1-RFB 2025-055 Bid Package.pdf

The document is a Request for Bid (RFB) 2025-055 issued by the City of Waco, Texas, for the Speegleville Road Utility Improvements Project. The project involves comprehensive utility infrastructure work, specifically the installation of approximately 1,950 linear feet of 24-inch PVC C900 waterline, a 1,275 linear feet horizontal directional drilling river crossing using 42-inch HDPE casing and 30-inch HDPE waterline piping, and approximately 1,530 linear feet of 18-inch PVC gravity wastewater line. Additional project components include manholes, a 1,600 linear feet horizontal directional drilling river crossing for a 16-inch HDPE force main, temporary by-pass system, abandonment of existing water and wastewater lines, surface replacement, and road repair.

The solicitation requires prequalification of General Contractors and Horizontal Directional Drilling subcontractors, with strict requirements for bid submission. Specifically, bids will only be accepted from General Contractors who include a prequalified Horizontal Directional Drilling Subcontractor, and any bid without such a subcontractor will be returned as non-responsive. The project involves complex infrastructure work crossing the Middle Bosque River, necessitating specialized technical expertise and careful coordination between the primary contractor and specialized drilling subcontractors.