Project: Elizabeth City Well Improvements Project Owner: City of Elizabeth City

410 Pritchard Street, Elizabeth City, NC 27909 Engineer: WithersRavenel

8466 Caratoke Highway, Building 400, Powells Point, NC 27966

The City of Elizabeth City will receive separate sealed formal bids for the Elizabeth City Well Improvements Project at the City of Elizabeth City’s Public Works 2nd Floor Conference Room, located at 410 Pritchard Street, Elizabeth City, NC 27909, until Tuesday, July 28, 2026, 2:00 PM, local prevailing time, at which time the Bids received will be publicly opened and read. Bids received after this time will not be accepted. Bids may be submitted by UPS or hand delivered only at the Public Works building located at 410 Pritchard Street, Elizabeth City, NC 27909. While there is an option to attend the Bid Opening virtually, hardcopy bids are still required to be received. Sealed bids should be marked clearly:

City of Elizabeth City RE: Elizabeth City Well Improvements

C/O: R. Lassiter or D. Bell 410 Pritchard Street

Elizabeth City, NC 27909

The project proposes the construction of approximately 140 linear feet (LF) of 6” DIP PC350 and 4100 LF of 6” C900 DR-18 raw water lines to connect new wells to existing raw water mains in the vicinity of Wellfield Road, eight (8) new test wells and associated new production wells, two (2) replacement wells, and associated enclosures, control panels, generators, and associated improvements.

Once permitted, constructed, and brought online, these wells and transmission lines will be used to convey raw water to the City of Elizabeth City Water Treatment Facility located at 1 Wilson St, Elizabeth City, NC 27909.

No pre-bid conference will be held. Bidders are encouraged to visit the project site and familiarize themselves with existing conditions.

Complete digital bidding documents are available at http://withersravenel.com/bid/ or www.questcdn.com. You may download the digital documents for $25.00 by inputting Quest project #(Quest Project Number) on the website’s search page. Please contact QuestCDN.com at (952) 233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance in membership registration, downloading, and working with this digital project information. Contract documents may also be examined by downloading them under the project notices at www.

elizabethcitync.gov, or evp.nc.gov.

All questions related to this bid shall be submitted in writing to espencer@withersravenel.com and rlassiter@elizabethcitync.gov prior to 5:00PM local time on July, 21, 2026 to receive consideration. Questions received after that time will not be answered or accepted. A Final Addendum will be provided prior to the Bid Date.

Bidders are responsible for the review of any addenda for the project and shall acknowledge the addenda on the bid form. To qualify, all bids shall be submitted using bid forms contained in the Contract Documents. Incomplete or segregated bids will not be accepted. All bids must be accompanied by a certified or cashier's check or bid bond in the amount of 5% of the total amount bid made payable to the Owner. No bid shall be withdrawn for a period of 90 consecutive calendar days after bid opening except as provided in Information for Bidders. Bidders must show evidence that they are licensed to perform the work in the Bid Documents as required by the North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 87. The Owner reserves the right to reject any/all bids, to waive formalities, or to reject non-conforming, non-responsive, or conditional bids. The Owner reserves the right to award a contract to the lowest, responsive, responsible bidder or bidders, taking into consideration quality, performance, and time.

The Owner is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Owner encourages bidding from small, minority and female (M/WBE), disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE), historically underutilized businesses (HUB). Bidders shall be required to submit with their Bids affidavits of “Good Faith Efforts” in the recruitment of MBEs.

Dwan Bell, Public Utilities Director