Cheney Ozone Air Relief Replacement

The City of Wichita's Public Works & Utilities Department is issuing a Request for Bid (RFB) for construction services related to the Cheney Ozone Air Relief Replacement project located at 39500 West 21st Street in Sedgwick County, Kansas. The project requires replacing existing piping with Schedule 40 thickness 316 stainless steel pipe at the Cheney Pump Station while maintaining continuous water distribution operations. Bidders must submit sealed electronic bids through the City's Procurement Portal (wichita.gov/procurementportal) no later than 10:00 a.m. on Friday, May 8, 2026, with a mandatory pre-bid meeting scheduled for Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. at the project site. The work must be completed within 60 working days from the date work begins, with the work order to be issued 30 calendar days after contract award. Minimum respondent qualifications include three years of experience in similar services, understanding of industry standards, capacity to acquire required bonds and insurance, and appropriate materials and equipment. Bidders must provide a bid bond of five percent (5%) of the total bid prior to bid opening, and the successful vendor must furnish performance and labor and material payment bonds, each in the amount of 100 percent of the contract. Commercial general liability insurance with minimum limits of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 annual aggregate is required, along with comprehensive automobile liability, workers' compensation, and employers' liability coverage. The award will be based on the lowest and best total net bid from a responsible and responsive vendor, with bidders required to provide detailed cost proposals including breakdowns of labor, materials, equipment, and overhead costs.

This procurement contains no identified set-asides or restrictions based on disadvantaged enterprise designations, and there are no incumbent vendors or current contractors listed in the solicitation documents. Bidders must be currently licensed by the City of Wichita or the State of Kansas before a purchase order will be issued. The project is not a state or federal aid contract, with funding sourced through the City of Wichita's Public Works & Utilities Department budget. The solicitation documents specify that the bid table requests delivered prices on equipment, materials, and services for two lump sum bid items (mobilization and installation) and eight measured quantity items consisting of piping materials and components such as 6-inch and 2-inch pipes, elbows, flanges, reducer couplings, welded pipe pieces, and four degas separators. No specific award value or budget range is disclosed in the available procurement documents, though the nature and scope of the work indicate a substantial construction project. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids and waive formalities to determine the lowest and best bid.