I-10 Westbound Frontage Road Reclaimed Water/Wastewater Utility Adjustment

El Paso Water Utilities Public Service Board is requesting competitive sealed proposals for furnishing and installing reclaimed water and wastewater utility lines along the I-10 Westbound Frontage Road in El Paso, Texas, with proposals due September 16, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. Mountain Time and opening at 2:00 p.m. the same day. Service-disabled veteran business participation goals apply with good faith effort documentation required.

The scope encompasses approximately 1,425 linear feet of 24-inch diameter AWWA C200 welded steel reclaimed water line; 320 linear feet of 16-inch diameter AWWA C900 DR25 PVC sewer line; open-cut casings (50 LF of 24-inch split steel, 40 LF of 36-inch steel, 35 LF of 36-inch split steel); installation, maintenance, and removal of a temporary bypass for the existing 16-inch sewer line during tie-in; removal and disposal of existing 24-inch tape-wrapped steel reclaimed water line and 16-inch PVC sanitary sewer with fittings, valves, and concrete manholes; and an additive alternate featuring a 24-inch dual line stop with 16-inch HDPE bypass pipeline. Ancillary work includes trench safety per OSHA requirements, subsurface utility engineering, disinfection, stormwater pollution prevention, traffic control, construction water and power, dust control, project management, mobilization, demobilization, housekeeping, and project videotaping.

Minimum project-specific criteria require at least three key personnel with successful completion of at least two projects involving 1,000 linear feet or greater of 24-inch or larger pipe, two projects with 500 linear feet or greater of 16-inch or larger sewer force main, two fast-track schedule projects, and two projects with installation and removal of 20-inch or larger line stops and 16-inch or larger sewer collection system bypasses. Offerors must demonstrate financial capacity, safety qualifications, and complex utility connection experience; all determinations are pass/fail.

Evaluation allocates 40 points to total proposal price (lowest price receives maximum points), 20 points to overall experience, 10 points each to project manager and superintendent past experience, and 20 points to project approach. The successful offeror must furnish 100 percent performance and 100 percent payment bonds. Proposal security equal to 5 percent of maximum proposal price is required. A non-mandatory pre-proposal conference is scheduled for August 24, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. local time. Contract documents are available electronically via the El Paso Water EUNA Procurement IonWave e-bid website; physical copies are no longer available. Prevailing wage rates apply.