Business Services Sump Pump Discharge Line Project

The Genesee Intermediate School District (GISD) Business Services Department issued a sealed bid procurement for the Sump Pump Discharge Line Project (Job No. 18C0046) located in Flint, Michigan. The project scope involves installing a 6-inch PVC Schedule 40 sump pump discharge line from a building to a catch basin in the right-of-way, encompassing 417 linear feet of storm sewer lead and five storm sewer cleanouts with native soil backfill and 4-inch sand bedding. Sealed bids were due on June 12, 2018, at 2 p.m. local time at the GISD Davis Building, 2413 West Maple Avenue, Flint, Michigan 48507, with public opening and reading of bids occurring at that time. A non-mandatory pre-bid conference was held on May 30, 2018, at 10 a.m. at the same location. Bidding documents were available from ROWE Professional Services Company for a non-refundable fee of $40 for prints, $30 for PDF files, or $60 for both formats, and all contractor questions were required to be submitted by 5 p.m. on June 5, 2018, to Dan Bartlett at dbartlett@rowepsc.com. The work schedule mandates that construction cannot commence until June 25, 2018, with substantial completion required by August 24, 2018, with liquidated damages assessed at $500 per day for non-compliance. Required qualifications include compliance with Davis-Bacon Act prevailing wage rates for Genesee County, Michigan prevailing wage requirements, and federal equal opportunity requirements applicable to Housing and Community Development Act funding.

This federally funded project is subject to compliance with the Davis-Bacon Act, Copeland Anti-Kickback Act, and Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, with no specific set-asides or disadvantaged enterprise restrictions noted in the procurement documents. All bidders were required to submit bid security equal to 5 percent of their maximum bid price in the form of a certified check, bank money order, or bid bond, along with a sworn notarized Familial Relationship Disclosure Statement and a notarized Iran Economic Sanctions Act Compliance Form. The contractor is responsible for obtaining site layout, securing a road permit from the Genesee County Road Commission for the catch basin connection, and securing a soil erosion and sedimentation control permit from the Genesee County Drain Commissioner. Performance, payment, and maintenance and guaranty bonds are required at 100 percent, 100 percent, and 2 percent respectively, with the maintenance and guaranty bond valid for 2 years. The contract will be awarded on a single prime basis as a unit price project with quantities subject to variation, with ROWE Professional Services Company providing non-full-time observation services. No specific award value or budget range was disclosed in the procurement documents.