INVITATION TO BID

COMPETITIVE COST SEALED BIDS

Sealed bids for construction of the S. Pecan St. Water System Improvements for the City of Washington/Wilkes County will be received until May 6, 2026 at 2:00PM local time.

Bids must be submitted electronically through QuestCDN.com. No paper submissions will be accepted. Base Cost of all Bids shall be published to the QuestCDN website no later than

30 minutes after the closing time. Any bid received after said time and date will not be considered by the Owner. No bid may be withdrawn after the closing time for the receipt of bids for a period of sixty (60) days except as specifically may be provided in the

Instructions to Bidders and/or by State law.

SCOPE OF WORK

The Work to be completed shall consist of furnishing all labor and equipment to install approximately 3,900 LF of 6" and 2" PVC/DIP water main including, but not limited to fire hydrants, valves, driveway replacement, earthwork, grassing,soil erosion and sedimentation control measures, and appurtenances necessary to provide a complete installation. The Owner will provide materials for this Contract.

Time allotted for completion of work is 150 consecutive calendar days. All Work shall be completed in accordance with the plans and specifications. The Work will be awarded in one (1) Contract.

PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS AND CONTRACT DOCUMENTS

Complete digital specifications and contract documents are available at www.QuestCDN.com. Bidders may view the digital plan documents for free by entering the Quest project number 10129750 on the website’s project search page. Bidders can download the digital documents for a fee of $100.00 payable through the website. Bids must be submitted electronically at QuestCDN.com. There will be an additional $42.00 submittal fee. Please contact QuestCDN customer support at 952-233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance in membership registration, downloading and working with digital project information. All other questions may be directed to the issuing office, Carter & Sloope, Inc., Watkinsville, GA, 706-769-4119. All other questions may be directed via email to Patricia Rice at price@cartersloope.com.

FUNDING SOURCES

Funding is to be provided by local funds. No Federal requirements apply such as BABA or Davis-Bacon.

RESERVATION OF RIGHTS

Owner reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, including without limitation, the rights to reject any or all nonconforming, nonresponsive, unbalanced or conditional Bids and to reject the Bid of any Bidder if 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.