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CITY OF MONROE, GEORGIA

WALTON COUNTY JAIL GAS PIPELINE

EJCDC® C-111, Suggested Advertisement for Bids for Construction Contracts.

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INVITATION FOR BIDS

Sealed Bids for the construction of the City of Monroe, Georgia, Walton County Jail Gas Pipeline, GMC Project #

CCOL230005, will be received, by the City of Monroe, 215 N. Broad Street, Monroe, Georgia 30655 until 1:00 pm local time on Thursday, September 19, 2024 at which time the Bids received will be opened at the above address.

The Project consists of: CONTRACTOR Installation of approximately 13,400 feet or 2.54 miles in overall length of

4- inch Steel High Pressure Gas Pipeline to serve the Walton County Jail, Including Two Horizontal Directional Drills

Under GDOT Highway 78 in compliance with GDOT permits, with HDD 01 at approximately 275 feet and HDD 02 at approximately 420 feet in length, and Open Cut Construction of the remaining sections Under City of Monroe

Streets and other ROW and/or easements acquired by the City of Monroe.

CONTRACTOR to provide pre and post installation pressure testing of HDD 01 and HDD 02 pipe segments other pipe segments will require a single pressure test by OWNER and ENGINEER approved testing mediums and methods. All components and workmanship for this project to comply with CFR 49 DOT 191 -192 Pipeline Safety

Regulations, State of Georgia Public Service Commission Regulations for Gas Utilities, the City of Monroe O&M and Construction Standards, GDOT PERMITS AND TRAFFIC CONTROL STANDARDS, FEDERAL HIGHWAY

ADMINISTRATION (FHWA) MANUAL ON UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES (MUTCD), City of Monroe, Georgia and Georgia EPD permits and other applicable code, permit and regulatory requirements for this project. The project design requires materials procurement and workmanship by a qualified and experienced gas CONTRACTOR to achieve applicable regulatory codes for the pipeline and for an MAOP of the pipeline of 566 PSIG. The minimum test pressure will be 850 PSIG. Gas Tie ins Include in service welding to CFR 49 DOT 192, API 1104, and City of

Monroe Welding Procedures of a weld on bottom out fitting and hot tap at Station 0+00 on the City of Monroe’s high pressure feeder line. CONTRACTOR to provide a prefabricated and pretested station riser with monolithic insulator at the project terminus to connect to a M&R station installed by the City of Monroe. The City of Monroe to stake the riser location. CONTRACTOR to provide all equipment materials as specified in the bid documents, drawings, and specifications with approval prior to purchasing by the OWNER and /or OWNER’S ENGINEER.

CONTRACTOR to provide: All labor, equipment, tools, other required materials, and consumables, valves, valve boxes, including HDD and open cut joint coatings and field coatings to comply with equipment and materials manufacturers and OWNER requirements. CONTRACTOR to provide, tapping and stop off services, excavation, API certified welders for welding API 5L X52 pipe, fittings, installation of line valves, valve boxes, regulator station risers, for a working gas system to CFR 49 DOT 192 Pipeline Safety Standards, Permits and OWNER Policies, Procedures and Standards. CONTRACTOR to provide all required excavation and backfill as required for pipe padding and backfill, erosion and sedimentation measures and traffic control to GDOT and City of Monroe standards and permit requirements. CONTRACTOR to provide testing and coordinate, purge, blow down, and commissioning to 100% natural gas for the substantial completion milestone. CONTRACTOR to verify all existing field conditions and existing pipe wall thickness of existing pipe to be tapped at tap location and provide submittals to OWNER weld on bottom out fittings and welder certifications. CONTRACTOR to provide Mueller (or other approved)weld on bottom out fitting, fittings, pipeline insulators and other required fittings and pipeline hardware appurtenances and consumables for the design requirements for an MAOP of 566 PSIG. CONTRACTOR to provide all required materials not explicitly listed as OWNER provided. CONTRACTOR welds will be visually by

Certified Welding Inspectors and /or NDT inspected by a qualified level 2 third party inspector.

CONTRACTOR to provide logistics to pick up and deliver to job site materials and equipment provided by OWNER and haul off, temporarily store, and properly dispose of excavated materials not suitable for reuse and removal and disposal of all asphalt and concrete or other road related surface materials. Upon completion of the installation contractor to provide suitable fill materials and temporary steel plates and /or other temporary road stabilization to allow for traffic flow over public roadway travel lanes during the construction contract period. The

Contractor will be required to replace asphalt pavement and concrete for driveway and sidewalks and all areas outside of the public roadway travel lanes prior to the end of the contract period. The CONTRACTOR will be responsible for any GDOT HWY 78 repairs due to HDD’s and /or drilling fluid returns. Bidder is required to have an inadvertent returns response plan for all HDDs prior to drilling.

OWNER PROVIDED Asphalt Paving of Public Roadway Travel Lanes and Steel Pipe

The OWNER will provide asphalt paving of the public roadway travel lane surfaces requiring repaving. All other asphalt paving; concrete is the responsibility of the CONTRACTOR. The OWNER will provide the API 5l X 52, FBE +40 MILS Powercrete COATED, ER, BE, DRL pipe. The CONTRACTOR will be responsible for transportation logistics of the pipe from the lay down yard or off- loading location of the pipe and for stringing the pipe. All other paving and materials are the responsibility of the CONTRACTOR.

A mandatory Pre-Bid meeting will be held on Thursday, September 5, 2024 @ 1 PM EST at:

GEORGIA UTILITIES TRAINING ACADEMY (GUTA) LOCATED AT 2200 HWY 83, Monroe Ga, 30655.

All approved bidders must indicate their intent to bid by notifying Fred Hanna, P.E. Owners Engineer at fred.hanna@gmcnetwork.com or call 803 446 4913 to request the Pre – Bid meeting location, Individual contractor site visits, as requested during the mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting will be arranged individually during or after the Pre-Bid meeting and prior to bid submittal due dates. Questions are required to be submitted in writing and are due by email to fred.hanna@gmcnetwork.com on Thursday, September 12, 2024 @ 1PM EST.

Bids are due at 1 P.M. EST on Thursday, September 19, 2024 at 1:00PM EST. Bids will be opened and should be addressed to:

City of Monroe, Attention: Rodney Middlebrooks – Utility Director, 215 N. Broad Street, Monroe, Georgia 30655

Bids will be received for a single prime Contract.

Bids shall be on a lump sum and unit price basis, as indicated in the Bid Form.

PLEASE NOTE: ANY ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS A BIDDER INCLUDES IN THEIR BID DOCUMENTS AND COVER LETTERS

BEYOND WHAT IS INCLUDED BY THE ISSUING OFFICE FOR THE BIDDING DOCUMENTS WILL BE CONSIDERED, HOWEVER THEY MAY DEEM THE BIDDER AS NON - RESPONSIVE AND RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION OF THE BIDDER

AND THEIR BID.

The Issuing Office for the Bidding Documents is: Goodwyn Mills Cawood, LLC. • 915 Lady Street, Suite C, Columbia, SC 29201 • (803) 766-1235 • Laura Lindler • Laura.Lindler@gmcnetwork.com.

Bidding Documents also may be examined at the office of the City of Monroe, 215 N. Broad Street, Monroe, Georgia

30655, on Mondays through Fridays between the hours of 8am – 5pm and the office of the Engineer, Goodwyn Mills

Cawood, LLC, 915 Lady Street, Suite C ∙ Columbia, SC 29601 ∙ (803) 766-1235, on Mondays through Thursday between the hours of 8am – 5pm. Hard copies of the Bidding Documents may be obtained from the Issuing Office upon payment of $250 for a printed set. Digital file sharing access is complimentary. No refunds will be granted.

Checks for Bidding Documents shall be payable to “Goodwyn Mills Cawood, LLC.” Upon receipt of check as indicated above, or electronic proof of check as submitted via email to Laura.Lindler@gmcnetwork.com the Issuing

Office will transmit the Bidding Documents via delivery service. The date that the Bidding Documents are transmitted by the Issuing Office will be considered the Bidder’s date of receipt of the Bidding Documents. Bidder is solely responsible for verifying the most recent version of Bidding Documents, including any addenda, have been downloaded. Partial sets of Bidding Documents will not be available from the Issuing Office. Neither Owner nor Engineer will be responsible for full or partial sets of Bidding Documents, including Addenda if any, or other information regarding the project obtained from sources other than the Issuing Office.

For the list of plan holders on this project visit http://www.gmcnetwork.com. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on Project Bids.

Bid security shall be furnished in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders.

Owner: City of Monroe Georgia

By: Mr. Rodney Middlebrooks

Date: Thursday August 29, 2024

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