Wapiti Culverts RFP.pdf

Construction Services RFP April 2025

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

Wapiti Bridge Culvert Void Grouting Project

1. The Town of Fraser (Town) is accepting sealed Proposals from qualified construction firms for bridge culvert rehabilitation. The bridge is located on Wapiti Street near the intersection with Meadow Ridge Road in the Town of Fraser, Colorado.

2. The selected contractor is expected to complete void grouting and riprap armoring of three 10-ft x 7-ft elliptical arched corrugated steel culvert pipes to stabilize the inverts and eliminate additional scour and corrosion. Responses to this RFP should serve as a complete approach to provide all services requested in this scope and as required to meet project objectives.

3. Selection Schedule and Key Dates:

a. Request for Proposals released on April 23, 2025.

b. Questions regarding project requirements may be submitted thru Bidnet Direct by 5 PM

Tuesday, May 20.

c. Response to questions will be distributed by Wednesday, May 23.

d. Proposals are due by 5 PM, Friday, May 30and shall be submitted thru Bidnet Direct.

e. Fraser intends to execute a Town standard Public Works Construction Contract to the contractor with the most responsive proposal which best serves the interest of the Town and the public.

4. Construction Schedule:

a. A notice to proceed date will be determined in consultation with the selected contractor.

b. Optimal timing for construction in consideration of Fraser River flows and level of effort required for implementing flow diversion are anticipated to be prior to May 1 or after September 1.

c. Project work shall be completed no later than November 15, 2025.

5. Respondents are encouraged to visit the project site to ascertain conditions to inform their proposal.

6. General Instructions:

a. Proposals must be properly signed by an authorized representative of the company with the legal capacity to bind the company to the contractual agreement.

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b. Proposals will not be opened publicly as the Town intends to review the proposals within ten (10) days of receipt.

c. The Town will treat all proposals as confidential. However, Respondents are advised that any information contained in any submission may be released if required by Town policy or procedures.

d. A bid bond is not required.

e. The Town of Fraser is a political subdivision of the State of Colorado and is exempt from state sales and use tax on construction and building materials to contractors and subcontractors for use in construction of public works, in accordance with Sections 39- 26-708(1) and 39-26-713(2)(d), Colorado Revised Statutes. Said state taxes shall not be included in the Proposal.

f. Contractors shall at all times during the term of the agreement carry, maintain, and keep in full force and effect, a policy or policies of Comprehensive General Liability Insurance and Comprehensive Automobile Liability Insurance with minimum limits of not less than $350,000.00 for injury to one person in any single occurrence and not less than $990,000.00 for injury to two or more persons in any single occurrence.

7. Project Scope: See attached scope description.

8. Proposal Format

a. Provide an hourly equipment, labor, and reimbursables rate sheet.

b. Provide a unit price proposal broken into the following itemization:

i. Lump Sum Mobilization: To include site mobilization & demobilization, project management, overhead, P&P Bond, electrical supply as needed, sanitary facilities, construction fencing, traffic control as needed, erosion control as needed, protection of existing, weather protection, culvert cleaning and preparation, and site restoration.

ii. Lump Sum Water Control: To include all labor, equipment and materials for river diversion including but not limited to barricades, tarping, pumping, and incidentals necessary to complete culvert work “in-the-dry” and return river flows to pre-construction condition upon completion of culvert restoration work.

iii. Unit Price Grouting per cubic yard: To include all labor, equipment, and materials to install and consolidate grout at void areas, flush to corrugations grouting cover, inlet paving in culvert #3, and grouting at riprap. Includes culvert penetrations and grout patch, grout pump, grout material, curing, waterproof sealant, minimum load charges if applicable, and any incidental expenses to complete grout installation. Assume grout material quantity to be 10 cubic yards payable based upon truck tickets. Unreasonable excess delivered grout not installed will be subtracted from estimated payable quantity.

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iv. Lump Sum Riprap Armoring: To include all labor, equipment, and materials to install and shape riprap revetment at inlet headwalls of all three culverts. Grout quantity to be paid under item iii.

9. The Proposal Documents attached to this RFP include:

a. Culvert Restoration Scope (2 pages)

b. Photo Log (9 pages)

c. Bridge inspection report dated September 29, 2023 (8 pages)

By: Paul Johnson

Director of Public Works Town of Fraser