BID PACKAGE_ALUM SLUDGE REMOVAL _ DISPOSAL Co.pdf

BID PACKAGE

FOR

Alum Sludge Removal & Disposal

CITY OF HARTWELL

June 2026

Mayor Brandon Johnson Council Member Mike MacNabb Council Member Richard Sheller

Council Member Zach Adams Council Member Kay Ankerich

Council Member Seth Baughman Council Member Randy Clark City Manager Jon Herschell

Public Works Director Dennis White Assistant Public Works Director Ken Lystiuk

City of Hartwell

456 East Howell Street Hartwell, GA 30643

706.376.4756

SECTION 00020

Invitation to Bid

00020-1

City of Hartwell, Georgia

Separate sealed Bids, for furnishing all materials, labor, tools, equipment and appurtenances necessary for Alum Sludge Removal & Disposal will be received by the Owner in the Council Chamber at the Hartwell City Hall, 456 East Howell Street, Hartwell, Georgia, until 1:00 PM, local time, on July 28, 2026 and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud. Any sealed bids received after this date and time will not be accepted.

The City of Hartwell owns and operates two (2) sludge lagoons at the City’s Water Treatment Plant on Reed Creek Highway. Each lagoon is approximately 0.2 acres in size and is holding approximately a 7-foot depth of sludge.

The Project consists of but is not limited to the following major elements: Furnishing all materials, tools, equipment, and labor necessary for removing solids from the water treatment plant lagoons, dewatering the material, and transporting it for disposal. Material may be transported to a permitted landfill for disposal or to beneficial use sites for land application. If land applied, the material shall be registered with the Department of Agriculture as a “soil amendment”, and the material shall be applied at proper agronomic rates based on recent analysis. All load logs and field logs shall be provided daily to Treatment Plant Staff when removing from site. Estimated quantity of sludge is 3,315 CY.

The OWNER will take the first lagoon off-line to allow the lagoon to decant prior to Contractor mobilization.

Payment shall be based on the actual quantities removed.

The work will be awarded in one Contract. Time of completion for all work associated with this project shall be 120 consecutive calendar days from the date of a written “Notice to Proceed” from

OWNER.

Insurance certificate minimum of one million dollars general liability is required. Coverage shall remain in force, at all times, during the term of the contract at the Bidder’s sole expense.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, to waive informalities, to readvertise, and to award the contract to the best and most responsible bidder.

SECTION 00020

Invitation to Bid

00020-2

No bidder may withdraw his bid within 60 days after the opening thereof.

All bids shall be submitted using the attached bid form. Bids must be submitted in a sealed envelope addressed to the Owner. All bids must be sealed and marked on the outside with the Project Name and Company Name. Envelopes containing bids must be addressed as follows, and delivered to:

Ken Lystiuk, Assistant Public Works Director Hartwell City Hall

456 East Howell Street Hartwell, Georgia, 30643

RE: ALUM SLUDGE REMOVAL & DISPOSAL

BID ENCLOSED

CITY OF HARTWELL, GEORGIA

END OF SECTION

SECTION 00300

THIS BID SUBMITTED TO:

City of Hartwell ATTN: Ken Lystiuk 456 East Howell Street Hartwell, Georgia 30643

(706) 376-4756 (Hereinafter called “OWNER”)

THIS BID SUBMITTED BY:

(Name)

(Address)

(Telephone) (Hereinafter called “BIDDER”)

Item

Description

Unit

Estimated No. of Units

Unit Price Bid

Total for Item

1 Mobilization

LS 1

2 Sludge Removal, Dewatering, Handling, Transportation and Disposal – Pond 1

CY 1,895

3 Sludge Removal, Dewatering, Handling, Transportation and Disposal – Pond 2

CY 1,420

4 Demobilization LS 1

BID TOTAL, ITEMS 1 THROUGH 4, INCLUSIVE, THE AMOUNT OF

_____________________________________________ DOLLARS ($____________________)

The Bidder agrees hereby to commence Work under this Contract, with adequate personnel and equipment, on a date to be specified in a written order from the OWNER, and to fully complete WORK under this Contract within 30 consecutive calendar days from and including said date.

Bidder further agrees to pay as liquidated damages the sum of $500.00 for each consecutive calendar day thereafter required to complete all work.

The Bidder declares an understanding that the quantities shown for unit price items are subject to either increase or decrease, and that should the quantities of any of the items of Work be increased, The Bidder proposes to do the additional Work at the unit prices stated herein; and should the quantities be decreased, the Bidder also understands that payment will be made on the basis of actual quantities at the unit price bid and will make no claim for additional costs or anticipated profits for any decrease in quantities; and that actual quantities will be determined upon completion of Work, at which time adjustment will be made to the Contract amount by direct increase or decrease.

In case of discrepancies between the figures shown in the unit prices and the totals, the unit prices shall apply and the totals shall be corrected to agree with the unit prices. In case of discrepancies between written amounts and figures, written amounts shall take precedence over figures and the sum of all. Bid extensions (of unit prices) plus lump sum items shall take precedence over BID

TOTAL.

All work shall be completed in accordance with Section 402 of the Federal Clean Water Act, and applicable codes, ordinances, rules, regulations and laws of local authorities having jurisdiction.

BIDDER acknowledges receipt of the following addenda:

Addenda No. Date Received

BIDDER: _______________________________________________________________

By: _______________________________________________________________ (Name Signed) (Name Printed or Typed)

Title: _______________________________________________________________

Address: _______________________________________________________________

Phone: _______________________________________________________________

ATTEST: _______________________________________________________________

(Name Signed) (Name Printed or Typed)

Title: _______________________________________________________________

(SEAL)

NOTE: Attest for a corporation must be by the corporate secretary; for a partnership by another partner; for an individual by a Notary.

NOTE: If the Bidder is a corporation, the Bid shall be signed by an officer of the corporation; if a partnership, it shall be signed by a partner. If signed by others, authority for signature shall be attached.

The full names and addresses of persons or parties interested in the foregoing Bid, as principals, are as follows:

Name Address

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