Quarles Taste and Odor Improve

CCMWA – QUARLES TASTE AND ODOR

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Separate Sealed Bids for furnishing all materials and providing all labor, tools, and equipment will be received by the Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority at 1170 Atlanta Industrial Drive, Marietta, Georgia 30066 until:

1:15 PM, local prevailing time on Tuesday, August 31, 2021 for the Project known as:

COBB COUNTY-MARIETTA WATER AUTHORITY JAMES E. QUARLES WATER TREATMENT PLANT TASTE AND ODOR PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 epidemic, Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority’s mail service has been discontinued at their main offices and they have limited administration staff working at this time. In order to ensure that all bid packages are received by the due date and time, Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority requires all bid packages to be hand-delivered on August 30, 2021 from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT or on August 31, 2021 from 8:00 AM to 1:15 PM EDT. Bids received after the designated time will not be considered. The bid packages will be opened by a representative of the Engineer and witnessed by at least one representative of the Owner and a summary of the submitted bids will be sent by email to all Bidders. Bidders or the public may not attend the bid opening.

Unsealed Bids, including facsimile Bids or Bids sent by e-mail, will not be considered. The Owner of the project is Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority. The Engineer for the project is Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. Bid opening time is subject to extension pursuant to O.C.G.A Section 36-91-20(d).

Bidders shall inform themselves concerning Georgia Laws and comply with same.

The Project includes, but is not limited to, the following major elements:

The installation of a 13-foot diameter PAC storage silo with 3,250 cubic feet storage capacity and associated appurtenances.

PAC slurry tank and associated appurtenances located within the silo skirt area.

Three PAC slurry feed pumps with adjustable frequency drives.

A CMU block and brick façade equipment and electrical building with standing seam metal roof of approximately 400 square feet.

Ancillary equipment and instrumentation for the PAC Treatment System.

PAC feed lines and injection assemblies to the active raw water force mains.

The installation of potable water backflow preventers for the entire Raw Water Pump Station site and replacement of existing potable water meter vault with H-20 traffic rated vault and cover.

Rerouting of existing storm water drainage pipes and other utilities.

System start-up and commissioning.

Integration of the PAC treatment system into the CCMWA SCADA system.

Landscaping, fence replacement and other site civil improvements.

The time allowed for Substantial Completion is 360 consecutive calendar days, and the time allowed for final completion and readiness for final payment is 390 consecutive calendar days from the date of commencement.

THE WORK will be awarded in one Contract.

Only Bids including properly pre-qualified I&C System Integrators and Electrical Subcontractors will be considered for award of the Contract.

The Bidder’s proposed electrical subcontractor must be one of the following pre-qualified electrical subcontractors established by the Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority specifically for this Project (listed alphabetically):

0. Cleveland Electric Company

0. Crowder Construction Company

0. Excel Electrical Technologies, Inc.

The Bidder’s proposed I&C System Integrator must be one of the following pre-qualified subcontractors established by the Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority specifically for this Project (listed alphabetically):

MR Systems, Inc.

A mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held for all Bidders beginning at 10:00 a.m., local prevailing time, on Monday, August 9, 2021 at the James E. Quarles Water Treatment Plant, Training/Conference Room, 4402 Lower Roswell Road, Marietta Georgia 30068. A Bid submitted by a Bidder not having attended the entire Pre-Bid Conference will not be opened. A short tour of the Quarles Raw Water Pump Station, 313 Johnson Ferry Road, Marietta, Georgia 30062, will occur following the pre-bid conference.

All questions related to the Project shall be submitted by email no later than 5:00 p.m., local time, on August 16, 2021 to Rob Bush at Robert.Bush1@jacobs.com. Questions, if answered, will be addressed by addendum to the Contract Documents and placed on the SharePoint website for the project. Receipt of any addenda or amendment to this Advertisement for Bids shall be acknowledged, in writing, and shall be submitted with the Bid.

Copies of Contract Documents are available through Microsoft’s SharePoint protected document-sharing website hosted by Jacobs. All Bidders interested in obtaining these documents must request permission to access the site and provide a non-refundable payment of $20.00. Please submit one (1) email address along with payment to receive access to the link to Ms. Evelyn Manon at Evelyn.Manon@Jacobs.com.

By purchasing the Contract Documents, purchaser agrees to allow company information (company name, address, phone and fax numbers) to be published as a plan holder. The Owner is not obligated to consider a Bidder's proposal if Bidder is not on record with the Issuing Office as having received a complete set of Bidding Documents from the Issuing Office.

A list of plan holders may be obtained by contacting Ms. Evelyn Manon at Evelyn.Manon@Jacobs.com.

All Bids must be made out on the bid form to be obtained from the Engineer with the contract documents, in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders. No interlineations, additions or deletions shall be made in the bid form by the Bidder.

Each Bid must be accompanied by a Bid Bond with good and sufficient surety or sureties approved by the Owner for faithful acceptance of the contract, payable to, in favor of, and for the protection of the Owner in an amount equivalent to five percent of the total amount payable by the terms of the contract or, in lieu thereof, a certified check, cashier's check, or cash in equal amount. The Bid Bond shall be prepared on the Bid Bond form attached to the Contract Documents or a Surety Company's Standard Bid Bond, duly executed by the Bidder as principal and having as Surety thereon a surety company licensed to do business in the State of Georgia and listed in the latest issue of U.S. Treasury Circular 570.

Each Bid must also be accompanied by a notarized Non-Collusion Affidavit of Bidder, Contractor’s License Certification, Affidavit Verifying Status for Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority Public Benefit Application, and Security and Immigration Compliance Act Certification. Out-of-state corporations and other entities must submit evidence of authority to conduct business in Georgia as an out-of-state entity.

Each Bidder must be a State of Georgia licensed Utility Contractor and General Contractor at the time of the Bid.

The successful Bidder must employ and assign to the Project supervisory personnel trained and state certified at Level 1A - Fundamentals of the Georgia Erosion and Sediment Control training program.

The Owner will in no way be liable for any costs incurred by any Bidder in the preparation of its Bid in response to this Advertisement for Bid.

The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a Performance Bond, Payment Bond, Certification of Contractor’s Attorney, and Contractor’s Affidavit and Agreement with the executed Agreement meeting the requirements of the Contract Documents and executed on the forms attached to the Agreement. The successful Bidder will also be required to furnish the Pre-Construction Oath pursuant to O.C.G.A. §36-91-21 from every person who procures the Agreement. The successful Bidder shall also provide an executed Subcontractor Affidavit for each subcontractor working on the Project, using the form attached to the Agreement; Subcontractor Affidavits shall be submitted to the Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority as each subcontractor is brought under contract during execution of the Project. The terms and time for payment are set forth in the Agreement.

All Bids will remain subject to acceptance for sixty days after the day of the Bid opening, but Owner may, in its sole discretion, release any Bid and return the Bid security prior to that date.

The Owner reserves the right to reject all Bids, to waive informalities and re-advertise.

Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority Glenn M. Page, P.E., General Manager Revised August 12, 2003, JJG Revisions 12/06/04

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