grantsville WWTP Contractor Prequal 2025-10-07.pdf

CONTRACT DOCUMENTS

SOUTH DAVIS SEWER DISTRICT

North Plant Upgrade Project

Contract Documents Volume I

July 2024

Volume I

GRANTSVILLE WWTP

CONTRACTOR PREQUALIFICATION

OCTOBER 2025

INSTRUCTIONS TO PROPOSERS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

ARTICLE 1 – Introduction

ARTICLE 2 – Invitation and Instructions

ARTICLE 3 – Qualifications

ARTICLE 1 – INTRODUCTION

1.01 A summary of the project is outlined below.

1. Upsize and reroute existing pressure raw sewage piping for connection to new plant.

Construct bypass lines and coordinate with Owner to ensure continued operation of existing wastewater lagoons during construction.

2. Upgrade existing south lift station with new submersible pumps. Remove existing pumps and associated equipment. Install new piping to connect the lift station to new headworks building.

3. Construct new headworks building; furnish and install influent screens and other associated components including screenings washer/compactors and grit washer.

4. Construct grit chambers and install associated equipment, including vortex grit separation mechanism and grit transfer pumps.

5. Construct nutrient removal and aeration basins and install associated equipment.

Equipment includes eductor mixers, fine bubble diffusers, and related air piping, valving, and instrumentation.

6. Construct new blower building to house blower equipment. This building also contains a new main electrical room and operator control room.

7. Construct two new secondary clarifiers, including installation of clarifier mechanisms.

8. Construct new clarifier scum lift station including scum pumps, submersible mixer, and associated vaults, piping, and valving.

9. Construct new UV disinfection building including installation of associated equipment.

Equipment includes UV disinfection banks, effluent weir, and non-potable water pump skid.

10. Construct new solids handling and dewatering building. Install new fan press equipment including polymer mixing/injection skids, solids conveyors, and covered dumpster system. This building will house return activated sludge, waste activated sludge, and internal recycle pumps.

11. Install site storm drains and associated piping.

12. Construct new drain pump station including pumps, associated vaults, piping, and valving.

13. Construct new solids holding tank and install associated equipment. Equipment includes coarse bubble diffusers and blower.

14. Install piping and energy dissipating riprap in existing lagoon and at existing outfall location.

15. Installation of all necessary site and yard piping to provide a complete, new, operating wastewater treatment plant incorporating the major components summarized above.

16. Provide, install, and coordinate with the local utility a new electrical service for the facility including main switchgear, generator, automatic transfer switch, power distribution duct banks and other equipment to facilitate power distribution to all existing and new facilities.

17. Furnish and install owner-selected equipment for equipment and components that have been pre-selected by the City.

18. Install new potable water piping, non-potable water piping, and natural gas distribution piping to connect new and existing buildings and facilities at the site.

19. All related HVAC, electrical, architectural, and other elements associated with each building and facility.

20. All civil, earthwork, paving, concrete work, grading, landscaping, fencing, yard piping, mechanical, and electrical work included in the Contract Documents.

21. Provide all electrical gear, standby generator, panels, SCADA integration, and programming to furnish a complete and operating WWTP plant.

22. The Work must comply with funding agency requirements including Build America Buy America (BABA) Act for construction materials, equipment, and manufactured goods, Davis-Bacon wage requirements, and other agency requirements.

ARTICLE 2 – INVITATION AND INSTRUCTIONS

2.01 Notice is hereby given that the City of Grantsville is accepting Statements of Qualifications for the construction of the Grantsville Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). It is mandatory that potential bidders submit a complete and fully executed Qualification Statement and be prequalified by the City. Bids will not be accepted from contractors that have not complied with these requirements and have been selected by the City of Grantsville through this prequalification process.

This prequalification process is for General Contractors, Electrical Contractors, and System Integrators.

Electrical Contractors interested in submitting bids with a general contractor must be pre-qualified separately as part of this process.

System Integrators interested in submitting bids with a general contractor must be prequalified separately as part of this process.

2.02 Definitions

A. Project: Grantsville WWTP

B. Work: Construction, including labor, materials, and other incidentals associated with completion of the Project.

C. Owner: Grantsville City

D. Bidding Documents: Plans, Specifications, and Contract Documents for the construction of the Project.

E. Qualification Statement/Qualification Submittal: Qualifications submitted by Prospective Contractors in response to this notice inviting Statements of Qualification.

F. Successful Completion: On-time completion of Project without liquidated damages or litigation and meeting the self-performance criteria.

G. Self-Performance: The value of construction completed by the Contractor's own employees.

2.03 Completed and fully executed Qualification Statement along with all materials requested herein shall be received by the City via the online Bonfire (U3P) portal no later than 3:00 pm November 4, 2025.

Attention: Sherrie Broadbent

2.04 Only Prequalified General Contractors, Electrical Contractors, and System Integrators will be allowed to bid and perform the work. Any contractor, regardless of their qualifications, which have not been prequalified in this solicitation, will be precluded from preforming the work. Bids that do not include prequalified contractors will be deemed non-responsive.

A. Being named as prequalified is not a guarantee of award for any work.

B. The City of Grantsville reserves the right to modify or cancel the prequalification application process or portions of the prequalification process, or to reject any and all responses and applications, or parts thereof, and to waive any technicalities or minor informalities if it determines in its sole discretion, that such cancellation or rejection is in the public’s best interest.

C. Applications shall be completed in their entirety. Responses to the application must be typed or neatly printed. The application may be completed by filling in all appropriate fields. The information presented should be clear, complete, and concise. Applications and supporting documentation shall be provided in English. Any submittal failing to clearly present all the requested information or failing to be in the requested format may be considered unresponsive and rejected. If an item is “not applicable," please annotate with "N/A”. All submitted attachments shall be identified with the name of the Applicant, if an Applicant fails to provide requested information, attachments, or explanations, the City of Grantsville shall base the determination of qualification on the available information or may find the applicant not to be qualified. The City of Grantsville reserves the right to request additional information at any time in the prequalification process. Modification of any portion of the application after the submittal deadline may be cause for rejection of the application.

D. The applicant must complete and submit an electronic (PDF) copy of the complete and fully executed application via the online Bonfire portal. The requested information and application forms shall be compiled or scanned into a single, searchable PDF file format. Files shall be bookmarked to match the number and description of the Application and must include all associated forms and attachments, which together comprise the Statement of Qualifications.

E. All Statement of Qualifications must be submitted to the City of Grantsville in the manner discussed above no later than the date and time set for receipt of applications. E-mail, hardcopy, or facsimile copies will not be accepted. The applicant is solely responsible for the timely and proper delivery of the application.

2.05 Prequalification of prospective General Contractors, Electrical Contractors, and Systems Integrator hereafter referred to as Contractors, will be determined by the application of a pre-established pass/fail rating system to the following information to be submitted by prospective Contractors. General Contractors that plan to self-perform electrical construction for the proposed project must complete two sets of documents as outlined below in order to demonstrate both General and Electrical construction qualifications. Likewise, and Electrical Contractors that plan to self-perform System integration work must complete two sets of documents as outlined below to demonstrate qualifications for both functions.

A. Appendix A – Contractor Qualification/Reference Forms.

B. Appendix B – Project Reference Forms (submit 5)

C. Appendix C – Insurance Requirements and compliance with Federal/State Laws

D. Contractor may submit other supporting information.

2.06 The following is a tentative timetable of Contractor prequalification and opening of Bids:

A. Prequalification Submittal Due Date: November 4, 2025

B. Notice of Prequalification to Contractors: November 14, 2025

C. Plans issued for Bidding: November 2025

D. Bid Opening: December 2025

E. Award/Notice to Proceed: December2025/January 2026

2.07 Prospective Contractors desiring to be prequalified are hereby informed that they will be subject to and must fully comply with all the requirements of the Bidding Documents.

ARTICLE 3 – QUALIFICATIONS

3.01 Prospective Contractor Minimum Qualifications.

A. Contractor authorizes Owner's representative to verify any and all information contained in the Qualification Statement from references contained herein and hereby releases all those concerned providing information as a reference from any liability in connection with any information they give.

B. Contractor must demonstrate successful completion during the past 10 years of at least three

(3) water or wastewater treatment projects comparable in nature and scope to this project with a dollar value of $30 Million or more, and at least one of the three projects must have a dollar value of $40 Million or more. At least one of the projects must have been constructed in a cold weather climate with regular winter season snow and freezing temperatures.

Contractor must have self-performed at least 51 percent of the work for the reference projects.

1. Electrical Contractor project demonstrations should have an electrical contract value of $7 Million and at least one with a value of $10 Million for requirements in part B.

C. Contractor must demonstrate ability to bond for a project with the value of at least $50 Million. Contractor must submit evidence of sufficient bonding capacity.

1. Electrical Contractor must demonstrate ability to bond for a project with the value of at least $12 Million.

2. Bonding is not required for System Integrator.

D. Contractor must confirm ability to comply with minimum insurance requirements as indicated in Appendix C and demonstrate compliance with State/Federal laws.

E. Contractor (and electrical contractor) must designate a Superintendent, who will be dedicated to the project for the duration of the project. The proposed Superintendent must meet the following minimum qualifications:

1. At least ten years of construction experience.

2. Significant role on at least three water or wastewater treatment projects with a cumulative value of at least $35 Million.

3. Superintendent must have demonstrated cold weather construction experience. At least two water or wastewater treatment projects included on their resume must have been constructed in an area with consistent winter snow and freezing temperatures.

F. Contractor / System Integrator must designate a Project Manager, who will be committed to the project for the duration of the project. The proposed Project Manager must meet the following minimum qualifications:

1. At least ten years of construction experience.

2. Served as Project Manager on at least three water or wastewater treatment projects with a cumulative value of at least $35 Million.

3. Project Manager must have demonstrated cold weather construction experience. At least two water or wastewater treatment projects included on their resume must have been constructed in an area with consistent winter snow and freezing temperatures.

G. General Contractor must have a current E-100 license in good standing issued by the State of Utah.

APPENDIX A

PREQUALIFICATION QUESTIONNAIRE

FOR

Grantsville City

Wastewater Treatment Plant

1. Company Name

Address:

Phone: Fax: Contact Name:

2. Contractor License Classification(s)

3. Contractor Utah License Number(s)

4. List type of work completed by Contractor’s own personnel (i.e.: excavation, yard piping, concrete, masonry, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, etc.)

5. Bonding Capacity:

6. Location of Headquarters:

7. Office Responsible for Project:

8. Years your company has been in business on a continuous basis under the same name: .

9. List the five (5) projects most similar in scope to the Grantsville Wastewater Treatment Plant Project completed by your company. Duplicate the project reference form (Appendix B) included in the packet. Preference will be given to projects with the same superintendent and project manager as proposed for this project.

10. Project Manager for this Project: ______________________________________ (Please submit a copy of resume)

11. Project Superintendent for this Project:__________________________________

(Please submit a copy of resume –not required for Systems Integrator)

12. Additional Office Support Personnel:

Name Job Title/Description

13. List gross annual revenue amounts for the years indicated:

2024:_________________________________

2023:_________________________________

2022:_________________________________

2021:_________________________________

14. Indicate value of current uncompleted work $

15. Pending Litigation? Yes No

If yes, please describe

16. Has there been any litigation against your company under this or any name in the past five years?

Yes No

If yes, please describe

17. Pre-Qualification for? General Contractor ______

Electrical Contractor ______

System Integrator ______

18. Bonding Information (Not required for System Integrator)

Bonding Company:

Address:

Bonding Agent:

Address:

Contact Name:

Phone:

Aggregate Bonding Capacity:

Aggregate Bonding Capacity as of date of this submittal:

19. Additional Questions for System Integrators:

1. Is the company Certified with Rockwell Automation Silver Status System Integrator or Higher? Yes No

2. Is the company Inductive Automation Gold or Premier status? Yes _No _

3. What is the driving distance from the Utah Office of the proposed company to Grantsville City Town Hall _______

4. Number of Full Time Programmers on Staff (Not including contracted employees) at the Utah office? (Require minimum of 5) _______

a. Submit resumes of programmers proposed to work on this project.

APPENDIX B

Grantsville City

Wastewater Treatment Plant

Contractor Prequalification Project Reference Form

Project

Project Description

Contractor’s Project Manager

Contractor’s On-site Superintendent

Contract Value $ Change Order Amount $

Required Completion Date Actual Completion Date

Value of Self-Performed Work

Indicate Work Subcontracted and value of subcontracted work. (List separately all subcontracts greater than 2 percent of the construction value.)

Subcontractor Value of Subcontract

Owner

Contact Phone

Engineer

Contact Phone

Resident Engineer for CMS Phone

Liquidated Damages Assessed? Yes No Amount $

Describe:

Any Claims on Project? Yes No Amount $

Describe:

Appendix C

INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS & COMPLIANCE WITH

FEDERAL/STATE LAWS

Minimum Insurance Requirements

a) Workers' Compensation and Employers' Liability Insurance: The liability limits, as required by state law, shall be not less than:

i) Workers' compensation:

(1) Statutory.

(2) Employers' liability: $1,000,000 each occurrence.

b) Comprehensive Automobile Liability Insurance: The liability limits shall be not less than:

i) Bodily injury and property damage:

(1) $1,000,000 combined single limit for each occurrence.

c) Commercial General Liability Insurance: The liability limits shall be not less than:

i) Bodily injury and property damage:

(1) $2,000,000 combined single limit for each occurrence.

(2) $2,000,000 general aggregate.

d) General Contractor Umbrella Liability Insurance (Does not apply to System Integrator):

The liability limits shall be not less than:

i) Bodily injury and property damage:

(1) $10,000,000 combined single limit for each occurrence.

(2) $10,000,000 general aggregate.

e) Electrical Contractor Umbrella Liability Insurance (Does not apply to System Integrator)::

The liability limits shall be not less than:

i) Bodily injury and property damage:

(1) $5,000,000 combined single limit for each occurrence.

(2) $5,000,000 general aggregate.

f) Property Insurance: Contractor may be required to purchase and maintain property insurance coverage for the Work at the site in the amount of the full replacement cost thereof. This insurance shall be written on a Builder's Risk "all-risk" or open peril or special causes of loss policy form that shall at least include insurance for physical loss or damage to the Work, temporary buildings, falsework, Work in transit including ocean transit, and Work in storage at the project site or at another location acceptable to Owner, and shall insure against at least the following perils: fire, lightning, extended coverage, theft, vandalism and malicious mischief, earthquake, collapse, debris removal, demolition occasioned by enforcement of Laws and Regulations, water damage, and damage caused by frost and freezing.

g) Does your organization meet these minimum insurance requirements?

[ ] Yes [ ]No

Compliance with Federal/State Laws

h) Has your organization been assessed any penalties for noncompliance violations of the Federal or State labor laws and/or regulations within the past 10 years?

[ ] Yes [ ] No

i) If Yes, give details, including dates.

i) Does your organization have any ongoing investigations by any agency regarding violations of the State Labor Code, Utah Professional Corporation Act, or State licensing laws?

j) Has your organization been cited for violations of OSHA Standards and Requirements within the past 10 years?

k) Please provide an explanation for any question answered "yes" on a separate sheet of paper along with this document.