Wyckoff Filter Rehab 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 11, 2022

for the Project known as:

Hugh A. Wyckoff WTP Filter Rehabilitation Project

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 epidemic, Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority has 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 October 10, 2022, from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT or on October 11, 2022, from 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM 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 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 items

· Demolish media and underdrain system in six (6) existing filters.

· Install stainless steel underdrain system into six filters.

· Install new media into the six (6) filters.

The time allowed for Substantial Completion is 410 consecutive calendar days, and the time allowed for final completion and readiness for final payment is 440 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.

A mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held for all Bidders beginning at 10:30 a.m., local prevailing time, on September 27, 2022, at the Hugh A. Wyckoff Water Treatment Plant (WTP) , 3728 Mars Hill Road NW, Acworth, GA 30101. 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. Attendees are required to follow all of the Owner’s COVID protocols in place at the time of the meeting and site visit.

All questions related to the Project shall be submitted by email no later than 4:00 p.m., local time, on September 29, 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#) 8288694. 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 ninety (90) 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 General Manager

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

AFB-3 03/04/05 2046-017/XA00020

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

AFB-3 03/04/05 2046-017/XA00020