SUBCONTRACTOR PREQUALIFICATION PROPOSAL REQUEST - Columbia Lane Water & Sewer Crossing (Schedule 4)

Provo City Water Resources is requesting subcontractor prequalification proposals for the Columbia Lane Water & Sewer Crossing (Schedule 4), a component of the larger Provo River Trail Exchange Park to University Parkway Project, with prequalification proposals due July 22, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time. Subcontractors must hold a current Utah contractor's license in the appropriate classification and demonstrate a minimum of seven years of recent experience in water/wastewater utility construction projects with documented experience crossing rivers using open cut construction methods. E-Verify certification under Utah Code Ann. G63-11-103 and 13-47-201 is required.

The scope encompasses approximately 650 feet of 24-inch sewer pipe with appurtenances and 250 feet of 16-inch ductile iron pipe water line crossing the Provo River using open cut excavation. Work includes river flow diversion, traffic control, utility locating and potholing, shoring, dewatering, bypass pumping of sewer flow, sewer pipe and manhole installation, reconnection of existing sewer laterals, backfilling, grading, asphalt replacement, and landscaping restoration. Schedule 4 will be constructed under a single general contractor that also manages Schedules 1–3 as a unified project.

Evaluation is point-based with a maximum of 100 points: Previous Project Experience (25 points), Personnel/Project Manager/Project Engineer/Superintendent Qualifications (25 points), Construction Methodology and Sequencing (30 points), and Construction Schedule (20 points). Subcontractors must score 80 points or higher for prequalification. Qualification status will be announced July 24, 2026. Bid documents for all schedules become available July 27, with bid opening August 17 and notice of award August 20. The anticipated notice to proceed is September 3, 2026, with Schedule 4 substantially complete by February 15, 2027. No pricing is submitted during prequalification; pricing occurs in the subsequent bidding phase.