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Bid No.: 26-59 ty of Norwich partment of Finance — Purchasing

Agent Broadway, Room No. 105 wich, CT 06360

SECTION 00030 - INVITATION FOR BIDS

Phone: (860)823-3706

Fax: (860)823-3812

E-mail: kklein@cityofnorwich.org

Due Date and Time: June 24th, 2026, at 2:00 P.M.

Title: Industrial Park Water Storage Tank TTHM Removal System and Appurtenances

Special Instructions:

The Purchasing Agent, City of Norwich, on behalf of Norwich Public Utilities (NPU), will receive bids/proposals for the Industrial Park Water Storage Tank TTHM Removal System and Appurtenances until 2:00 P.M. prevailing time on

June 24th, 2026, at which time they will be opened on the Procurement website and be available to view. This bid opening date and time allows for a minimum of thirty (30) days from the time this Invitation for Bids is publicly advertised. All bids are to be submitted via the City of Norwich Procurement Portal at the following website:

City of Norwich Procurement Portal https://norwichct.bonfirehub.com/portal/?tab=openOpportunities

The project consists of the rehabilitation of the existing Industrial Park water storage tank including recoating of the tank’s existing exterior and interior surfaces, the installation of a new total trihalomethane (TTHM) removal system and appurtenant work. The existing Industrial Park Water Storage tank is a 0.670 MG welded steel tank approximately 72 feet in height with a diameter of approximately 40 feet located in Norwich, Connecticut.

Additional work will include the replacement of the cathodic protection system components, a new combination free chlorine/pH analyzer and above-grade cabinet, a new above-grade 12-foot x 10-foot structure, a new 30 KW diesel driven standby generator and related site work.

The bid documents may be downloaded from the following website:

City of Norwich Procurement Portal https://norwichct.bonfirehub.com/portal/?tab=openOpportunities

Notice of this bid will be posted on the State of CT Contracting Portal

State of Connecticut https://portal.ct.gov/DAS/Procurement/Contracting/DAS-Procurement-State-Contracting-Portal-for-Contracts

Addenda, if any, will be posted on the website listed above up to 5 days prior to the bid opening, which will be in writing to all prospective bidders who obtained bid documents. All bidders, prior to submitting their bids, should check the websites to ensure they have received all issued addenda.

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A pre-bid meeting will be held on June 3rd, 2026, at 10:00 AM at the site of the Industrial Park Tank, 304 Plain Hill Road, Norwich, Connecticut, 06360. Attendance is not mandatory. No interpretation of the meaning of the Contract

Drawings, Specifications, or other Bid Documents will made to any bidder orally. Every request for such interpretation shall be in writing through the City of Norwich Procurement Portal at the website link listed above, with responses to such requests provided in the form of a written addenda.

NPU reserves the right to reject any bids, in whole or in part, to waive minor irregularities in the bidding and to award the bid to other than the low bidder if deemed in the best interest of NPU.

Bid modifications and withdrawal of a bid by a Bidder is allowed before time of bid opening. No Bidder may withdraw its bid within ninety (90) days following the bid opening date. Should there be a reason why the contract cannot be awarded within the specified time, the time may be extended by mutual agreement between Norwich

Public Utilities and the designated, qualified low bidder.

All bidders must submit bids/proposals through the City Procurement Portal.

Responding bidders must ensure that employees and applicant for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, color, religious creed, age, marital status, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender identity or expression, intellectual disability, mental disability or physical disability, including, but not limited to blindness, unless it is shown by such bidder that such disability prevents performance of the work involved.

Liquidated damages in the amount of $1,000 per calendar day shall be assessed upon failure to meet the milestone dates stipulated for substantial and final completion. To the extent that timelines may overlap, the assessment of liquidated damages will be limited to the contractually prescribed rate of $1,000 per calendar day.

Bidders are hereby notified that the award of the contract for construction of this project is contingent upon the

Owner's receipt of approval of authorization to award construction contract from the State Department of Public

Health, and funding commitment from the State of Connecticut

Bidders certify that they are not debarred, suspended, or proposed for debarment or suspension from participating in this solicitation.

The Successful Bidder will be required to comply with the following requirements:

a) Furnish the additional bonds and insurance prescribed in the Bidding Documents.

b) Any contract or contracts awarded under this Invitation for Bids are expected to be funded in part by a loan from the State of Connecticut Department Drinking Water State Revolving Fund. Neither the State of

Connecticut, nor any of its departments, agencies, or employees is or will be a party to this Invitation for Bids or any resulting contract. This procurement will be subject to the requirements contained in subsections (h),

(j) and (o) of Section 22a-482-4 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies (RCSA).

c) Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and Women's Business Enterprise (WBE) policies of the State of

Connecticut are applicable to this Contract. In accordance with the goal conditions established in the June

19, 2019, Clean Water Fund Memorandum 2019-003, the requirement for MBE/WBE subcontractor participation, expressed as a percentage of the total contract amount, shall be a minimum of 8.0 percent, with the following makeup: MBE 3.0 percent and WBE 5.0 percent. Failure to meet or exceed the required percentage shall render a bid nonresponsive and cause the rejection of the bid. Failure to complete and submit the Clean Water

Fund Memorandum with the bid will deem the bid nonresponsive.

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d) This project is subject to the Connecticut Department of Labor Prevailing Wage Rate Regulations as well as the Federal Davis-Bacon Act Prevailing Wage Rate Requirements, including reporting requirements.

Where there is a conflict between the Federal and State Wage Rates, the higher wage rate shall apply.

By accepting this contract, the contractor acknowledges and agrees to the terms provided in the

DBRA Requirements for Contractors and Subcontractors Under EPA Grants –

Https://www.epa.gov/grants/contract-provisions-davis-bacon-and-related-acts. Bidders are hereby notified that no Application for Payment will become due and payable unless and until the

Contractor has submitted with its Application complete and accurate certified payrolls.

e) The Contractor and Subcontractors shall comply with Executive Order No. Three, Executive Order

No. Sixteen, Executive Order No. Seventeen, and federal Executive Order No. 12549 included in the DEEP Contract

Provisions.

f) Bids will be awarded to the low, responsive and responsible/qualified bidder.

g) For a project with an estimated cost of greater than $1,000,000, contractors bidding for the project shall hold a current Prequalification Certificate for the ‘Site Work’ or ‘Water Treatment Plant’ classifications from the

CT Department of Administrative Services (DAS), and a copy of the contractor's DAS Prequalification Certificate and Update (Bid) Statement must be submitted with their bid. Applicable regulations and information on this item can be found on the DAS website. Any subcontractor whose subcontract exceeds $1,000,000 may perform installation or construction work as a subcontractor on a project, provided that at the time of the bid submission, the subcontractor is prequalified by DAS in accordance with CGS Section 4a-100.

h) This project is subject to the requirements of the Use of American Iron and Steel (AIS) requirements.

Contractor shall adhere to all AIS requirements. Guidance information, definitions, and covered iron and steel products can be found on the EPA website: https://www.epa.gov/cwsrf/state-revolving-fund-american-iron- and-steel-ais-requirement.

i) This project is subject to the federal acts/executive orders that are listed below. Contractors bidding for the project certify that they will comply with each of these acts/orders:

• Section 306 of the Clean Air Act and Section 508 of the Clean Water Act, including Executive Order No.

11738 (prohibits contracts with person convicted for certain offenses under these laws or facilities in violation of either)

• Age Discrimination Act of 1975, (Public Law 94-135) (prohibits discrimination based solely upon age)

• Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (prohibits discrimination based on race, color, or national origin)

• Section 13 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 (also known as the Clean

Water Act) (P.L. 92-500) (prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex or gender)

• Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (P.L. 93-112), including Executive Orders 11914 and

12250 (prohibits discrimination based solely upon disability)

Submit Bids to:

City of Norwich Procurement Portal

Karl J. Klein Jr., Purchasing Agent City of Norwich

100 Broadway, Room 105

Norwich, CT 06360-4431