Wastewater Treatment Plant NCDWI Rehabilitation

The Town of Rutherfordton, North Carolina is requesting sealed bids for wastewater treatment plant rehabilitation including grit removal and sludge loading station installation, with bids due June 4, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. at 230 North Cleghorn Street. A pre-bid conference is scheduled for May 14, 2026 at 1:00 p.m., available virtually or in-person.

Bidders must be licensed to perform the work under North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 87. The Town encourages bidding from small, minority and female (M/WBE), disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE), and historically underutilized businesses (HUB), and requires bidders to submit affidavits of "Good Faith Efforts" in MBE recruitment.

The scope encompasses furnishing and installing one new grit removal system and one sludge loading station, along with all associated electrical work, valves, piping, instrumentation, and SCADA improvements to the existing Rutherfordton Wastewater Treatment Facilities. The project is funded through SRP-W-134-0007 S.L. 134 appropriations administered by the North Carolina Division of Water Infrastructure, with typical SRP requirements applying.

Bids must be accompanied by a certified or cashier's check or bid bond equal to 5% of the total amount bid, submitted using bid forms in the Contract Documents. Digital documents are available for download at http://withersravenel.com/bid/ or www.questcdn.com (Quest project #10173459) for $25.00. Written questions are due by 5:00 p.m. on May 28, 2026 to Erin Spencer at espencer@withersravenel.com. Virtual pre-bid participation requires email notification to the same contact by 10:00 a.m. on May 13, 2026. The Town reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to award to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder. No bid may be withdrawn for 90 consecutive calendar days after bid opening. The engineer of record is WithersRavenel.