1-Request for Pre Qualifications 09AN2025.pdf

PROJECT NO.: 513444193

SALT LAKE CITY PUBLIC UTILITIES CONTRACTOR PREQUALIFICATION

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CONTRACTOR PREQUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS

FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE

Eastwood North Tank

Interior Coating

January 9, 2026

OWNER

Salt Lake City Public Utilities 1805 West 500 South

Salt Lake City, Utah 84104

ENGINEER

Bowen Collins and Associates 154 East 14075 South

Draper, Utah 84020

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CONTRACTOR PREQUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

GENERAL

Salt Lake City Department of Public Utilities (Owner) requests contractor Statements of Qualifications for construction of the Eastwood North Tank Interior Coating. This document describes the requirements for prequalification of General Contractors. The submittal requirements for prequalification statements and the evaluation criteria are included.

PURPOSE AND APPROACH

The purpose of the prequalification process is to select those Contractors (General Contractors who will submit bids for the Work) that the Owner deems to be qualified and capable of completing the Project in conformance with the Contract Documents.

Parties submitting Statements of Qualifications in accordance with these documents will be notified whether or not they are selected for prequalification. Prequalified Contractors will be so identified in the Notice Inviting Bids for the construction phase of the Project.

Selection as a prequalified Contractor does not imply Owner's acceptance or approval of the Contractor's specific personnel, equipment or methods, whether or not these items are described in the Contractor's prequalification statement.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Eastwood North Tank Interior Coating

The estimated construction cost for the Project is approximately $1 million. The WORK will include the following:

• Interior and exterior coating of the existing 0.5 MG Eastwood North Tank.

• Exterior coating only of the 0.33 MG Eastwood South Tank

• Replacement of the existing anode inside the north tank.

• Removal of existing ladder cage and installation of new ladder safety device on north tank.

FAMILIARITY WITH PROJECT

Contract documents for the Project are currently in the final design phase. Preliminary plans and specifications for the Project are available for review by interested Contractors through the project solicitation at the Utah Public Procurement Place (U3P) website: (https:utah.bonfirehub.com).

Interested Contractors shall Inquire through U3P.

Documents defined above are for review only. After reviewing the prequalification documents and preliminary plans, questions regarding project scope and schedule shall be submitted in writing to SLCDPU through the project solicitation at U3P.

Contractors are advised that technical and contractual changes to the construction plans and specifications are anticipated prior to bidding. Prequalification will not exempt a contractor from meeting any of the requirements of the Contract Documents. The Contractor's Statement of Qualifications is not part of the Contract Documents.

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TENTATIVE PROJECT SCHEDULE. The tentative project schedule is as follows:

Pre-qualification documents available January 9, 2026 Statements of Qualifications due January 30, 2026 Notification of qualified contractors February 6, 2026 Project Bidding March 2026* Project Award April 2026* Project Construction Begins October 19, 2026*

* Tentative dates.

PROJECT ADMINISTRATION. Inquiries and communications regarding this request shall be submitted in writing to SLCDPU through the project portal at U3P. The deadline for inquiries is January 28, 2026 at 2:00 pm MST.

SUBMITTAL PROCEDURE

The deadline for submission of Statements of Qualifications is January 30, 2026 at 2:00 pm MST. Late submittals will not be accepted. Submittals shall be submitted in electronic format through the project portal at U3P. Compile cover sheet, proposal response and any other correspondence in one single PDF file. Upload your single file for this event using the U3P website. Responses must be uploaded and the electronic submission completed by the time and date specified. The electronic file and cover sheet shall be identified as “Contractor Statement of Qualifications for Construction of the Eastwood North Tank Interior Coating.”

Statements of Qualifications should be well-organized and concise.

The Owner reserves the right to request a contractor to clarify any part of his statement. Response to such requests must be made in writing and will become part of the Statement of Qualifications.

Unsolicited supplementary information and materials received after the deadline will not be considered in the evaluation.

CONFIDENTIALITY

All responses, inquiries, and correspondence relating to this RFQ and all reports, charts, displays, schedules, exhibits, and other documentation produced by the offeror that are submitted to the City, as part of the proposal or otherwise, shall become the property of the City when received by the City and may be considered public information under applicable law. The City is subject to the disclosure requirements of the Government Records Access and Management Act, Title 63G, Chapter 2, Utah Code Annotated (“GRAMA”). The City generally considers proposals and all accompanying material to be public and subject to disclosure. Any material considered by the offeror to be proprietary must be accompanied by a written claim of business confidentiality containing a concise written statement of reasons supporting the claim. Blanket claims that the entire SOQ is confidential will be denied. The City cannot guarantee that any information will be held confidential. If the offeror makes a claim of business confidentiality, the City, upon receipt of a request for disclosure, will determine whether the material should be classified as public or nonpublic, and will notify the offeror of such determination. The offeror is entitled under GRAMA to appeal an adverse determination. The City is not obligated to notify the offeror of a request to see the offeror’s proposal, and will not consider a claim of confidentiality, unless the offeror's claim of confidentiality is made in a timely basis and in accordance with GRAMA.

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CONTENT OF STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS

The Statement of Qualifications shall include the information requested below:

1. Title Page

2. Contractor Prequalification Information Form

3. Personnel and Qualifications

4. Previous Project Experience

5. Financial Information

6. Risk Assessment

7. Sustainability

8. Contractor’s Certification

Title Page

The title page shall identify the document as a Statement of Qualifications and shall include the name of the Owner, the name of the Project, and the name of the Contractor submitting the Statement of Qualifications.

Contractor Prequalification Information

The contractor shall complete items 1 through 10 below for this section of the Statement of Qualifications.

1. Contractor's name:

2. Business address:

3. Telephone number:

4. Facsimile number:

5. Firm type: _____Corporation _____Partnership _____Individual _____Joint Venture

6. Date company was organized:

7. Name of current President or CEO:

Number of years in that position:

8. Number of permanent office and support employees:

Number of permanent field employees:

9. How long has company been doing work similar to proposed project:

10. Contractor's License:

Primary trade classification:

License No. and expiration date:

State(s) in which licensed:

Name on license (if different than contractor name):

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Personnel and Qualifications

Present information which will identify key personnel who will be assigned to the project. List the experience in the last 10 years of the proposed project team for this project, with emphasis on the construction of projects that include coating steel drinking water storage tanks, in highly developed urban settings. Provide resumes for the following individuals, including experience, education, position occupied and duties on each assignment, number of years with the organization, and references:

• Project Manager

• Project Superintendent

Identify which major trade work (i.e., structural, mechanical, electrical, civil, instrumentation) will be completed by the contractor's forces and which will be performed by subcontractors.

If awarded, the Contractor shall use the Project Manager and Project Superintendent listed in this section of the Statement of Qualifications throughout the duration of the project. Substituting non-prequalified Project Managers and/or Project Superintendents during or after the bidding process may render a bid non-responsive.

Previous Project Experience for Company

Present information on similar steel tank coating projects completed by the Contractor in the past 10 years. Projects listed should demonstrate experience in the coating of steel drinking water storage tanks in heavily developed urban settings. Include the following information for each project listed:

• Name of project

• Owner (include reference and phone number)

• Engineer (include reference and phone number)

• Year completed

• Dollar value of work performed

• Sizes and types of steel drinking water storage tanks recoated, with emphasis on steel drinking water storage tanks 0.5 MG capacity and greater

• Information on traffic and public information management procedures

• Completed within time allowed? (if no, explain)

• Were any claims or disputes filed? (if yes, explain).

The Owner shall be entitled to contact each and every reference listed by the Contractor. The Contractor, by submitting a Statement of Qualifications expressly agrees that any Contractor information in possession of said entities and references may be made available to the Owner.

Owner may also contact additional parties that have received work from the Contractor to further evaluate the Contractor's work performance.

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Financial Information

Submit a certified financial statement for the Contractor's most recent accounting period. Submit a letter from Contractor's surety company specifying Contractor's total bonding capacity and current unused bonding capacity. Submit additional references and information sufficiently comprehensive to permit an appraisal of Contractor's current financial condition.

Complete items 1 through 4 below. If additional space is need, attach additional pages and submit with this section.

1. Contractor's Surety (name, address, telephone number and contact person):

What is this Contractor's approximate total bonding capacity?

What is the Bonding company's current rating by A.M. Best?

2. Contractor's Bank or Financial Institution (name, address, telephone number and contact person):

What is the largest contract (name, Owner, and dollar amount) that this Contractor has completed?

What is this Contractor’s current rating with Dun & Bradstreet?

What is this Contractor’s current working capital?

3. Contractor's Insurance Company (name, address, telephone number and contact person):

What is this Insurance Company’s current rating by A.M. Best?

Has this Contractor been refused surety, bond, or liability insurance in the last 10 years?

4. Has the contractor, or any of its parents or subsidiaries, ever had a bankruptcy petition filed in its name, voluntarily or involuntarily? If yes, specify date, circumstances, resolution and other details on separate page.

5. In order to enter an Agreement with the Owner, the Contractor will be required to maintain insurance, including Public Liability and Property Damage insurance. Documentation of insurance is not required until after award of the bid.

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Risk Assessment

Contractor shall submit written response for information required of Items 1 through 5 below.

1. Are there any unresolved claims or disputes on any work awarded to the contractor during the past five years? If yes, give Owner’s name and details on separate page.

2. Has the contractor ever failed to complete any work that it was awarded?

If yes, give Owner’s name and details on separate page.

3. Does the contractor maintain a permanent safety program? Summarize this contractor’s record of safety performance for the past three years, providing safety performance figures for experience modification rate (EMR or EMOD, three-year rolling average), and describing any citations from OSHA/MSHA.

4. Does the contractor have a formal drug and alcohol testing program? If yes, provide a brief summary of the outline of the program.

5. Does the contractor have a formal quality assurance program? If yes, provide a brief summary or outline of the program.

Sustainability Program

Salt Lake City emphasizes an effort towards sustainability for all projects. Contractor shall present a summary of their sustainability program, or methods used to incorporate sustainability in their operations, such as recycling of construction waste.

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Contractor’s Certification

I hereby warrant that the information presented in this statement of qualifications is true, accurate and complete. I have read, agree and will comply with the City’s ethics requirements as summarized in the paragraphs below.

By:

Title:

Date:

REPRESENTATION REGARDING ETHICAL STANDARDS FOR SALT LAKE CITY OFFICERS

AND EMPLOYEES AND FORMER CITY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.

The respondent represents that it has not: (1) provided an illegal gift or payoff to a Salt Lake City officer or employee or former City officer or employee, or his or her relative or business entity; (2) retained any person to solicit or secure this contract upon an agreement or understanding for a commission, percentage, or brokerage or contingent fee, other than bona fide employees or bona fide commercial selling agencies for the purpose of securing business; (3) knowingly breached any of the ethical standards set forth in the City's conflict of interest ordinance, Chapter 2.44, Salt Lake City Code; or (4) knowingly influenced, and hereby promises that it will not knowingly influence, a City officer or employee or former City officer or employee to breach any of the ethical standards set forth in the City's conflict of interest ordinance, Chapter 2.44, Salt Lake City Code.

Pursuant to the foregoing, it is the City’s policy that City employees are prohibited from personally accepting gifts, incentives, and marketing or promotional items from suppliers and those suppliers shall not offer such items to City employees. Such offers from suppliers are inappropriate and may result in suspension or debarment of the supplier from the City’s procurement processes.

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MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Statements of Qualifications will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

• Personnel qualifications

• Company qualifications

• Previous project experience

• Financial condition

• Safety record and risk assessment.

Qualified Contractors must meet the following minimum criteria:

• Contractor shall have been in business a minimum of 5 years

• Contractor shall have recoated at least three steel drinking water storage tanks, each with a capacity of 0.5 MG or greater.

• Contractor shall have proven track record of completed projects without unresolved, unrealistic, and unnecessary claims. Outstanding claims or frequent claims resulting in arbitration, mediation, or litigation may be grounds for disqualification.

• Contractor shall, at time of bid, hold a current Utah contractor’s license in a classification appropriate to this Project (E100).

• The estimated minimum bonding capacity for the project is $1 million, and the Contractor shall have $1 million minimum available bonding capacity at the time of bidding.

• Contractor shall demonstrate an experience modification rate (EMR or EMOD) of 1.1 or better, based on the most recent three-year rolling average.

• Provide a minimum of three references for similar projects completed by the Contractor.

Positive feedback from references is required. The Owner reserves the right to disqualify a contractor based on poor references.

Contractor shall have significant experience in the recoating of steel drinking water storage tanks in highly developed urban areas.

Qualified Contractor’s Project Manager must meet the following minimum criteria:

• Contractor's project manager shall have at least 10 years construction experience, and shall have been project manager on the recoating of at least three steel drinking water storage tanks, greater than or equal to 0.5 MG in capacity.

Qualified Contractor’s Project Superintendent must meet the following minimum criteria:

• Contractor's project superintendent shall have at least 10 years construction experience, and shall have been project superintendent on the recoating of at least three steel drinking water storage tank, greater than or equal to 0.5 MG in capacity.

All steel tank recoating will be performed by experienced, qualified forces under the direction of experienced, qualified recoating superintendents.

QUALIFICATION EVALUATION

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Prequalification of contractors will be determined on a pass/fail basis for each of the minimum qualification criteria. Statements of Qualifications will be evaluated in accordance with the following criteria.

A. General:

1. Statement Clarity

2. Statement Completeness

B. Project Team Personnel and Qualifications:

1. Key Personnel Qualifications

2. Key Personnel Experience

3. Key Personnel Availability

C. Previous Project Experience/Performance:

1. Past Project Performance (including References)

2. Timely Completion of Work

3. Prompt Warranty Service

4. Overall Successful Completion

5. Successful Public Involvement Programs

D. Financial Statement Information:

1. Value of Current Work

2. Pending Claims/Disputes

3. Liquidated Damages Withheld

4. Bonding Capacity

E. Risk Assessment and Safety Record

1. Unresolved claims, disputes, and uncompleted projects

2. Injury Statistics

NOTIFICATION OF PREQUALIFIED CONTRACTORS

All Contractors who submit prequalification statements will be notified in writing if they did or did not prequalify. Only those Contractors that are prequalified will be invited to bid on this project.

The Owner's decision will be final. Prequalification of contractors does not constitute a commitment by the Owner to bid or award any or all phases of the project.