Quarles Valve Actuator Project

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:

11:00 am, local prevailing time on

OCTOBER 25, 2022

for the Project known as:

James E. Quarles WTP Valve and Actuator Replacement

Bids shall be received until 11:00 AM local time on Tuesday, October 25, 2022, at the Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority at 1170 Atlanta Industrial Drive office. 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 Hazen and Sawyer. 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:

· Removal of electric actuators currently installed on the valves of Filters 1-3, Filters 7-8 effluent rate of flow (ROF) valves (FIL07-MV-8, FIL08-MV-8), and the backwash rate of flow (ROF) valves (BW-MV-1, BW-MV-3) at Quarles Plant 2 for shipment by the Contractor to the valve manufacturer to mount to new valves. The Contractor shall install the EIM electric actuator removed from Filter 4’s effluent ROF (FIL04-MV-8) on Filter 8’s effluent ROF to help with maintenance of plant operations. Filter 7 will remain offline. A total of thirty-four (34) electric actuators shall be removed, consisting of thirty (32) electric filter valve actuators and two (2) backwash ROF electric actuators. The valve manufacturer shall ship the valve and actuator assemblies from the Manufacturer’s facility to the Project site.

· Installation of a total of one hundred and twelve (112) valve and actuator assemblies, consisting of one hundred and ten (110) filter valve and actuator assemblies and two (2) backwash ROF valve and actuator assemblies at Quarles Plant 2. This includes the valve and actuator assemblies noted above and shall include removal of the remaining pneumatic actuators, all air piping and appurtenances as indicated in the Drawings and the Contract Documents.

· Installation of five (5) actuators on the raw water pumps control valves in the two pump buildings (Raw Water Pump Station No. 1, Raw Water Pump Station No. 2) located at the Quarles Raw Water Pump Station on the Chattahoochee River, including removal and proper disposal of the existing hydraulic oil actuators and accumulators, and all hydraulic oil, oil piping and appurtenances. This work shall also include rotating the existing Pratt ball valves on Pump No. 4 and Pump No. 5 located in Raw Water Pump Station No. 2.

· Replacement of electric actuators currently installed on the sludge valves of Sedimentation Basins 1-7 and 9-10, and the air scour blowoff valve with new Beck actuators. A total of 10 actuators shall be replaced.

· Demolition of concrete and installation of grating around the bonnets of the influent valves on Filters 5-8 as indicated in the Contract Drawings and in the Specifications.

· Associated electrical and SCADA modifications to integrate new actuators into existing facilities as indicated in the Drawings and the Specifications.

The time allowed for Substantial Completion is 400 consecutive calendar days, and the time allowed for final completion and readiness for final payment is 430 consecutive calendar days from the date of commencement.

THE WORK will be awarded in one Contract.

Only Bids including properly pre-qualified Contractors meeting the contract requirements will be considered for award of the Contract.

The Bidder’s proposed I&C System Integrator must be MR Systems, Inc.

A mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held for all Bidders beginning at 1:00 p.m., local prevailing time, on October 11, 2022, at the James E. Quarles Water Treatment Plant (WTP) Training/Conference Room, 4402 Lower Roswell Road, Marietta, Georgia 30068. Electrical subs are highly encouraged to attend the pre-bid meeting to avoid any coordination issues. A Bid submitted by a Bidder not having attended the entire Pre-Bid Conference will not be opened. A short tour of the facility will be conducted as part of the Pre-Bid Conference.

All questions related to the Project shall be submitted by email no later than 4:00 p.m., local time, on October 13, 2022, to Bevis Pigott at bpigott@hazenandsawyer.com. Questions, if answered, will be addressed by addendum to the Contract Documents via the Q&A tab on the Quest CDN 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.

Electronic Copies of Contract Documents are available at https://www.questcdn.com/ upon payment of $15 nonrefundable, for download and printing access. All Bidders are required to purchase a set of the Contract Documents. All payments will be made online to Quest CDN. No partial sets will be sold. Bidders will be required to set up a Quest CDN account to access documents and addenda. Contract documents can be searched for in the Quest CDN Project Search bar as Project Number (eBidDoc#) 8288709. Contact QuestCDN at 952.233.1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance with navigating the website and digital project information. Hard copies of Bidding Documents are the responsibility of the Bidders.

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.

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 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 (60) 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 Cole Blackwell, CPA General Manager

Revised August 12, 2003, JJG Revisions 12/06/04

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