North Bend State Park WWTP Construction

The West Virginia Department of Administration Purchasing Division, on behalf of the Division of Natural Resources Parks and Recreation Section, issued a Centralized Request for Quote (CRFQ 0310 DNR2500000004) for wastewater system improvements and construction of a new wastewater treatment plant at North Bend State Park in Cairo, Randolph County, West Virginia. The project encompasses comprehensive upgrades to the park's wastewater infrastructure, including demolition of the existing treatment plant, installation of gravity and force main sanitary sewer lines, pretreatment and equalization tanks, a grinder pump station with river crossing improvements, rotating biological contactor technology with tertiary treatment systems, and chlorination/dechlorination systems. The contractor must deliver a fully operational treatment system meeting specified effluent quality standards and is responsible for all labor, materials, equipment, mobilization, demobilization, site preparation, horizontal directional drilling, stream crossings, utility relocation, erosion control, traffic management, bypass pumping during construction, testing, operation and maintenance manuals, and factory-authorized startup and training. The project is structured as a lump-sum fixed-price contract with a performance period of 365 days from the Notice to Proceed, requiring substantial completion within 335 days and final completion within 30 days thereafter. Qualified bidders must have completed at least three previous sewer projects involving similar work and demonstrate experience in wastewater construction and installation; bids may include a base bid and one deductive alternate related to material substitutions. The mandatory pre-bid meeting was held on October 3, 2024, at North Bend State Park Lodge, with questions due by October 16, 2024, at 4:00 PM ET, and bids were due on October 29, 2024, at 1:30 PM ET to the Department of Administration Purchasing Division at 2019 Washington Street East, Charleston, West Virginia 25305. The contract will be awarded to the lowest qualified responsible bidder.

The solicitation includes several compliance and bonding requirements that restrict eligible bidders to those meeting specific qualifications and legal standards. Contractors must hold a valid West Virginia contractor's license, comply with Davis-Bacon wage rate requirements, meet local labor market hiring provisions requiring 75% of employees from the local labor market, and provide drug-free workplace certification. Bidders are required to submit a bid bond equal to 5% of the total bid amount, performance bonds at 100% of contract value, and labor/material payment bonds at 100% of contract value, along with commercial general liability insurance of $1,000,000 and automobile liability insurance of $500,000. Subcontractor lists must be submitted within one business day of bid opening for any subcontractors performing more than $25,000 of work. Payment will be made through monthly progress payments with 10% retainage withheld until substantial completion, and liquidated damages of $500 per day apply for each day beyond the contract end date. The solicitation documents do not specify an overall project budget or award value range in the available excerpts, and no incumbent contractor or existing technology integration requirements are identified in the procurement materials provided.