File No. 472/16402. TYC-Brooks CF-Replace Propane Plant

The State of Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget, State Facilities Administration, in coordination with the Department of Corrections, is soliciting design-build proposals for the replacement and repair of the propane plant backup fuel system at E.C. Brooks Correctional Facility in Muskegon Heights, Michigan (File No. 472/16402.TYC). The procurement encompasses the complete restoration of the existing propane plant to full operational capacity, including the design and installation of a new propane blender system consisting of a propane air Venturi mixing system, propane flow pumps with bypass valves, and a propane water bath vaporization unit rated at 30 MM BTU per hour at 8 pounds of pressure and -20 degrees Fahrenheit, along with all associated gas piping and electrical connections with modifications to grounding as required by code. All work must comply with State of Michigan Bureau of Construction Codes, Bureau of Fire Services requirements, and applicable federal regulations administered by the EPA, OSHA, and DOT. The bid opening date is July 18, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. EDT, with a mandatory pre-bid conference and facility tour scheduled for June 28, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at the facility's maintenance building; questions are accepted through July 5, 2018 at noon EDT. The contract completion deadline is 120 calendar days from the notice to proceed, with liquidated damages assessed at $300 per calendar day for delays beyond substantial completion. Bids must be submitted electronically through the SIGMA VSS website, and a bid bond equal to five percent of the base bid price is required, along with performance and payment bonds for all contracts exceeding $50,000. The bid structure includes a Not-To-Exceed Base Bid broken down into Design Services, Construction Trade Labor and Subcontractors, General Conditions, and Management categories, with Overhead and Profit applied to the subtotal, plus two provisionary allowances totaling $50,000 ($35,000 for water vaporizer unit replacement and $15,000 for water bath vaporizer/mixer unit replacement).

The contract is subject to prevailing wage requirements and Michigan residency requirements mandating that 50 percent of employed persons must be Michigan residents for at least one year. All contractor personnel are required to complete LEIN (Law Enforcement Information Network) requests for criminal background clearance as a mandatory prerequisite before visiting or working within the correctional facility, and contractors must comply with special working conditions including restricted work hours (8-hour shifts during designated times with no weekend or holiday work without written Warden permission), security and body search protocols, tool control procedures, and prohibited items lists within the facility. No specific set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises are identified in the procurement documents, and no incumbent vendors or current contractors are identified. The project documentation and bid results are available through the Michigan SIGMA system at https://sigma.michigan.gov/webapp/PRDVSS2X1/AltSelfService, with the Project Director identified as Todd Cordill, NCARB, reachable at (517) 897-7017 or cordillt1@michigan.gov. No specific award value or budget range is disclosed in the available procurement documentation.