2024 Sanitary Sewer Open Cut Construction Services 24-SR-01

The City of Arvada, Colorado is soliciting competitive sealed bids for the 2024 Sanitary Sewer Open Cut Construction Services (Project 24-SR-01), seeking qualified contractors to perform comprehensive sanitary sewer replacement and rehabilitation across eight distinct city areas. The project involves removing and replacing 8" and 12" diameter sanitary sewer pipes, maintenance holes, water mains, and conducting associated street and pavement restoration. Contractors must demonstrate extensive experience with sanitary sewer line replacement in Colorado's Front Range within the past three years, with specific qualifications including pipeline replacement, maintenance hole installation, and water pipeline work. Bidders are required to submit three relevant project examples, key personnel resumes, and references. A mandatory virtual pre-bid meeting is scheduled for May 14, 2025, at 11:30 AM MT, with bid questions due by May 20, 2025, at 2:00 PM MT. The final bid submission deadline is May 29, 2025, at 2:00 PM MT, with a project completion date of March 26, 2026.

The contract will be awarded to the lowest-priced responsible and responsive bidder, with a total project budget including an owner-controlled minor contract revision allowance of $180,000. The contract duration is 200 working days, with liquidated damages of $2,000 per calendar day for exceeding the allotted contract time. Contractors must provide comprehensive insurance coverage, including commercial general liability, workers' compensation, automobile liability, umbrella liability, and professional liability insurance. While no specific set-aside designations or disadvantaged enterprise requirements are mentioned in the documentation, the bid emphasizes technical competence and prior municipal infrastructure experience. The project covers approximately 4,371 linear feet of sewer pipe replacement across multiple city locations, including areas such as Olde Wadsworth, W 64th Ave, W 74th Circle, and various other streets, indicating a significant municipal infrastructure improvement initiative.