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1. Sealed Bids: Sealed bids for the construction of Joiner Road Water Treatment Plant -New Treatment Facility Well No. 4 will be received until 3:00 p.m. on October 1, 2024 local prevailing time at the City of Tennille City Hall, 106 Park Street, Tennille, GA 31089 at which time and place all Bids will be publicly opened and read. No bid may be withdrawn after the closing time for receipt of bids for a period of sixty (60) days.

2. Contractor License: Any Contractor submitting a bid must be licensed by the State of Georgia. License numbers must be written on the face of the bid envelope. No bid will be opened unless it contains the Contractor's license number. See Instructions to Bidders for additional bidding requirements.

3. Work To Be Done: The work to be done shall consist of furnishing all labor, materials and equipment necessary to construct the project titled Joiner Road Water Treatment Plant -New Treatment Facility Well No 4 as shown on the construction drawings. The major components of construction include site demolition, site improvements, a new filtration system and housing structure, existing chemical building modifications, yard and connecting piping, a new vertical turbine backwash pump, chemical feed equipment, SCADA upgrade, electrical standby emergency generator and new electrical equipment.

4. Plans and Contract Documents: Plans and Contract Documents are on file for review at the Tennille City Hall, 106 Park Street, Tennille, GA 31089 and at the Dodge Plan Room. Copies for bidding purposes can be obtained from Ingram & Associates Consulting Engineers, L.L.C., 332 New Street, Macon, GA 31201, Phone: (478) 745-3996, Fax: (478) 742-4690, ashley@ingrameng.com upon payment of $250.00 for each paper set (non-refundable). Digital files are $ 100.00 per set.

5. Bonds: All bid forms must be accompanied by a Bid Bond in an amount not less than ten percent (10%) of the base bid. All bonds shall be by a surety company licensed in Georgia with an “A” minimum rating of performance and a financial strength of at least five (5) times the contract price as listed in the most current publication of “Best’s Key Rating Guide Property Liability”. The successful bidder, if awarded the Contract, will be required to furnish a Performance Bond and Payment Bond, each in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract amount. Each bond shall be accompanied by a “Power of Attorney” authorizing the attorney-in-fact to bind the surety and certified to include the date of the bond. All bonds must appear on the Treasury Department's most current Circular 570 Listing.

6. Reservation of Rights: The Owner, reserves the right to reject any or all bids, including without limitation, the rights to reject any or all non-conforming, non-responsive, unbalanced or conditional Bids and to reject the Bid of any Bidder of Owner believes that it would not be in the best interest of the Project to make an award to that Bidder, whether because the Bid is not responsive or the Bidder is unqualified or of doubtful financial ability or fails to meet any other pertinent standard or criteria established by the Owner.

7. Funding Sources: Funding is to be provided by a Community Development Block Grant and funds from GEFA thru the Small & Disadvantaged Communities Funding and thru the Emerging Contaminants Funding and all requirements related to this funding shall apply.

8. Section 3 and ADA This is a Section 3 Covered Project under the HUD Act of 1968 and Section 3 Residents and Business Concerns are encouraged to apply. The OWNER s 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.

If a Section 3 contractor wants to claim a Preference, then the contractor must fill out and submit with the Bid Proposal the following forms: (1) Section 3 Self-Certification and Action Plan and (2) Section 3 Business Concern Self Certification.

At the time of the contract award, all three Section 3 Required forms must be submitted.

9. Bidders MUST acquire Bidding Documents from the Engineer in order to bid this project.

Eartha Cummings City of Tennille, GA