Water Line to Serve West Texas Veterans Cemetery

The City of Lubbock, Texas is seeking competitive sealed proposals for the construction of a water line to serve the West Texas State Veterans Cemetery located at 4614 East 50th Street, Lubbock, Texas, under RFP 26-19402-TF. The project involves furnishing and installing approximately 8,300 linear feet of 12-inch C-900 DR-18 water pipe, including approximately 7,500 linear feet in open cut trenches with 95% compaction backfill, approximately 490 linear feet installed via jacking and boring underneath Loop 289 and East 50th Street, twelve-inch gate valves spaced approximately 2,000 feet apart, and connections to existing 8-inch and 10-inch waterlines with complete restoration of disturbed surfaces to pre-construction conditions. The contractor must substantially complete construction within 140 consecutive calendar days from the Notice to Proceed, with final completion required within 150 consecutive calendar days, and must maintain a one-year warranty on 100% of the project following substantial acceptance. Evaluation criteria are weighted as follows: 60 points for price, 30 points for contractor qualifications and technical experience on similar projects, and 10 points for proposed construction timeline. Proposals must be submitted electronically through the City's Bonfire platform or in one original hard copy to Marta Alvarez, Director of Purchasing and Contract Management, by 2:00 PM on February 5, 2026, with proposals to be publicly opened and read aloud at the same time; a non-mandatory pre-proposal conference will be held on January 27, 2026, at 10:00 AM via Zoom, and written clarification requests must be submitted no later than five calendar days before the proposal deadline to Teofilo Flores, Assistant Director, at TKFlores@mylubbock.us or fax 806-775-2164. Contractors must meet prevailing wage rate requirements under Texas Government Code Chapter 2258, with Davis-Bacon rates ranging from $9.30 for flaggers to $20.96 for electricians, and violations carry penalties of $60 per worker per day. The City of Lubbock Council is scheduled to consider proposals on February 24, 2026, following which the Notice to Proceed will be issued 30 days after award approval.

There are no explicit set-aside designations for disadvantaged or minority-owned business enterprises; however, the Contractor's Statement of Qualifications form requires offerors to identify subcontractors providing more than ten percent of work and indicate their HUB/MWBE certification status, and the form requests documentation of HUB/MWBE participation goals. All bidders must comply with multiple certification and compliance requirements including suspension and debarment status verification, Iran and foreign terrorist organization business restrictions, Israel boycott prohibitions, firearm entity non-discrimination, and energy company boycott prohibitions. Offerors must submit a proposal bond or cashier's check equal to 5% of the total proposal amount, with performance and payment bonds equal to 100% of contract value required upon award if the contract price exceeds $100,000 and $50,000 respectively. Insurance requirements include Commercial General Liability of $1,000,000 per occurrence with $2,000,000 aggregate, Commercial Auto Liability of $1,000,000 combined single limit, and Workers' Compensation at statutory limits with $1,000,000 employer's liability coverage, with the City of Lubbock named as additional insured on a primary and non-contributory basis and certificates of insurance due within ten business days of award notification. The estimated construction budget is $1,000,000.00, with liquidated damages assessed at $300 per consecutive calendar day for delays beyond substantial completion and $100 per consecutive calendar day for delays beyond final completion. No incumbent vendors or current contractors are identified in the procurement documents, and the project constitutes new infrastructure construction to existing City waterlines rather than an integration with existing contractor operations.