McKay Bay Waste to Energy (WTE) Facility Air Pollution Control Equipment Services

The City of Tampa, Florida, located in Hillsborough County, is issuing an Invitation to Bid (ITB) for Air Pollution Control Equipment Services at the McKay Bay Waste to Energy (WTE) Facility located at 107 North 34th Street, Tampa, Florida. The procurement encompasses comprehensive maintenance and inspection services for air pollution control equipment including two Plattco SDA slide-gate units, four super heat/economizer dump valves, twelve fabric filter double dump valves, six fabric filter clean side compartments, inlet/outlet ducts, two gathering screw conveyors, and six fabric filter hoppers. Services will be scheduled around eight annually planned maintenance outages, with each outage running six consecutive days (Tuesday 7:00 AM through Saturday 7:00 AM), totaling an estimated 3,840 hours of regular work and 960 hours of overtime work. Bidders must possess a minimum of five years of documented experience providing equipment services for waste-to-energy facilities and must submit three references for similar work completed within the past five years, along with disclosure of any contract defaults in the last five years and a list of equipment to be utilized. The contract award period is three years from the effective award date, with an option for one additional two-year renewal period and up to three additional thirty-day extensions at the City's discretion. The pre-bid meeting is scheduled for 9:30 AM on Thursday, April 30, 2026, followed by a site inspection at the WTE Facility's 4th Floor Conference Room, with sealed bids due by 3:00 PM on Friday, May 15, 2026. Pricing is submitted on an as-needed, when-needed basis with separate divisions covering labor (supervisor/foreman and millwright positions at straight time and overtime rates), mobilization and demobilization, personal protective equipment and consumables, per diem/travel/hotel expenses, rental equipment (markup not to exceed 10% of $75,000), and materials costs (markup not to exceed 10% of $75,000). Mandatory insurance requirements include Commercial General Liability ($1M per occurrence/$2M aggregate), Automobile Liability ($1M combined single limit), Worker's Compensation, and Employer's Liability insurance, and all bidders must comply with federal requirements including Drug-Free Workplace Act compliance, Equal Employment Opportunity provisions, Davis-Bacon Act requirements if applicable, E-Verify law, and federal suspension and debarment requirements.

This contract is designated as a sheltered market procurement reserved exclusively for Small Local Business Enterprises (SLBEs), with a bid discount of five percent available to certified SLBEs not to exceed $10,000. The Equal Business Opportunity (EBO) determination letter indicates this is a construction-related services procurement with an estimated contract amount of $650,000. No incumbent vendors or current contractors are identified in the procurement documents. Contractors and their employees must comply with comprehensive Environmental, Health, and Safety requirements specific to the McKay Bay WTE Facility, including mandatory safety orientation and training, extensive personal protective equipment requirements, confined space entry procedures, lockout/tagout protocols, hot work permitting, and awareness training regarding potential exposure to hazardous materials including arsenic, lead, cadmium, and hexavalent chromium present in power plant ash, with contractors required to conduct their own exposure monitoring and implement appropriate respiratory protection programs. Additionally, bidders must submit accessibility documentation including an Accessibility Conformance Report based on the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) demonstrating conformance to WCAG 2.2 Level AA standards and Section 508 requirements if information and communication technology products or services are proposed. Successful awardees will be required to complete and submit DMI Forms 10 and 20 with their bids, Form DMI-40 (Letter of Intent regarding SLBE participation) within ten working days of notice of intent to award, and DMI-30 Forms (Payment Package Forms) to track and document subcontractor and supplier payments throughout the contract period.