The City of Bristol, Virginia (the City) is seeking bids from qualified bidders for the construction of the Balance of Plant (BOP) for the Equalization Tank System

The City of Bristol, Virginia is soliciting sealed bids for the construction of the Balance of Plant (BOP) for an Equalization Tank System at the Bristol Integrated Solid Waste Management Facility. This invitation to bid (ITB# SW-26-004), posted on April 14, 2026, encompasses all civil/structural, piping, mechanical/process equipment, electrical, and instrumentation work required to complete the equalization tank system that will receive and treat landfill leachate before discharge to a publicly owned treatment works. The scope of work includes site civil preparation, concrete pads, multiple pump systems (two leachate feed pumps at 350 GPM each, two recirculation pumps at 5,100 GPM each, and two leachate discharge pumps at 250 GPM each), two jet air blowers at 1,140 SCFM each, an off-gas treatment system, chemical dosing equipment, a truck pad sump pump, and complete electrical, instrumentation, and control systems featuring programmable logic controller (PLC) programming per IEC 61131-3 standards and human machine interface (HMI) development using Allen-Bradley FactoryTalk View software. Bids must be submitted on a lump sum basis in five complete sealed copies by May 15, 2026 at 2:00 PM EST to the City of Bristol Procurement Department, with a mandatory prebid conference scheduled for April 21, 2026 at 1:00 PM EST at the Landfill Scale House and an inquiry cutoff date of April 28, 2026 at 10:00 AM EST. The successful bidder must achieve substantial completion within 330 days and final completion within 365 days, and must furnish bid security equal to five percent of the total bid amount in the form of a surety bond, along with performance and payment bonds each equal to 100 percent of the contract sum within 15 days of award.

The procurement documents do not specify any set-aside designations, disadvantaged enterprise restrictions, or incumbent vendor information. The two 500,000-gallon bolted steel equalization tanks were procured under a separate contract (ITB# SW-26-002), and the selected BOP contractor will be required to coordinate extensively with the tank contractor to ensure proper interface connections, sequencing, and integration of all components into a complete and operational system. The bidding documents indicate that the City reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive minor bid informalities, though no specific contract award value, budget range, or award date is provided in the available materials. The project requires comprehensive commissioning, startup, and training services to be included as part of the Balance of Plant delivery. Qualified bidders must demonstrate capability in complex process system construction, PLC programming, HMI development, and coordination with equipment suppliers and existing infrastructure.